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CXUS53 KPAH 052334
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
530 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009

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...THE EVANSVILLE IN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2008 TO 2/28/2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1896 TO 2009

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              79   02/13/1962
 LOW              -23   02/02/1951
HIGHEST            73   12/27        42      31
LOWEST             -1   01/16        24     -25
AVG. MAXIMUM     43.7              43.0     0.7
AVG. MINIMUM     24.8              25.2    -0.4
MEAN             34.2              34.1     0.1
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32     20              21.0    -1.0
DAYS MIN <= 32     74              68.0     6.0
DAYS MIN <= 0       1               4.0    -3.0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        14.78   1937
 MINIMUM         0.27   1947
TOTALS          10.37              9.55    0.82
DAILY AVG.       0.11              3.15   -3.04
DAYS >= .01        27              30.0    -3.0
DAYS >= .10        19                MM      MM
DAYS >= .50         7                MM      MM
DAYS >= 1.00        4               2.0     2.0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.50   MM
 STORM TOTAL       MM
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS            6.6
 LIQUID EQUIV    0.66
SINCE 7/1         6.6
 LIQUID 7/1      0.66
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0
DAYS >= TRACE      21
DAYS >= 1.0         3
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         3   01/28
 24 HR TOTAL      2.7   01/28 TO 01/28
 STORM TOTAL       MM
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    2752              2863    -111
 SINCE 7/1       3623              3641     -18
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/03/1974
 LATEST       05/10/1966
EARLIEST                        10/23
LATEST                          04/10
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    45/240    DATE  12/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    61/250    DATE  12/27

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM

NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           42
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         32

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN               10     RAIN                      15
LIGHT RAIN               28     FREEZING RAIN              5
LT FREEZING RAIN          6     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW               21     SLEET                      1
FOG                      43     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                     20

-  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. IN EVANSVILLE...TWO DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET. ON JANUARY 27TH A RECORD OF 1.43
INCHES FELL...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 0.92 INCHES SET IN 1953.
AND THE SECOND WAS SET ON FEBRUARY 11TH WHEN 1.02 INCHES
FELL...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 1 INCH SET IN 1985.

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. ONE NEW
TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET IN EVANSVILLE ON DECEMBER 5TH WHEN THE
AFTERNOON HIGH ONLY CLIMBED TO 28 DEGREES. THIS SET THE RECORD FOR A
MINIMUM MAX TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY. THE OLD RECORD WAS 298 DEGREES
SET IN 2002.

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