000 CXUS52 KTBW 011056 CLMTPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 555 AM EST SUN NOV 1 2009 ................................... ...THE TAMPA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... ...8TH WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1890... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1890 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 95 10/09/1941 LOW 40 10/21/1964 OCTOBER 2009 HIGHEST 92 10/11 MM MM 91 10/12 LOWEST 48 10/19 MM MM 42 10/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 85.9 84.1 1.8 83.8 AVG. MINIMUM 70.1 67.6 2.5 66.3 MEAN 78.0 75.8 2.2 75.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 2.9 9.1 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ALL-TIME OCTOBER RECORD MAXIMUM 10.33 1922 MINIMUM 0.02 1940 OCTOBER 2009 TOTALS 2.24 2.29 -0.05 3.52 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.07 0.00 0.11 DAYS >= .01 7 6.2 0.8 7 DAYS >= .10 4 MM MM 4 DAYS >= .50 2 MM MM 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.04 10/16 TO 10/16 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 11 4 7 22 SINCE 7/1 11 4 7 22 COOLING TOTAL 425 323 102 342 SINCE 1/1 3644 3249 395 3470 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/210 DATE 10/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/210 DATE 10/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 88 AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 29 ................................................................ REMARKS THE OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 78.0 DEGREES RANKS AS THE EIGHTH WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1890. THE WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 80.4 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1919...AND THE SECOND WARMEST WAS 79.8 DEGREES IN 2007. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$