Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
405 CXUS51 KLWX 012138 CLMDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 538 PM EDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 10/02/2019 LOW 26 10/31/1917 10/31/1893 10/30/1873 HIGHEST 86 10/03 84 2 81 10/28 LOWEST 41 10/31 37 4 38 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.6 69.4 3.2 67.1 AVG. MINIMUM 53.6 52.2 1.4 49.2 MEAN 63.1 60.8 2.3 58.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.41 2005 MINIMUM T 1963 TOTALS 0.65 3.66 -3.01 2.78 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.12 -0.10 0.09 DAYS >= .01 6 8.3 -2.3 12 DAYS >= .10 1 4.9 -3.9 8 DAYS >= .50 0 2.5 -2.5 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.1 -1.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.48 10/14 TO 10/15 0.72 STORM TOTAL 0.45 0.57 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 2.2 1925 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 124 175 -51 208 SINCE 7/1 133 191 -58 MM COOLING TOTAL 74 45 29 4 SINCE 1/1 1709 1735 -26 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/300 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/300 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.52 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && OCT 2023 ENDED AS THE FOURTHEEN WARMEST AND ALSO FOURTHEEN DRIEST ON RECORD AT DCA. THE MONTH HAD TWO STRETCHES OF WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THAT WERE ABOVE 80 DEGREES. A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RESULTED IN VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. $$ LFR