CXUS52 KMHX 012326 CLMHAT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 616 PM EST SUN NOV 1 2009 ................................... ...THE NEW BERN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 MM LOW 29 10/31/2008 HIGHEST 89 10/10 95 -6 85 10/16 10/15 LOWEST 35 10/20 29 6 29 10/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 71.7 75.0 -3.3 71.4 AVG. MINIMUM 53.8 53.3 0.5 49.6 MEAN 62.8 64.1 -1.3 60.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 13.64 1956 MINIMUM 0.13 2000 TOTALS 1.86 3.39 -1.53 1.42 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.11 -0.05 0.05 DAYS >= .01 13 6.9 6.1 8 DAYS >= .10 5 4.8 0.2 5 DAYS >= .50 1 2.2 -1.2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.63 10/14 TO 10/15 09/30 TO 10/01 10/31 TO 10/31[J) 10/31 TO 10/31[J) STORM TOTAL MM MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM 10/01(00) TO 10/01(00) 10/31(00) TO 10/31(00)1[J) 10/31(00) TO 10/31(00)1[J) DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 124 125 -1 177 SINCE 7/1 128 128 0 177 COOLING TOTAL 62 87 -25 45 SINCE 1/1 1755 1733 22 1833 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/348 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/180 DATE 10/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/200 DATE 10/24 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 80 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 24 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$