Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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CXUS54 KEWX 030818
CLMSAT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
315 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013
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...THE SAN ANTONIO 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 DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST 90 04/15 95 04/26
04/09
LOWEST 41 04/20 50 04/21
AVG. MAXIMUM 78.8 80.5 -1.7 85.2
AVG. MINIMUM 56.5 58.1 -1.6 62.5
MEAN 67.6 69.3 -1.7 73.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 2 6
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 2.77 2.10 0.67 0.04
DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.07 0.02 0.00
DAYS >= .01 8 3
DAYS >= .10 6 0
DAYS >= .50 2 0
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.49 04/02 TO 04/03
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS T 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 T 0.7 -0.7 T
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 57 39 18 0
SINCE 7/1 1191 1494 -303 1130
COOLING TOTAL 144 168 -24 274
SINCE 1/1 261 259 2 443
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/300 DATE 04/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/290 DATE 04/02
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 13
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 5
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
REMARKS
NEW RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM OF 73 ON 17TH (PREV. 72 IN 2006)
NEW RECORD DAILY LOW OF 41 ON 20TH (PREV. 46 IN 1953)
APRIL 2013...WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AT 67.6...WAS THE COOLEST
APRIL AT SAN ANTONIO SINCE APRIL 2007...WHEN THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
WAS 65.2 IN APRIL 2007.
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DATA
HIGHEST SLP 30.29 INCHES ON THE 25TH
LOWEST SLP 29.50 INCHES ON THE 9TH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: SAN ANTONIO
MONTH: APRIL
YEAR: 2013
LATITUDE: 29 31 N
LONGITUDE: 98 28 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
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1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12Z AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 86 63 75 9 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 6.6 24 150 M M 7 1 29 150
2 80 58 69 3 0 4 1.20 T 0 9.8 37 300 M M 10 135 46 290
3 59 50 55 -11 10 0 0.29 0.0 0 12.3 23 250 M M 9 13 31 260
4 71 46 59 -7 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.5 20 310 M M 4 26 320
5 72 42 57 -10 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.5 12 150 M M 4 15 150
6 80 51 66 -1 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 11.3 21 170 M M 5 26 160
7 86 60 73 6 0 8 T 0.0 0 12.1 23 130 M M 6 28 140
8 77 67 72 4 0 7 T 0.0 0 13.5 23 140 M M 10 1 29 140
9 90 71 81 13 0 16 T 0.0 0 14.2 23 120 M M 7 18 30 140
10 75 48 62 -6 3 0 0.12 0.0 0 15.0 31 360 M M 9 1 39 350
11 71 48 60 -8 5 0 0.01 0.0 0 5.7 16 360 M M 3 23 360
12 81 46 64 -4 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.1 17 150 M M 2 23 150
13 78 52 65 -4 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.8 18 120 M M 6 23 100
14 88 57 73 4 0 8 T 0.0 0 7.1 17 140 M M 5 1 22 180
15 90 68 79 10 0 14 T 0.0 0 10.9 18 140 M M 7 18 23 170
16 86 65 76 7 0 11 T 0.0 0 12.3 23 130 M M 8 18 30 140
17 80 73 77 7 0 12 T 0.0 0 13.3 21 130 M M 10 18 26 140
18 76 55 66 -4 0 1 0.19 0.0 0 13.3 25 10 M M 9 1 36 360
19 72 46 59 -11 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.7 25 10 M M 1 35 360
20 75 41 58 -12 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.5 25 130 M M 0 8 31 130
21 81 52 67 -4 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 8.5 22 130 M M 5 26 130
22 84 62 73 2 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 11.1 24 150 M M 6 29 160
23 79 53 66 -5 0 1 T 0.0 0 10.9 23 10 M M 10 29 350
24 64 47 56 -15 9 0 T 0.0 0 13.0 26 10 M M 10 37 10
25 70 56 63 -9 2 0 T 0.0 0 8.6 15 100 M M 10 20 50
26 78 60 69 -3 0 4 0.01 0.0 0 7.5 17 130 M M 10 12 23 220
27 83 66 75 3 0 10 0.39 0.0 0 5.8 25 110 M M 10 13 29 120
28 83 60 72 0 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 5.6 17 160 M M 5 1 24 150
29 85 67 76 3 0 11 0.56 0.0 0 8.9 30 120 M M 8 13 38 120
30 83 65 74 1 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 5.7 16 130 M M 6 1 20 130
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SM 2363 1695 57 144 2.77 T 288.1 M 202
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AV 78.8 56.5 9.6 FASTST M M 7 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 37 300 # 46 290
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
1 = FOG OR MIST
2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
3 = THUNDER
4 = ICE PELLETS
5 = HAIL
6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM: VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
9 = BLOWING SNOW
X = TORNADO
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