Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
399 CXUS52 KTBW 021240 CLMSRQ CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 840 AM EDT SAT NOV 02 2024 ................................... ...THE SARASOTA BRADENTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1911 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) ALL-TIME OCTOBER RECORD HIGH 96 10/15/1925 LOW 40 10/29/1944 OCTOBER 2024 HIGHEST 91 10/04 MM MM 93 10/05 10/02 10/01 LOWEST 56 10/17 MM MM 54 10/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.9 86.3 -1.4 86.4 AVG. MINIMUM 68.9 68.3 0.6 69.2 MEAN 76.9 77.3 -0.4 77.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 5.3 -1.3 11 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) ALL-TIME OCTOBER RECORD MAXIMUM 12.59 2024 MINIMUM 0.00 1942 OCTOBER 2024 TOTALS 12.59R* 2.76 9.83 0.70 DAILY AVG. 0.43 0.09 0.34 0.02 DAYS >= .01 7 7.0 0.0 3 DAYS >= .10 5 4.1 0.9 2 DAYS >= .50 4 1.4 2.6 0 DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.6 2.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 7.61 10/08 TO 10/09 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 351 384 -33 407 SINCE 1/1 3630 3441 189 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 69/320 DATE 10/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 102/330 DATE 10/09 SKY COVER (DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLOUDS ABOVE 12000 FEET) POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.22 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 25 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 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. ................................................................ * THE RAINFALL TOTAL FOR OCTOBER 10TH WAS MISSING DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE DURING HURRICANE MILTON. RADAR ESTIMATES AND LOCAL RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENTS INDICATE THAT POTENTIALLY 0.20 TO 0.30 INCH FELL ON THIS DAY. $$