Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
709 CXUS53 KDTX 010927 RRA CLMFNT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 527 AM EDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE FLINT MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1921 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 89 10/01/2002 10/06/1963 10/03/1953 LOW 19 10/21/1974 10/30/1966 HIGHEST 85 10/03 MM MM LOWEST 24 10/31 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 60.8 60.1 0.7 AVG. MINIMUM 44.9 40.3 4.6 MEAN 52.8 50.2 2.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 3 6.1 -3.1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.59 2001 MINIMUM 0.33 2005 TOTALS 4.05 2.77 1.28 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.09 0.04 DAYS >= .01 16 11.8 4.2 DAYS >= .10 8 6.2 1.8 DAYS >= .50 4 1.8 2.2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.99 10/25 TO 10/26 STORM TOTAL 0.90 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 4.4 1989 TOTALS 1.1 0.3 0.8 LIQUID EQUIV 0.10 0.00 0.10 SINCE 7/1 1.1 0.3 0.8 LIQUID 7/1 0.11 DAYS >= TRACE 2 0.3 1.7 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.1 0.9 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM STORM TOTAL 1.1 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 389 465 -76 SINCE 7/1 507 655 -148 COOLING TOTAL 20 6 14 SINCE 1/1 537 565 -28 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/17 (2013) LATEST 05/28 (2008) EARLIEST 10/23 (2023) LATEST 05/26 (2023) .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/280 DATE 10/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/290 DATE 10/08 35/240 10/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 16 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ================================================================ SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2023 OCTOBER 2023 MONTHLY STATISTICS AND RANKINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------- SNOWFALL ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 0.2" 0.0" +0.2" 10TH SNOWIEST FLINT AREA 1.1" 0.3" +0.8" 7TH SNOWIEST SAGINAW AREA 0.5" 0.2" +0.3" 8TH SNOWIEST SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 0.2" 0.0" +0.2" 10TH SNOWIEST FLINT AREA 1.1" 0.3" +0.8" 7TH SNOWIEST SAGINAW AREA 0.5" 0.2" +0.3" 8TH SNOWIEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2023) PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 2.10" 2.53" -0.43" 74TH WETTEST FLINT AREA 4.05" 2.77" +1.28" 11TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 3.21" 2.91" +0.30" 36TH WETTEST PRECIPITATION SINCE JANUARY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 33.39" 29.50" +3.89" 18TH WETTEST FLINT AREA 30.74" 27.81" +2.93" 26TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 31.29" 27.99" +3.30" 12TH WETTEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2023) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 54.6 53.0 +1.6 42ND WARMEST FLINT AREA 52.8 50.2 +2.6 25TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 53.1 50.8 +2.3 23RD WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 61.9 62.0 -0.1 67TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 60.8 60.1 +0.7 51ST WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 61.0 60.2 +0.8 43RD WARMEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 47.3 44.0 +3.3 24TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 44.9 40.3 +4.6 8TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 45.3 41.4 +3.9 9TH WARMEST DETROIT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO NOVEMBER 1874 (~149 YEARS) FLINT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1921 (~103 YEARS) SAGINAW AREA HAS CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1912 (~112 YEARS)