Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
228 CXUS52 KRAH 011555 CLMRDU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1155 AM EDT TUE OCT 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RALEIGH NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 104 09/06/1954 LOW 37 09/23/1983 09/26/1950 HIGHEST 93 09/01 102 LOWEST 55 09/09 52 09/10 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.7 82.5 0.2 84.5 AVG. MINIMUM 65.8 62.7 3.1 63.3 MEAN 74.2 72.6 1.6 73.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 8 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 21.79 1999 TOTALS 13.02 5.15 7.87 5.48 DAYS >= .01 14 DAYS >= .10 12 DAYS >= .50 9 DAYS >= 1.00 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.74 09/01 TO 09/02 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 15 -15 4 SINCE 7/1 0 13 -13 MM COOLING TOTAL 285 243 42 277 SINCE 1/1 2135 1739 396 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/100 DATE 09/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/050 DATE 09/16 41/090 09/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.66 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 76 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SEPTEMBER 2024 WAS THE THIRD WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD AT RALEIGH, TOTALING 13.02 INCHES. THE WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD WAS IN 1999, TOTALING 21.79 INCHES. A RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.68 INCHES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 2.41 INCHES SET IN 1927. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71 DEGREES WAS TIED AT RALEIGH ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2024. THIS RECORD WAS PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2009. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES WAS BROKEN AT RALEIGH ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2024. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 73 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1993. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES WAS TIED AT RALEIGH ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2024. THIS RECORD WAS LAST SET IN 2011. $$