000 CXUS55 KABQ 011537 CLMABQ CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 824 AM MST SUN NOV 1 2009 ................................... ...THE ALBUQUERQUE NM CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 91 10/05/1979 LOW 21 10/31/1991 HIGHEST 81 10/05 83 -2 82 10/01 LOWEST 26 10/29 30 -4 30 10/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 67.4 70.7 -3.3 71.0 AVG. MINIMUM 44.7 43.8 0.9 46.4 MEAN 56.1 57.3 -1.2 58.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 4 2.3 1.7 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.08 1972 MINIMUM 0.00 1952 TOTALS 1.51 1.00 0.51 1.38 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.04 DAYS >= .01 6 4.9 1.1 3 DAYS >= .10 4 2.8 1.2 3 DAYS >= .50 1 0.5 0.5 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.57 10/20 TO 10/20 1.25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 3.2 1986 TOTALS 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.8 0.3 0.5 T SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.8 10/29 TO 10/29 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 276 248 28 200 SINCE 7/1 314 277 37 200 COOLING TOTAL 6 9 -3 12 SINCE 1/1 1428 1290 138 1358 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/230 DATE 10/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/240 DATE 10/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 76 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 45 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 2 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ .................................................................... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR THIS MONTH WAS 56.1F DEGREES WHICH IS 1.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 67.4 F DEGREES WHICH IS 3.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE HIGHEST MAX TEMPERATURE FOR THIS MONTH WAS 81 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 5, 2009. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 44.7 F DEGREES WHICH IS 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE LOWEST MIN VALUE FOR THIS MONTH WAS 26 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 29,2009. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.51 INCHES. THIS IS 0.51 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS 0.57 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 20TH OG OCTOBER. TOTAL SNOW FALL FOR THIS MONTH WAS 0.8 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 29,2009. THIS AMOUNT SET A RECORD FOR SNOW AMOUNT ON THIS DAY. THIS MONTH THERE WERE 276 HEATING DEGREE DAYS AND 6 COOLING DEGREE DAYS. $$