Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
000 CXUS52 KRAH 011340 CLMRDU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 940 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE RALEIGH NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 08/21/2007 08/18/1988 04/01/20688 LOW 46 08/30/1965 HIGHEST 100 08/15 97 LOWEST 61 08/31 61 AVG. MAXIMUM 91.4 88.7 2.7 90.3 AVG. MINIMUM 70.6 68.9 1.7 69.5 MEAN 81.0 78.8 2.2 79.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 22 19 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.18 1986 TOTALS 1.83 4.71 -2.88 0.91 DAYS >= .01 11 DAYS >= .10 6 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.45 08/30 TO 08/31 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 505 428 77 468 SINCE 1/1 1571 1496 75 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/290 DATE 08/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/310 DATE 08/15 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.59 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 1 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 2 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && MONTHLY RECORDS: A RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC ON AUGUST 15TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 99, LAST SET IN 2007. A RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH ON AUGUST 26TH. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 74 DEGREES SET IN 2011. A RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES WAS TIED AT RALEIGH ON AUGUST 27TH. THIS RECORD WAS PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1998. AUGUST 2023 WAS THE 5TH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD AT RALEIGH, NC WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.0 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH. $$