CXUS56 KEKA 032151 CLMEKA SFOCLMEKA 000 TTAA00 EKA 032129 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 228 PM PDT WED APR 03 2024 ................................... ...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1886 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 MM LOW 30 03/07/2012 03/10/2009 12/12/1932 HIGHEST 71 03/15 MM MM 63 LOWEST 35 03/02 MM MM 30 03/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.2 56.1 0.1 51.8 AVG. MINIMUM 42.2 42.4 -0.2 38.0 MEAN 49.2 49.2 0.0 44.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 19.05 1904 MINIMUM 0.07 1916 TOTALS 7.42 5.75 1.67 DAYS >= .01 15 16.0 -1.0 20 DAYS >= .10 14 11.3 2.7 16 DAYS >= .50 7 4.2 2.8 8 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.2 -0.2 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.20 03/23 TO 03/23 LIQUID 7/1 MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 484 488 -4 615 SINCE 7/1 2922 3456 -534 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 17/270 DATE 03/01 17/190 03/02 17/170 03/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/MM DATE 03/02 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 19 HAIL 3 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. THIS MONTH, TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN NORMAL WHILE RAINFALL CONTINUED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL. TEMPERATURES WERE ALOMST EXACTLY NORMAL FOR THE MONTH WHILE LAST MONTH WAS JUST BARELY ABOVE NORMAL. TEMPERATURES ALSO RANGED FROM 71 DEGREES FOR THE WARMEST DAY TO 35 DEGREES ON THE COLDEST NIGHT. RAINFALL WAS ABOUT 1.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL WHERE LAST MONTH WAS 3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH SAW SOME THUNDERSTORMS AND SMALL HAIL. THE BEGINNING AND MIDDLE TO END OF THE MONTH SAW HEAVIER RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS. THE VERY END OF THE MONTH SHOWED THE FIRST SIGNS OF A SUMMER RIDGING PATTERN. $$