...THE HARRISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2011...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2011
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 87 02/05/1927
LOW -24 02/12/1899
HIGHEST 71 02/17 50 21 62 02/20
LOWEST -2 02/10 30 -32 10 02/09
AVG. MAXIMUM 48.8 50.3 -1.5 41.6
AVG. MINIMUM 29.5 30.1 -0.6 25.0
MEAN 39.2 40.2 -1.0 33.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 7 3.1 3.9 4
DAYS MIN <= 32 15 16.3 -1.3 26
DAYS MIN <= 0 1 0.2 0.8 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 10.21 1945
MINIMUM 0.41 1947
TOTALS 4.43 2.71 1.72 1.61
DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.09 0.07 0.06
DAYS >= .01 12 8.0 4.0 4
DAYS >= .10 7 4
DAYS >= .50 3 1
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.7 0.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.57 02/24 TO 02/24
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 25.0 1912
24 HR TOTAL 14.3
TOTALS 16.6 3.5 13.1 4.3
LIQUID EQUIV 1.66
SINCE 7/1 19.4
LIQUID 7/1 1.94
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1
DAYS >= TRACE 7 1.8 5.2 7
DAYS >= 1.0 5 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 10
24 HR TOTAL 10.0 02/09 TO 02/09
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 717 695 22 880
SINCE 7/1 3090 3239 -149 3459
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/13/1902
LATEST 05/17/1912
EARLIEST 10/29
LATEST 04/04
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/320 DATE 02/07
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/250 DATE 02/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 3
LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 0
FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 7
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
...ADDITIONAL DATA FOR HARRISON FOR FEBRUARY 2011...
THE AVERAGE HIGH...LOW...AND MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE THE WARMEST
SINCE 2009.
DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL ON 15 DAYS AND BELOW
NORMAL ON 13 DAYS.
THERE WERE SIX DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 65
DEGREES...WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE 2000. THERE WERE SEVEN DAYS WITH
HIGHS AT OR BELOW FREEZING...WHICH WAS THE MOST SINCE 1989.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF -2 ON THE 10TH WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE
RECORDED AT HARRISON SINCE FEBRUARY 4TH 1996...WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
FELL TO -5 DEGREES. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST LOW TEMPERATURE AT OR
BELOW ZERO AT HARRISON SINCE FEBRUARY OF 1996.
THE FOLLOWING DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING
THE MONTH...
DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
17TH HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 56 IN 2011 55 IN 1961
18TH HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE 53 IN 2011 52 IN 1982
IT WAS THE WETTEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2001.
THE FOLLOWING DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS BROKEN DURING THE MONTH...
DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
24TH DAILY RAINFALL 1.57 INCHES IN 2011 1.20 INCHES IN 1979
IT WAS THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1993...AND THE 4TH SNOWIEST
FEBRUARY ON RECORD. IT WAS ALSO THE SNOWIEST MONTH SINCE FEBRUARY
1993...AND THE 9TH SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD.
THE 10.0 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL ON FEBRUARY 9TH MARKED THE 2ND
SNOWIEST DAY ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. IT ALSO MARKED THE
8TH HIGHEST CALENDAR DAY SNOWFALL ON RECORD...AND THE SNOWIEST DAY
SINCE JANUARY 29TH 2010.
THE FOLLOWING DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE
MONTH...
DATE RECORD TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
4TH DAILY SNOWFALL 3.3 INCHES IN 2011 2.5 INCHES IN 1906
9TH DAILY SNOWFALL 10.0 INCHES IN 2011 7.0 INCHES IN 1912
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