Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KCTP 010713 CLMAOO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 313 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE ALTOONA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 08/20/1962 08/02/1955 08/28/1948 LOW 36 08/29/1982 HIGHEST 88 08/21 89 08/08 08/09 08/04 LOWEST 50 08/02 47 08/13 08/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.7 81.1 -0.4 82.1 AVG. MINIMUM 59.2 60.0 -0.8 60.8 MEAN 69.9 70.6 -0.7 71.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 2.0 -2.0 0 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) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.93 2021 MINIMUM 0.02 1989 TOTALS 3.63 3.26 0.37 2.97 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.11 0.01 0.10 DAYS >= .01 17 10.8 6.2 15 DAYS >= .10 10 6.5 3.5 10 DAYS >= .50 1 2.1 -1.1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.23 08/14 TO 08/15 1.08 08/21 TO 08/22 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 9 12 -3 4 SINCE 7/1 9 10 -1 MM COOLING TOTAL 168 184 -16 212 SINCE 1/1 516 613 -97 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/300 DATE 08/08 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/290 DATE 08/08 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.42 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 20 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 26 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$