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CLMEKA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1116 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2013

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...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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   01/12/1986
 LOW               20   01/14/1888
HIGHEST            64   01/23                MM
                        01/21
LOWEST             27   01/13                MM
AVG. MAXIMUM     51.5                      -4.1
AVG. MINIMUM     36.5                      -4.6
MEAN             44.0                      -4.3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        18.26   1890
 MINIMUM         0.66   1985
TOTALS           2.57              6.50   -3.93
DAYS >= .01        11              16.6    -5.6       15
DAYS >= .10         9              11.6    -2.6        9
DAYS >= .50         1               4.8    -3.8        4
DAYS >= 1.00        0               1.7    -1.7        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.63   01/23 TO 01/24

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
 LIQUID 7/1        MM                        MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     644               516     128      565
 SINCE 7/1       2688              2471     217     2640
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              3.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    17/MM     DATE   MM
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    32/160    DATE  01/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         14


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 0
RAIN                      2     LIGHT RAIN                12
HAIL                      1     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      7
HAZE                      1

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

&&

TOTAL RAINFALL...............  2.57 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..... -3.93
TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST......  2.57 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..... -3.93
TOTAL SINCE JULY 1ST......... 23.40 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..... -0.15

HIGHEST SLP......... 30.48 ON 29
LOWEST SLP.......... 29.76 ON 23

...REMARKS...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE DOMINATED THE NORTWEST COAST OF
CALIFORNIA FOR MOST OF THE MONTH LEADING TO COOLER AND DRIER
WEATHER. EUREKA`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS NEARLY
4.5 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL AND IT WAS THE 16TH DRIEST JANUARY
SINCE 1886.


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