Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
681 CXUS51 KAKQ 011155 CLMSBY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 655 AM EST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SALISBURY MD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1900 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 77 12/22/2013 12/07/1998 12/06/1998 LOW -6 12/16/1958 HIGHEST 70 12/10 69 1 67 12/30 LOWEST 24 12/14 16 8 12 12/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.7 49.8 5.9 50.4 AVG. MINIMUM 35.5 31.4 4.1 29.4 MEAN 45.6 40.6 5.0 39.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.2 -1.2 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 14 20.5 -6.5 22 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.33 1977 MINIMUM 0.69 1988 TOTALS 8.07 3.59 4.48 4.80 DAILY AVG. 0.26 0.12 0.14 0.15 DAYS >= .01 10 10.7 -0.7 7 DAYS >= .10 9 6.8 2.2 5 DAYS >= .50 4 2.6 1.4 3 DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.9 2.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.04 12/18 TO 12/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 20.2 1989 TOTALS T SINCE 7/1 T 0.9 -0.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.4 -0.4 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL T 12/11 TO 12/11 T 12/24 TO 12/24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 595 757 -162 771 SINCE 7/1 1282 1527 -245 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 1372 1300 72 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/310 DATE 12/10 33/090 12/17 33/150 12/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/120 DATE 12/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.45 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$