Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS53 KDTX 052335 CCA CLMMBS CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 943 AM EDT SAT SEP 02 2023 ................................... ...THE TRI CITIES MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1912 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 08/06/1918 LOW 37 08/29/1982 HIGHEST 89 08/20 MM MM LOWEST 48 08/31 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 76.8 80.0 -3.2 AVG. MINIMUM 58.4 59.4 -1.0 MEAN 67.6 69.7 -2.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.4 -1.4 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.43 2012 MINIMUM 0.27 1927 TOTALS 6.18 3.85 2.33 DAILY AVG. 0.20 0.12 0.08 DAYS >= .01 11 10.5 0.5 DAYS >= .10 9 6.0 3.0 DAYS >= .50 5 2.6 2.4 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.1 1.9 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.50 08/06 TO 08/07 STORM TOTAL 1.39 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID 7/1 0.00 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 STORM TOTAL 0.0 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 22 19 3 SINCE 7/1 22 25 -3 COOLING TOTAL 108 165 -57 SINCE 1/1 494 565 -71 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/12 (1943) LATEST 05/28 (1949) EARLIEST 10/08 (2022) LATEST 04/27 (2023) .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/300 DATE 08/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/310 DATE 08/29 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.36 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 17 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ================================================================ SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2023 AUGUST 2023 MONTHLY STATISTICS AND RANKINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------- PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 6.50" 3.26" +3.24" 9TH WETTEST FLINT AREA 5.70" 3.16" +2.54" 7TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 6.18" 3.85" +2.33" 9TH WETTEST PRECIPITATION SINCE JANUARY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 29.01" 23.75" +5.26" 7TH WETTEST FLINT AREA 25.58" 22.14" +3.44" 19TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 26.98" 22.27" +4.71" 6TH WETTEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF AUGUST 31, 2023) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 70.3 72.3 -2.0 52ND COOLEST FLINT AREA 67.4 69.1 -1.7 21ST COOLEST SAGINAW AREA 67.6 69.7 -2.1 32ND COOLEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 79.2 81.4 -2.2 44TH COOLEST FLINT AREA 77.8 79.9 -2.1 14TH COOLEST SAGINAW AREA 76.8 80.0 -3.2 18TH COOLEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 61.5 63.2 -1.7 64TH COOLEST FLINT AREA 57.0 58.3 -1.3 35TH COOLEST SAGINAW AREA 58.4 59.4 -1.0 53RD 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)