Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
320 CXUS52 KRAH 011332 CLMRDU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 932 AM EDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RALEIGH NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 08/21/2007 08/18/1988 04/01/20688 LOW 46 08/30/1965 HIGHEST 101 08/29 100 LOWEST 54 08/22 61 AVG. MAXIMUM 89.6 88.7 0.9 91.4 AVG. MINIMUM 69.3 68.9 0.4 70.6 MEAN 79.5 78.8 0.7 81.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 18 22 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.18 1986 TOTALS 8.89 4.71 4.18 1.83 DAYS >= .01 8 DAYS >= .10 6 DAYS >= .50 4 DAYS >= 1.00 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.27 08/07 TO 08/08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 459 428 31 505 SINCE 1/1 1850 1496 354 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/020 DATE 08/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/030 DATE 08/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 18 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES WAS TIED AT RALEIGH NC AUGUST 2. THIS TIED THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THAT DATE OF 78 DEGREES, LAST SET IN 1942. A RECORD RAINFALL OF 4.02 INCHES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC AUGUST 8. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 2.63 INCHES SET IN 1928. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC YESTERDAY, AUGUST 29. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 100 DEGREES SET IN 1948. $$