Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
872 CXUS52 KTBW 022145 CLMSRQ CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 545 PM EDT MON SEP 02 2024 ................................... ...THE SARASOTA BRADENTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 AUGUST RECORD HIGH 101 08/01/1972 LOW 62 08/07/1982 AUGUST 2024 HIGHEST 95 08/15 MM MM 98 08/12 LOWEST 73 08/22 MM MM 74 08/25 08/23 08/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 90.6 91.5 -0.9 93.8 AVG. MINIMUM 76.8 75.3 1.5 78.0 MEAN 83.7 83.4 0.3 85.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 24 22.1 1.9 29 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 AUGUST RECORD MAXIMUM 24.42 1981 MINIMUM 2.51 1938 AUGUST 2024 TOTALS 23.55* 9.11 14.44 9.12 DAILY AVG. 0.79 0.29 0.50 0.29 DAYS >= .01 18 17.5 0.5 17 DAYS >= .10 16 11.7 4.3 10 DAYS >= .50 9 5.1 3.9 5 DAYS >= 1.00 5 2.2 2.8 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 11.06 08/04 TO 08/04 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 570 570 0 655 SINCE 1/1 2729 2543 186 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/190 DATE 08/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/170 DATE 08/04 64/200 08/05 SKY COVER (DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLOUDS ABOVE 12000 FEET) POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.22 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 27 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 20 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 15 RAIN 17 LIGHT RAIN 21 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................................................ * THE RAINFALL TOTAL FOR AUGUST 5TH WAS MISSING DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE. RADAR ESTIMATES AND LOCAL RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENTS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES FELL ON THIS DAY WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS THE WETTEST AUGUST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1911. $$