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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
834 PM CST THU JAN 6 2011

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...THE PADUCAH KY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2010...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 TO 2011

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             108   07/17/1942
 LOW              -15   01/20/1985
HIGHEST           104   08/12                         98  06/27
                        08/03
                        08/04
LOWEST              1   01/10                          2  01/16
AVG. MAXIMUM     68.9              67.5     1.4     67.4
AVG. MINIMUM     47.4              46.0     1.4     47.9
MEAN             58.2              56.8     1.4     57.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     73               4.0    69.0       25
DAYS MAX <= 32     21               1.0    20.0       12
DAYS MAX >= 95     26
DAYS MAX >= 100     7
DAYS MIN <= 32     95               7.0    88.0       78
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        67.11   2006
 MINIMUM        36.36   1987
TOTALS          36.67             49.24  -12.57    55.60
DAILY AVG.       0.10             12.33  -12.23     0.15
DAYS >= .01        94               9.0    85.0      122
DAYS >= .10        62                MM      MM       89
DAYS >= .50        24                MM      MM       36
DAYS >= 1.00        9               1.0     8.0       17
DAYS >= 0.25       39                                 63
DAYS >= 2.00        2                                  4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    3.59
 STORM TOTAL       MM
 (MM/DD(HH))

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           24.7   1978
 24 HR TOTAL     14.0   12/22/2004 TO 12/22/2004
TOTALS           15.9              10.2     5.7      2.9
 LIQUID EQUIV    1.59
SINCE 7/1         5.6               1.7     3.9        T
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                                  0
DAYS >= TRACE      24               6.9    17.1       13
DAYS >= 1.0         6               0.0     6.0        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         5   01/30                          2  01/30
                                                          01/29
                                                          01/28
 24 HR TOTAL      3.2   MM
 STORM TOTAL       MM
 (MM/DD(HH))

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    4377              4271     106     4019
 SINCE 7/1       1709              1665      44

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/01/1984
 LATEST       04/28/1992
EARLIEST                        10/26
LATEST                          04/04
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/030    DATE  08/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    48/290    DATE  11/25

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM

NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR          232
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             71
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         61

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             51     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               35     RAIN                      50
LIGHT RAIN              102     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       4
LIGHT SNOW               23     SLEET                      2
FOG                     172     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     13
HAZE                     85

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

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REMARKS: 2010 WAS THE 5TH DRIEST ON RECORD WITH ONLY 36.67 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED.

LAST WINTER...DECEMBER 2009 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2010 TIED AS 6TH
COLDEST WINTER SEASON ON RECORD.FEBRUARY 2010 TIED AS THE 8TH
COLDEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND IT WAS THE 10TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON
RECORD. A DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET ON JANUARY 29 WITH 3.2
INCHES OF SNOWFALL RECORDED. A DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET ON
DECEMBER 24 WITH 1.62 INCHES RECORDED. ON MARCH 21ST SET A DAILY
RAINFALL RECORD WITH 1.77 INCHES AND ANOTHER DAILY RECORD WAS SET ON
MAY 1ST WITH 3.96 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SUMMER TEMPERATURE WAS 81.0
DEGREES WHICH IS TIED AS THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD FOR THE CITY.
THIS IS ALSO THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMERS OF 1954 AND
1952. THERE WERE 37 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WHEN THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE
WAS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 90 DEGREES...THIS IS THE 2ND LONGEST
STREAK. THE LONGEST STREAK OF TEMPERATURES OF GREATER THAN OR EQUAL
TO 100 DEGREES WAS TIED THIS SUMMER WITH 5. THIS EVENT ALSO OCCURRED
IN 1988, 1966 AND 1954. DURING SEPTEMBER RECORDS WERE TIED FOR
MAXIMUM MIN TEMPERATURES ON THE 22ND AND 23RD WITH 70 AND 73 DEGREES
RESPECTIVELY. RECORD DAILY RAINFALL SET ON THE 10TH WITH 3.15 INCHES.
OCTOBER 2010 WAS THE 4TH DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.77
INCHES OF RAINFALL. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED ON THE 11TH WITH 89
DEGREES. FOR NOVEMBER...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED ON THE 12TH
WITH 78 DEGREES. NEW RECORD MAXIMUM MIN TEMPERATURE ON THE 22ND WITH
63 DEGREES.

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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
