Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
637 CXUS56 KEKA 081410 CLMEKA SFOCLMEKA 000 TTAA00 EKA 040640 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 0600 AM PST FRI NOV 08 2024 ................................... ...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 87 10/26/1993 LOW 32 10/29/1971 HIGHEST 75 10/26 MM MM 78 LOWEST 39 10/18 MM MM 36 AVG. MAXIMUM 63.4 61.9 1.5 62.7 AVG. MINIMUM 46.7 46.8 -0.1 47.7 MEAN 55.1 54.3 0.8 55.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 13.04 1950 MINIMUM 0.00 1917 TOTALS 2.45 2.31 0.14 DAYS >= .01 10 8.7 1.3 8 DAYS >= .10 6 4.7 1.3 6 DAYS >= .50 3 1.7 1.3 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.77 10/30 TO 10/30 LIQUID 7/1 MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 301 331 -30 298 SINCE 7/1 882 991 -109 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 1 1 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 13/240 DATE 10/26 13/340 10/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 24/MM DATE 10/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 11 HAIL 0 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. THE MOST NOTABLE ASPECT OF THE WEATHER FOR OCTOBER WAS THE WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGH PRESSURE AND OFFSHORE FLOW BROUGHT WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. THE CLEAR SKIES ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO COOL OFF OVERNIGHT AND LOWS ENDED THE MONTH NEAR NORMAL. MOST OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS SAW BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL, BUT EUREKA MANAGED TO END THE MONTH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. OCTOBER STILL HAS RELATIVELY LOW NORMAL RAINFALL WITH JUST OVER 2 INCHES. BY CONTRAST NOVEMBER NORMAL RAINFALL IS NEARLY 5 INCHES. MKK $$