Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
789 CXUS53 KDTX 010927 RRB CLMMBS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 527 AM EDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE TRI CITIES MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1912 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 91 10/07/2007 LOW 19 10/31/1925 10/30/1925 HIGHEST 86 10/03 MM MM LOWEST 26 10/31 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 61.0 60.2 0.8 AVG. MINIMUM 45.3 41.4 3.9 MEAN 53.1 50.8 2.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 3 4.4 -1.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.78 1954 MINIMUM 0.18 1952 TOTALS 3.21 2.91 0.30 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.09 0.01 DAYS >= .01 17 12.0 5.0 DAYS >= .10 9 5.9 3.1 DAYS >= .50 2 1.8 0.2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.88 10/05 TO 10/05 STORM TOTAL 0.88 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 5.0 1967 TOTALS 0.5 0.2 0.3 LIQUID EQUIV 0.10 0.00 0.10 SINCE 7/1 0.5 0.2 0.3 LIQUID 7/1 0.05 DAYS >= TRACE 2 0.2 1.8 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM STORM TOTAL 0.5 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 389 447 -58 SINCE 7/1 478 611 -133 COOLING TOTAL 28 7 21 SINCE 1/1 587 632 -45 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/12 (1943) LATEST 05/28 (1949) EARLIEST 10/23 (2023) LATEST 04/27 (2023) .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/040 DATE 10/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/040 DATE 10/14 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 19 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ================================================================ SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2023 OCTOBER 2023 MONTHLY STATISTICS AND RANKINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------- SNOWFALL ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 0.2" 0.0" +0.2" 10TH SNOWIEST FLINT AREA 1.1" 0.3" +0.8" 7TH SNOWIEST SAGINAW AREA 0.5" 0.2" +0.3" 8TH SNOWIEST SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 0.2" 0.0" +0.2" 10TH SNOWIEST FLINT AREA 1.1" 0.3" +0.8" 7TH SNOWIEST SAGINAW AREA 0.5" 0.2" +0.3" 8TH SNOWIEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2023) PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 2.10" 2.53" -0.43" 74TH WETTEST FLINT AREA 4.05" 2.77" +1.28" 11TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 3.21" 2.91" +0.30" 36TH WETTEST PRECIPITATION SINCE JANUARY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 33.39" 29.50" +3.89" 18TH WETTEST FLINT AREA 30.74" 27.81" +2.93" 26TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 31.29" 27.99" +3.30" 12TH WETTEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2023) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 54.6 53.0 +1.6 42ND WARMEST FLINT AREA 52.8 50.2 +2.6 25TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 53.1 50.8 +2.3 23RD WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 61.9 62.0 -0.1 67TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 60.8 60.1 +0.7 51ST WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 61.0 60.2 +0.8 43RD WARMEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 47.3 44.0 +3.3 24TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 44.9 40.3 +4.6 8TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 45.3 41.4 +3.9 9TH WARMEST DETROIT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO NOVEMBER 1874 (~149 YEARS) FLINT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1921 (~103 YEARS) SAGINAW AREA HAS CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1912 (~112 YEARS)