000 CXUS51 KLWX 011428 CLMBWI TTAA00 KLWX 010920 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1028 AM EDT WED OCT 1 2008 ................................... ...THE BALTIMORE MD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 101 09/07/1881 LOW 35 09/25/1963 HIGHEST 93 09/04 92 1 09/03 LOWEST 49 09/21 43 6 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.9 78.2 0.7 82.6 AVG. MINIMUM 59.9 56.6 3.3 58.5 MEAN 69.4 67.4 2.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 2.6 1.4 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.41 1934 MINIMUM 0.09 1884 TOTALS 7.22 3.98 3.24 0.35 DAILY AVG. 0.24 0.13 0.11 DAYS >= .01 9 8.4 0.6 DAYS >= .10 8 5.4 2.6 DAYS >= .50 2 2.4 -0.4 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.0 1.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.78 09/26 TO 09/27 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 18 42 -24 26 SINCE 7/1 18 43 -25 26 COOLING TOTAL 158 129 29 203 SINCE 1/1 1183 1134 49 1366 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 27/060 DATE 09/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/060 DATE 09/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL TOTALING 7.22 INCHES. DAILY RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS 1.64 INCHES ON THE 6TH...BUT THE WETTEST DAY OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 27TH WHEN 3.57 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. $$