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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
820 PM PDT FRI MAY 3 2013

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...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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              80   04/09/1989
 LOW               31   04/05/1895
HIGHEST            70   04/24                MM
LOWEST             35   04/16                MM
AVG. MAXIMUM     56.5                      -1.2
AVG. MINIMUM     44.3                       0.2
MEAN             50.4                      -0.5

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        11.25   2003
 MINIMUM         0.24   1909
TOTALS           2.44              3.32   -0.88
DAYS >= .01         7              13.4    -6.4       18
DAYS >= .10         4               7.7    -3.7        9
DAYS >= .50         2               2.0     0.0        4
DAYS >= 1.00        1               0.5     0.5        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.13   04/06 TO 04/07

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
 LIQUID 7/1        MM                        MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     429               423       6      436
 SINCE 7/1       4197              3821     376     4104
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    23/360    DATE  04/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/360    DATE  04/07

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            7
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         17


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 1
RAIN                      3     LIGHT RAIN                12
HAIL                      0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      10     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                      1

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

&&

TOTAL RAINFALL...............  2.44 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..... -0.88
TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST......  9.88 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-10.87
TOTAL SINCE JULY 1ST......... 30.71 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..... -7.09

HIGHEST SLP......... 30.41 ON 17
LOWEST SLP.......... 29.72 ON  7

...REMARKS...THE MAIN STORY FOR THE MONTH WAS THE DRY WEATHER. THE
RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WAS 73 PERCENT OF NORMAL...HOWEVER...
ALL OF THIS RAIN FELL IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. HIGH PRESSURE
KEPT THE WEATHER SYSTEMS TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA FOR THE SECOND
HALF OF THE MONTH. OFFSHORE FLOW BROUGHT A RECORD HIGH OF 70 ON THE
24TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 68 WHICH WAS SET IN 1913.
OTHERWISE...HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 1.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH
ONSHORE FLOW KEEPING THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN CHECK.


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