Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
629 CXUS56 KEKA 070029 CLMEKA SFOCLMEKA 000 TTAA00 EKA 062338 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 437 PM PDT FRI SEP 06 2024 ................................... ...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 82 08/07/1991 08/30/1968 LOW 44 08/16/1935 HIGHEST 70 08/17 MM MM 73 LOWEST 49 08/13 MM MM 53 08/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.5 64.0 1.5 65.8 AVG. MINIMUM 53.3 53.0 0.3 55.2 MEAN 59.4 58.5 0.9 60.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.42 1983 MINIMUM 0.00 1940 TOTALS 1.47 0.18 1.29 DAYS >= .01 6 3.5 2.5 5 DAYS >= .10 2 0.5 1.5 0 DAYS >= .50 1 0.0 1.0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.0 1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.25 08/23 TO 08/24 LIQUID 7/1 MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 167 202 -35 130 SINCE 7/1 358 420 -62 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0 SINCE 1/1 1 1 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 14/230 DATE 08/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 23/MM DATE 08/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.62 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 13 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 11 HAIL 0 SLEET 0 FOG 23 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. AUGUST WAS CHARACTERIZED BY MANY DAYS OF WARMER THAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL. A GENERAL RIDGING PATTERN DOMINATED WITH DIURNAL COASTAL STRATUS MOST DAYS. TOWARD THE MIDDLE TO END OF THE MONTH, TWO NOTABLE TROUGHING PATTERNS BROUGHT ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL. WINDS WERE MOSTLY LIGHT THROUGH THE MONTH, EXCEPT FOR SLIGHTLY GUSTIER SOUTHWESTERLIES ON THE 17TH. THIS SYSTEM ON THE 17TH BROUGHT WARM AND MOIST TROPICAL AIR TO THE REGION, WHICH BROUGHT AN ABOVE AVERAGE DAILY RAINFALL OF 0.06 INCHES AND A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 70 FOR THE 17TH. THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE IS CLOSE TO THE RECORD FOR THE 17TH OF 71 DEGREES SET IN 1923. A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.19 INCHES ON THE 23RD WAS RECORDED. THE OBSERVED RAINFALL TOTAL OF THE MONTH WAS 1.47 INCHES WHICH IS WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.18 INCHES. $$