Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
404 CXUS51 KLWX 012138 CLMBWI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 538 PM EDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BALTIMORE MD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 10/02/2019 LOW 25 10/24/1969 10/31/1966 HIGHEST 86 10/03 83 3 79 LOWEST 38 10/24 32 6 34 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.6 68.3 4.3 66.4 AVG. MINIMUM 49.9 46.5 3.4 45.4 MEAN 61.3 57.4 3.9 55.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 1.0 -1.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.23 2005 MINIMUM T 1963 TOTALS 1.13 3.94 -2.81 4.66 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.13 -0.09 0.15 DAYS >= .01 7 8.6 -1.6 11 DAYS >= .10 4 5.3 -1.3 8 DAYS >= .50 1 2.8 -1.8 5 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.75 10/14 TO 10/15 1.35 STORM TOTAL 0.73 1.23 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 2.4 1925 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 165 260 -95 275 SINCE 7/1 178 294 -116 MM COOLING TOTAL 57 24 33 1 SINCE 1/1 1469 1321 148 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/290 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/280 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && OCT 2023 ENDED WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT BWI, BUT NOT IN THE TOP TEN WARMEST OR DRIEST ON RECORD. A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RESULTED IN VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. $$ LFR