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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
959 PM PST TUE FEB 06 2024

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...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             78   01/12/1986
 LOW              20   01/14/1888
HIGHEST           71   01/30         MM      MM       67
LOWEST            32   01/11         MM      MM       27
AVG. MAXIMUM    58.1               55.1     3.0     55.4
AVG. MINIMUM    45.7               40.8     4.9     39.9
MEAN            51.9               47.9     4.0     47.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       18.26   1890
 MINIMUM        0.66   1985
TOTALS         11.85               6.67    5.18
DAYS >= .01       23               16.5     6.5       16
DAYS >= .10       16               11.6     4.4       12
DAYS >= .50        8                4.8     3.2        7
DAYS >= 1.00       3                1.8     1.2        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.49   01/13 TO 01/14

 LIQUID 7/1       MM                         MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    402                529    -127      528
 SINCE 7/1      1998               2507    -509       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    21/200    DATE  01/13
                                21/170          01/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/170    DATE  01/30

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.87
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         24


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     HEAVY RAIN                 5
RAIN                      5     LIGHT RAIN                18
HAIL                      0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      5

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

THIS MONTH SAW ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. TWO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE ON THE 13 AND 29TH
WITH 2.45 AND 2.17 INCHES RESPECTIVELY. THE 2.45 INCHES WAS THE
HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE 2019. MEASURABLE RAIN FELL ON 23
DAYS DURING THE MONTH. THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS THE
HIGHEST FOR JANUARY SINCE 2016 AND THE THIRD HIGHEST IN THE PAST 25
YEARS.

TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL FROM SEVERAL ASPECTS. FIRST, THE
AVERAGE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE THEIR SEASONAL
NORMALS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS THE 6TH WARMEST
EVER RECORDED AND THE WARMEST JANUARY SINCE 2003. SECOND THERE 9
DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE 60 DEGREES OR HIGHER. FINALLY A DAILY
HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET ON THE 30TH WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
REACHED 71 DEGREES BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 69 SET IN 1986. MKK

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