Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
625 CXUS53 KDTX 010927 CLMDTW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 527 AM EDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE DETROIT MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 92 10/07/1963 LOW 13 10/02/2016 HIGHEST 83 10/03 MM MM LOWEST 27 10/31 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 61.9 62.0 -0.1 AVG. MINIMUM 47.3 44.0 3.3 MEAN 54.6 53.0 1.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 2 1.9 0.1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.80 1954 MINIMUM 0.30 1892 TOTALS 2.10 2.53 -0.43 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.08 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 15 10.6 4.4 DAYS >= .10 6 5.6 0.4 DAYS >= .50 1 1.6 -0.6 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.70 10/05 TO 10/05 STORM TOTAL 0.70 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 2.9 1980 TOTALS 0.2 0.0 0.2 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.2 0.0 0.2 LIQUID 7/1 0.02 DAYS >= TRACE 1 0.2 0.8 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM STORM TOTAL 0.2 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 348 382 -34 SINCE 7/1 386 481 -95 COOLING TOTAL 28 10 18 SINCE 1/1 742 847 -105 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/22 (1974) LATEST 05/29 (1966) EARLIEST 10/30 (2023) LATEST 04/26 (2023) .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/210 DATE 10/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/210 DATE 10/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.76 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 19 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ --------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA FOR NWS WHITE LAKE - OCTOBER 2023 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MAXIMUM.........60.0 MONTHLY TOTAL..........3.39 AVERAGE MINIMUM.........43.6 GREATEST DAILY TOTAL...1.01 MONTHLY AVERAGE.........51.8 ON THE 5TH 2023 TOTAL............36.68 ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... MONTHLY TOTAL............418 ...SNOWFALL DATA... 2023-2024 SEASON TOTAL...575 MONTHLY TOTAL...........0.7 2023-2024 SEASON TOTAL..0.7 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... MONTHLY TOTAL.............18 2023 TOTAL...............403 ================================================================ 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)