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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
240 AM CST SUN NOV 1 2009
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...THE WILLISTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 93 10/04/1963
10/01/1897
LOW -9 10/30/2002
HIGHEST 72 10/18 79 10/04
10/02
LOWEST 12 10/12 15 10/27
AVG. MAXIMUM 45.4 57.0 -11.6 56.7
AVG. MINIMUM 30.5 30.2 0.3 30.4
MEAN 38.0 43.6 -5.6 43.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 2 0.9 1.1 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 16 16.4 -0.4 20
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 3.56 1971
MINIMUM MM MM
TOTALS 1.17 0.87 0.30 1.89
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.06
DAYS >= .01 14 5.6 8.4 7
DAYS >= .10 5 2.1 2.9 4
DAYS >= .50 0 0.5 -0.5 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.66 10/20 TO 10/21 0.78
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 14.2 5
0
-26215
TOTALS 1.5 1.7 -0.2 8.4
SINCE 7/1 1.5 2.0 -0.5 8.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.5 0.5 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 5 10/13
24 HR TOTAL 1.0 10/14 TO 10/14 7.2
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 832 648 184
SINCE 7/1 1034 995 39
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 296 463 -167
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/310 DATE 10/01
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/310 DATE 10/01
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 64
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 22
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 1
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 0
FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
245 AM CST SUN NOV 1 2009
...OCTOBER 2009 WAS MUCH COOLER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER WAS 38.0 DEGREES WHICH IS 5.6
DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 43.6 DEGREES. THIS MARKS THE 6TH LOWEST
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS
72 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 12
DEGREES ON THE 12TH.
OCTOBER 2009 WAS MUCH WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 1.17 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION FALLING FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.30 INCHES ABOVE
THE NORMAL OF 0.87 INCHES. THERE WERE NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS SET
FOR THE MONTH. 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN OCTOBER WHICH WAS 0.2
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 5
DAYS WITH 0.01 INCHES OR MORE FALLING ON 14 DAYS AND AT LEAST 0.10
INCHES OR MORE FALLING ON 5 DAYS. LIGHT SNOW WAS REPORTED ON 6
DAYS...LIGHT RAIN WAS REPORTED ON 13 DAYS AND FOG WAS REPORTED ON 11
DAYS. NO THUNDER WAS REPORTED.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.9 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS THE 1ST WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 26.4 MPH.
ON THE 1ST A MAX SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF 39 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST
WAS REPORTED. A PEAK GUST OF 49 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ALSO OCCURRED
ON THE 1ST. THERE WERE 832 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH
WAS 184 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 648. THE SEASONAL HEATING DEGREE DAY
TOTALS SO FAR FOR THE YEAR ARE 1034 WHICH IS 39 ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 995. THERE WERE NO COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH
IS NORMAL. THE SEASONAL COOLING DEGREE DAY TOTAL FOR THE YEAR IS 296
WHICH IS 167 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 463. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.41 INCHES ON THE 16TH AND THE LOWEST PRESSURE
WAS 29.30 INCHES RECORDED ON THE 27TH. OCTOBER WAS ALSO QUITE CLOUDY
WITH 22 DAYS OF CLOUDINESS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER...NORMAL HIGHS FOR THE MONTH START OUT IN
THE MID 40S AND FALL TO THE UPPER 20S BY MONTHS END. NORMAL LOWS
BEGIN IN THE LOW 20S AND FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY THE END OF THE
MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION IS 0.65 INCHES. WARMER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN NOVEMBER.
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