RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Goodland, KS
000 SXUS73 KGLD 010824 RERGLD RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 123 AM MST SUN NOV 1 2009 ...COLDEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT GOODLAND KANSAS... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN GOODLAND KANSAS DURING THIS PAST OCTOBER WAS 43.7 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 44.3 DEGREES SET IN OCTOBER 1925. THE MONTH SAW SEVERAL STRONG COLD FRONTS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURES OCCURRED EARLY IN THE MONTH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 25 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 10 WAS LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW FOR THAT DAY. THE COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUED THROUGH THE 14TH WITH CLOUDY...FOGGY AND WET CONDITIONS. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS MEASURED DURING THAT TIME AS WELL AS NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVED ON THE 21ST...RESULTING IN A COUPLE OF DAYS OF COLD TEMPERATURES. IT BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL OF NEARLY 2 INCHES...THEN A HALF INCH OF LIGHT SNOW. THE LAST MAJOR COLD FRONT OF THE MONTH ARRIVED ON THE 29TH...THIS TIME PRODUCING A HEAVY WET SNOW OF AROUND 5 INCHES. IN TOTAL...THE MONTH OF OCTOBER SAW 2.79 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION AND 5.4 INCHES OF SNOW...BOTH AMOUNTS ABOVE NORMAL BUT WELL SHORT OF RECORDS. $$ 024
