000 CXUS52 KTBW 020110 CLMTPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 910 PM EDT SAT NOV 1 2008 ................................... ...THE TAMPA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1890 TO 2008 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 2008 HIGHEST 91 10/12 MM MM 92 10/09 10/04 LOWEST 42 10/29 MM MM 66 10/26 10/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.8 84.1 -0.3 87.0 AVG. MINIMUM 66.3 67.6 -1.3 72.6 MEAN 75.1 75.8 -0.7 79.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 2.9 -1.9 8 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 2008 TOTALS 3.52 2.29 1.23 2.11 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.07 0.04 0.07 DAYS >= .01 7 6.2 0.8 10 DAYS >= .10 4 MM MM 4 DAYS >= .50 3 MM MM 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.11 10/06 TO 10/07 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 22 4 18 0 SINCE 7/1 22 4 18 0 COOLING TOTAL 342 323 19 466 SINCE 1/1 3470 3249 221 3658 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 21/010 DATE 10/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 29/060 DATE 10/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 90 AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 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 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 28 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$