Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
000 CXUS51 KLWX 041906 CLMDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 306 PM EDT MON SEP 04 2023 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 106 08/06/1918 LOW 49 08/29/1986 08/31/1934 08/24/1890 HIGHEST 94 08/25 96 -2 97 LOWEST 63 08/23 59 4 64 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.4 87.8 -1.4 89.2 AVG. MINIMUM 71.0 71.0 -0.0 71.7 MEAN 78.7 79.4 -0.7 80.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 7 10.8 -3.8 15 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 14.41 1928 MINIMUM 0.55 1962 TOTALS 3.71 3.25 0.46 2.42 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.10 0.02 0.08 DAYS >= .01 9 8.7 0.3 8 DAYS >= .10 6 5.6 0.4 6 DAYS >= .50 3 2.1 0.9 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.07 08/14 TO 08/15 0.93 STORM TOTAL 0.91 0.93 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 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 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 430 446 -16 485 SINCE 1/1 1366 1452 -86 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/220 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/220 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.64 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && AUGUST AVERAGED SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL. THE DRY WEATHER OF RECENT MONTHS CONTINUED, WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION OBSERVED. AFTER ANOTHER DRY MONTH, YEAR-TO-DATE RAINFALL NOW STANDS AT 5.80 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. $$ DHOF