Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
000 CXUS52 KRAH 091142 CLAGSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 623 AM EST SAT JAN 09 2021 ................................... ...THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL AIRPORT NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1903 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 07/27/1914 06/12/1914 06/12/1911 LOW -8 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 95 07/20 LOWEST 16 12/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 69.8 69.2 0.6 AVG. MINIMUM 50.7 49.1 1.6 MEAN 60.2 59.1 1.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 29 28.8 0.2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.0 -3.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 50 65.3 -15.3 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 64.11 2018 MINIMUM 27.74 1941 TOTALS 63.37 42.20 21.17 DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.12 0.05 DAYS >= .01 134 110.6 23.4 DAYS >= .10 81 71.9 9.1 DAYS >= .50 39 28.9 10.1 DAYS >= 1.00 18 10.8 7.2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.69 02/06 TO 02/06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 32.5 1927 TOTALS 2.0 7.5 -5.5 T SINCE 7/1 T DAYS >= TRACE 4 DAYS >= 1.0 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 02/21 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3144 3617 -473 COOLING TOTAL 1512 1485 27 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/270 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/180 DATE 10/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/230 DATE 02/07 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.62 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 67 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 160 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 139 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 53 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 50 RAIN 65 LIGHT RAIN 166 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 155 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 25 HAZE 16 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE 63.37 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT GSO IN 2020 RANKED AS THE SECOND WETTEST ON RECORD. THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD IS 64.11 INCHES IN 2018. $$