Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
186 CXUS56 KEKA 072059 CLMEKA SFOCLMEKA 000 TTAA00 EKA 072031 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 131 PM PDT SUN JUL 07 2024 ................................... ...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 85 06/11/2019 06/17/1945 06/06/1903 LOW 40 06/24/2003 06/08/1999 06/06/1899 HIGHEST 65 06/04 MM MM 65 06/26 06/29 LOWEST 44 06/19 MM MM 45 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.2 61.9 -0.7 59.6 AVG. MINIMUM 49.5 50.1 -0.6 50.0 MEAN 55.3 56.0 -0.7 54.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.66 1888 MINIMUM 0.00 1960 TOTALS 0.79 0.70 0.09 DAYS >= .01 7 5.5 1.5 7 DAYS >= .10 2 1.8 0.2 1 DAYS >= .50 1 0.4 0.6 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.74 06/02 TO 06/03 LIQUID 7/1 MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 283 270 13 301 SINCE 7/1 4014 4505 -491 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 16/340 DATE 06/16 16/330 06/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 24/MM DATE 06/11 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.58 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 10 HAIL 0 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. JUNE WAS A VERY AVERAGE START TO SUMMER FOR EUREKA. THE MONTH STARTED WITH AN ANOMALOUSLY STRONG, LATE SEASON ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WHICH BROUGHT JUST UNDER AN INCH OF RAIN. THOUGH STRONG, THIS EVENT WAS ISOLATED WITH ONLY LIGHT DRIZZLE OBSERVED THROUGH THE REST OF THE MONTH. STILL EVEN ON ITS OWN THE SINGLE EVENT MANAGED TO BRING EUREKA JUST ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR THE WHOLE MONTH. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGE FOR THE MONTH WAS JUST 12 DEGREES, INDICATING STRONG AND CONSISTENT MARINE INFLUENCE. THIS OBSERVATION IS FURTHER SUPPORTED BY THE NEARLY DAILY OBSERVATION OF FOG A MARINE STRATUS. SUCH A STRONG MARINE LAYER, BOLSTERED BY HIGH PRESSURE AND NORTHERLY WIND, IS NORMAL FOR JUNE. $$