000 CXUS52 KRAH 011537 CLMRDU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1024 AM EST SUN NOV 1 2009 ................................... ...THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1944 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 10/06/1954 LOW 19 10/27/1962 HIGHEST 83 10/09 87 10/07 10/15 LOWEST 34 10/19 28 AVG. MAXIMUM 71.0 71.8 -0.8 71.1 AVG. MINIMUM 50.1 48.2 1.9 47.5 MEAN 60.6 60.0 0.6 59.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.35 2002 TOTALS 1.10 3.18 -2.08 1.17 DAYS >= .01 13 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.27 10/24 TO 10/24 10/23 TO 10/24 10/24 TO 10/24 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 176 194 -18 205 SINCE 7/1 184 215 -31 213 COOLING TOTAL 36 39 -3 36 SINCE 1/1 1881 1513 368 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/240 DATE 10/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/230 DATE 10/24 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$