Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
790 CXUS56 KEKA 070522 CLMEKA SFOCLMEKA 000 TTAA00 EKA 060601 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1100 PM PDT MON AUG 05 2024 ................................... ...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1886 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 77 MM LOW 45 07/03/2018 HIGHEST 76 07/06 MM MM 67 LOWEST 47 07/03 MM MM 48 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.5 63.1 1.4 63.7 AVG. MINIMUM 52.7 52.4 0.3 53.4 MEAN 58.6 57.7 0.9 58.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.34 1916 MINIMUM 0.00 1967 TOTALS 0.05 0.18 -0.13 DAYS >= .01 3 3.0 0.0 2 DAYS >= .10 0 0.3 -0.3 0 DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.03 07/21 TO 07/21 LIQUID 7/1 MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 191 225 -34 189 SINCE 7/1 191 227 -36 MM COOLING TOTAL 1 0 1 0 SINCE 1/1 1 0 1 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 16/360 DATE 07/21 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 21/MM DATE 07/02 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 5 HAIL 0 SLEET 0 FOG 23 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 12 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. JULY WAS DRIER THAN AVERAGE WITH ALL MEASURED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE FROM THE EVER PRESENT DIURNAL MARINE LAYER. PACIFIC RIDGES DOMINATED THE WEATHER PATTERNS OF JULY. SOME OF THE RIDGES CAUSED MANY DAYS TO BE GUSTY. OFFSHORE WINDS, ALSO, AIDED IN DIMINISHING THE MARINE LAYER FOR MULTIPLE DAYS CREATING CLEAR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT, WHICH ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DIP INTO THE UPPER 40S. ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS ALLOWED ENOUGH CLEAR SKIES DURING THE DAY FOR TEMPERATURES TO REACH THE MID TO UPPER 70S. THE FIRST WEEKEND OF JULY SAW TWO RECORD BREAKING HIGH TEMPERATURES, ONE OF 75 DEGREES ON JULY 5 AND ANOTHER OF 76 ON JULY 6. THE SECOND WEEK SAW HIGH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO AVERAGE. MANY NIGHTS AND EARLY MORNINGS SAW MISTY AND FOGGY CONDITIONS, WITH SOME NIGHTS OF DENSE FOG. $$