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CXUS56 KEKA 112138
CLMEKA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
300 PM PDT MON APR 11 2013

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...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              78   03/27/1930
                        03/19/1914
 LOW               29   03/01/1917
                        03/03/1896

HIGHEST            60   03/29                MM
LOWEST             33   03/23                MM
AVG. MAXIMUM     53.7                      -3.0
AVG. MINIMUM     41.6                      -1.0
MEAN             47.6                      -2.1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        19.05   1904
 MINIMUM         0.07   1916
TOTALS           3.09              5.30   -2.21
DAYS >= .01        10              16.2    -6.2       22
DAYS >= .10         6              11.3    -5.3       16
DAYS >= .50         3               3.9    -0.9        9
DAYS >= 1.00        1               0.9     0.1        5
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.78   03/05 TO 03/06

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
 LIQUID 7/1        MM                        MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     530               476      54      552
 SINCE 7/1       3768              3398     370     3689
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    22/360    DATE  03/21
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    37/360    DATE  03/21

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         21


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 0
RAIN                      3     LIGHT RAIN                16
HAIL                      0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       9     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      1

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

TOTAL RAINFALL...............  3.09 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..... -2.21
TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST......  7.44 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..... -9.99
TOTAL SINCE JULY 1ST......... 28.27 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..... -6.21

HIGHEST SLP......... 30.50 ON  1
LOWEST SLP.......... 29.59 ON  6

...REMARKS...TEMPERATURES AND RAIN WERE BOTH BELOW NORMAL FOR THE
MONTH. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE KEPT THE WEATHER SYSTEMS TO THE
NORTH. THE ONES THAT DID MAKE IT THROUGH THE RIDGE PRODUCED LESS
RAINFALL THAN NORMAL. THIS ALSO ALLOWED SKIES TO CLEAR OUT AND WE
HAD SOME COOL NIGHTS. A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 33 DEGREES WAS
TIED ON THE 23RD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS SET IN 2009. RAINFALL WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH AND THE YEAR SO FAR...IN FACT
ONLY 7.44 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1ST MAKES THIS THE SECOND
DRIEST FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR ON RECORD. THE DRIEST ON RECORD WAS
5.18 IN 1923.

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