Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
000 CXUS52 KRAH 132115 CCA CLMRDU CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED FOR THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RANKING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 515 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2023 ................................... ...THE RALEIGH NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 04/23/1980 04/18/1896 LOW 23 04/10/1985 04/09/1972 HIGHEST 87 04/05 88 04/06 LOWEST 36 04/10 34 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.2 72.7 2.5 74.0 AVG. MINIMUM 51.7 48.9 2.8 50.0 MEAN 63.5 60.8 2.6 62.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.66 2017 TOTALS 7.84 3.53 4.31 2.05 DAYS >= .01 10 DAYS >= .10 6 DAYS >= .50 5 DAYS >= 1.00 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.02 04/07 TO 04/07 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 10.0 1915 SNOW DEPTH 0 MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 T SINCE 7/1 T SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 119 180 -61 149 SINCE 7/1 2389 3105 -716 2270 COOLING TOTAL 79 54 25 67 SINCE 1/1 109 68 41 30 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/220 DATE 04/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/230 DATE 04/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && APRIL 2023 WAS THE 3RD WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD AT RALEIGH NC WITH TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH MEASURING 7.74 INCHES. APRIL 2023 WAS THE 7TH WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD AT RALEIGH NC WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 63.5 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH. A RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC ON APRIL 6TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 65 DEGREES SET IN 1967. A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 1.73 INCHES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC ON APRIL 14TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.42 INCHES SET IN 1947. $$