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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
437 PM PDT FRI SEP 06 2024

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...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
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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
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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.

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