000 CXUS52 KTBW 011056 CLMSRQ CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 555 AM EST SUN NOV 1 2009 ................................... ...THE SARASOTA BRADENTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... ...10TH WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 1948... 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) ALL-TIME OCTOBER RECORD HIGH 97 10/08/1973 LOW 40 10/29/1944 OCTOBER 2009 HIGHEST 94 10/11 MM MM 92 10/12 LOWEST 51 10/19 MM MM 44 10/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.8 85.1 1.7 84.3 AVG. MINIMUM 69.0 64.8 4.2 66.1 MEAN 77.9 75.0 2.9 75.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 10 MM MM 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 MM MM 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ALL-TIME OCTOBER RECORD MAXIMUM 12.92 1995 MINIMUM 0.02 1963 OCTOBER 2009 TOTALS 0.65 2.88 -2.23 1.60 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.09 -0.07 0.05 DAYS >= .01 5 MM MM 7 DAYS >= .10 3 MM MM 4 DAYS >= .50 0 MM MM 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.34 10/27 TO 10/27 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4 3 1 21 SINCE 7/1 4 3 1 21 COOLING TOTAL 413 313 100 345 SINCE 1/1 3319 3093 226 3365 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/180 DATE 10/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 90/210 DATE 10/03 SKY COVER (DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLOUDS ABOVE 12000 FEET) POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 28 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 4 ................................................................ REMARKS THE OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 77.9 DEGREES RANKS AS THE TENTH WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1948. THE WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 80.4 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2007. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$