Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
415 CXUS56 KEKA 070619 CLMEKA SFOCLMEKA 000 TTAA00 EKA 070600 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 959 PM PST TUE FEB 06 2024 ................................... ...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 78 01/12/1986 LOW 20 01/14/1888 HIGHEST 71 01/30 MM MM 67 LOWEST 32 01/11 MM MM 27 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.1 55.1 3.0 55.4 AVG. MINIMUM 45.7 40.8 4.9 39.9 MEAN 51.9 47.9 4.0 47.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.26 1890 MINIMUM 0.66 1985 TOTALS 11.85 6.67 5.18 DAYS >= .01 23 16.5 6.5 16 DAYS >= .10 16 11.6 4.4 12 DAYS >= .50 8 4.8 3.2 7 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.8 1.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.49 01/13 TO 01/14 LIQUID 7/1 MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 402 529 -127 528 SINCE 7/1 1998 2507 -509 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 21/200 DATE 01/13 21/170 01/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/170 DATE 01/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.87 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 24 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 18 HAIL 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. THIS MONTH SAW ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AND WE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. TWO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE ON THE 13 AND 29TH WITH 2.45 AND 2.17 INCHES RESPECTIVELY. THE 2.45 INCHES WAS THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE 2019. MEASURABLE RAIN FELL ON 23 DAYS DURING THE MONTH. TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL FROM SEVERAL ASPECTS. FIRST, THE AVERAGE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE THEIR SEASONAL NORMALS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS THE 6TH WARMEST EVER RECORDED AND THE WARMEST JANUARY SINCE 2003. SECOND THERE 9 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE 60 DEGREES OR HIGHER. FINALLY A DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET ON THE 30TH WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 71 DEGREES BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 69 SET IN 1986. MKK $$