Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
637 CXUS51 KLWX 022026 CLMDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 426 PM EDT SAT NOV 02 2024 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024 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 83 10/31 84 -1 86 LOWEST 44 10/17 37 7 41 10/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.0 69.4 3.6 72.6 AVG. MINIMUM 53.0 52.2 0.8 53.6 MEAN 63.0 60.8 2.2 63.1 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 1.48 3.66 -2.18 0.65 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.12 -0.07 0.02 DAYS >= .01 2 8.3 -6.3 6 DAYS >= .10 1 4.9 -3.9 1 DAYS >= .50 1 2.5 -1.5 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.47 09/30 TO 10/01 0.48 STORM TOTAL 1.46 0.45 (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 105 175 -70 124 SINCE 7/1 105 191 -86 MM COOLING TOTAL 51 45 6 74 SINCE 1/1 1999 1735 264 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/300 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/280 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.35 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$