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CXUS53 KPAH 052330
CLSCGI

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
530 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009

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...THE CAPE GIRARDEAU MO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2008 TO 2/28/2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 9999 TO 9999

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              72   02/05/2008
                        02/04/2008
                        06/30/1952
 LOW               -6   12/09/2005
HIGHEST            71   12/27        MM      MM
LOWEST              1   01/16        MM      MM
AVG. MAXIMUM     45.0              44.2     0.8
AVG. MINIMUM     26.1              26.9    -0.8
MEAN             35.6              35.5     0.1
DAYS MAX >= 90      0                MM      MM
DAYS MAX <= 32     16                MM      MM
DAYS MIN <= 32     72                MM      MM
DAYS MIN <= 0       0                MM      MM

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM           MM   MM
 MINIMUM           MM   MM
TOTALS           6.71             11.03   -4.32
DAILY AVG.       0.08              0.12   -0.04
DAYS >= .01        27                MM      MM
DAYS >= .10        19                MM      MM
DAYS >= .50         4                MM      MM
DAYS >= 1.00        1                MM      MM
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.76   MM
 STORM TOTAL       MM
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             MM   MM
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
TOTALS              T              10.7   -10.7
 LIQUID EQUIV      MM                MM      MM
SINCE 7/1           T              11.1   -11.1
 LIQUID 7/1        MM
DAYS >= TRACE      12                MM      MM
DAYS >= 1.0         0                MM      MM
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM
 24 HR TOTAL        T   MM
 STORM TOTAL       MM
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    2641              2653     -12
 SINCE 7/1       3538              3478      60
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     MM
 LATEST       MM
EARLIEST                        MM
LATEST                          MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    46/240    DATE  12/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/230    DATE  12/27

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM

NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           45
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             18
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         27

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              8     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                7     RAIN                      10
LIGHT RAIN               25     FREEZING RAIN              3
LT FREEZING RAIN          8     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW               14     SLEET                      2
FOG                      42     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      8
HAZE                     13

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

&&

NARRATIVE: THE MAIN STORY FOR THE WINTER SEASON WAS THE ICE STORM
THAT NEARLY CRIPPLED MOST OF KENTUCKY. IT WAS A CLASSIC SETUP WITH
COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AND A STORM SYSTEM MOVING
THROUGH THE GULF COAST STATES. WARM OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION FELL
INTO AIR THAT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. FARTHER NORTH IN
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL AS SNOW. FATHER
EAST ACROSS THE PENNYRILE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY...HEAVY RAIN
PROMPTED SEVERAL FLASH FLOOD EVENTS. BY THE TIME THE STORM WAS
DONE...A WIDE SWATH OF 1 INCH OR GREATER ICE AMOUNTS WERE REPORTED.
POWER LINES WERE DOWN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH MAJOR DAMAGE TO
TREES. IN MAY AREAS...IT LOOKED LIKE THE TOP ONE THIRD OF A TREE HAD
BEEN CUT OFF. ROADS WERE BLOCKED...POWER WAS OUT...AND SCHOOLS WERE
CANCELLED FOR MANY DAYS WELL INTO FEBRUARY. MUCH OF KENTUCKY WAS
DECLARED A MAJOR DISASTER.

PRECIPITATION...THE SEASONAL RAINFALL TOTALS WERE OVER ONE HALF
INCH ABOVE NORMAL FOR AREAS NEAR PADUCAH AND EVANSVILLE...WHILE THE
TOTAL FOR THE CAPE GIRARDEAU AREA WAS OVER 4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
ALTHOUGH PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WAS DEVASTATED BY THE
JANUARY ICE STORM...PRECIPITATION TOTALS WERE NOT AS HIGH AS OTHER
COMMUNITIES IN THE QUAD STATE AREA.

TEMPERATURES...THE SEASONAL MEAN TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 0.1 DEGREE
ABOVE NORMAL IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST
INDIANA WHILE IN WEST KENTUCKY THE MEAN TEMPERATURE WAS 1 DEGREE
ABOVE NORMAL. AFTERNOON HIGHS WERE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE
SEASON AND MORNING LOWS AVERAGED SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

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