...THE HARRISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2010...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2010
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 81 01/24/1943
LOW -18 01/18/1930
HIGHEST 70 01/20 44 26 72 01/03
LOWEST 2 01/08 25 -23 7 01/16
AVG. MAXIMUM 41.5 44.4 -2.9 44.9
AVG. MINIMUM 24.4 25.4 -1.0 24.1
MEAN 33.0 34.9 -1.9 34.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 10 5.8 4.2 7
DAYS MIN <= 32 20 22.3 -2.3 28
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.7 -0.7 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.42 1916
MINIMUM 0.00 1931
TOTALS 2.83 2.51 0.32 5.04
DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.08 0.01 0.16
DAYS >= .01 10 8.5 1.5 5
DAYS >= .10 6 3
DAYS >= .50 2 2
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.17 01/23 TO 01/24
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 29.0 1918
TOTALS 16.1
LIQUID EQUIV 1.61
SINCE 7/1 16.9
LIQUID 7/1 1.69
SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM
DAYS >= TRACE 11 2.2 8.8 11
DAYS >= 1.0 4 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 12
24 HR TOTAL 11.0R
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 987 932 55 934
SINCE 7/1 2579 2544 35 2585
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 7.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/150 DATE 01/21
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/260 DATE 01/11
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 10 SLEET 1
FOG 24 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6
HAZE 14
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...ADDITIONAL DATA FOR HARRISON FOR JANUARY 2010...
BY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...IT WAS THE COOLEST JANUARY SINCE 1994. THE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO THE COOLEST SINCE 1994. THE AVERAGE
LOW WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2009...BUT COLDER THAN EVERY YEAR FROM
1997 THROUGH 2008.
THERE WERE 16 DAYS WITH A DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL...
AND 15 DAYS WITH A DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL.
THERE WERE SIX DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 10 DEGREES.
THIS IS THE MOST IN ONE MONTH SINCE DECEMBER OF 2000...AND ALREADY
THE MOST IN ONE YEAR SINCE 2000.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 2 DEGREES ON THE 8TH WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE
RECORDED AT HARRISON SINCE DECEMBER 22ND 2000.
FROM JANUARY 2ND THROUGH JANUARY 8TH...THE TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW
FREEZING. THESE EIGHT DAYS WERE THE MOST TIME BELOW FREEZING SINCE
LATE DECEMBER 2000 AND EARLY JANUARY 2001...AND WERE THE 8TH LONGEST
PERIOD OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS BELOW FREEZING ON RECORD.
THERE WERE NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
IT WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY SINCE 2007.
THERE WERE NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
IT WAS THE SNOWIEST JANUARY SINCE 1978...AND THE 4TH SNOWIEST JANUARY
ON RECORD. THE 16.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS THE MOST IN ONE MONTH
SINCE FEBRUARY OF 1993.
THE FOLLOWING DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE
MONTH...
ON THE 29TH...11.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT HARRISON. THIS SET A
NEW DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THE CALENDAR DAY JANUARY 29TH. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.0 INCHES...WHICH WAS FIRST SET IN 1914...AND
TIED IN 1936...1939...AND AGAIN IN 1966.
THIS ALSO TIES THE RECORD FOR THE SNOWIEST DAY IN JANUARY AT
HARRISON. 11.0 INCHES ALSO FELL ON JANUARY 21ST 1926...JANUARY 10TH
1955...AND JANUARY 6TH 1970.
WITH ALL OF THE SNOWFALL FOR THIS MONTH...HARRISON HAS EXCEEDED
ITS AVERAGE YEARLY SNOWFALL BY A LITTLE OVER THREE INCHES.
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