Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
270 CXUS56 KEKA 072106 CLMEKA SFOCLMEKA 000 TTAA00 EKA 052156 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 256 PM PDT WED JUN 05 2024 ................................... ...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 84 05/13/1939 LOW 35 05/06/2010 05/08/2002 05/01/1887 HIGHEST 76 05/10 MM MM 66 LOWEST 38 05/05 MM MM 43 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.6 59.6 0.0 58.4 AVG. MINIMUM 45.6 47.7 -2.1 48.6 MEAN 52.6 53.7 -1.1 53.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.20 1889 MINIMUM 0.03 1955 TOTALS 3.00 1.66 1.34 DAYS >= .01 9 9.3 -0.3 11 DAYS >= .10 3 4.5 -1.5 4 DAYS >= .50 2 0.9 1.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.1 0.9 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.46 05/03 TO 05/04 LIQUID 7/1 MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 377 352 25 349 SINCE 7/1 3731 4234 -503 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 17/360 DATE 05/08 17/340 05/18 17/350 05/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 29/350 DATE 05/20 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.43 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 7 HAIL 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. THE MOST NOTABLE WEATHER OF THE MONTH WAS THE RAIN. NEARLY ALL OF IT FELL ON THE 4TH AND 5TH WHEN EUREKA RECEIVED 2.62 INCHES. THIS IS THE 3RD HIGHEST 2 DAY TOTAL FOR MAY BEHIND ONLY 1943 WHEN 4.2 INCHES FELL AND 1895 WHEN 2.67 INCHES FELL. ON THE 4TH 1.99 INCHES FELL BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 1.74 INCHES SET IN 2009. TEMPERATURES ENDED THE MONTH NEAR NORMAL, HOWEVER THERE WERE SOME WARM DAYS. EUREKA WARMED TO OVER 70 DEGREES ON BOTH THE 9TH AND THE 10TH, ALTHOUGH NO RECORDS WERE SET. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN EARLY IN THE MONTH SOME DRIZZLE WAS REPORTED ON SOME OTHER DAYS. $$