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SUMMARY OF
CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
OCTOBER 2005
...WARM & WET...
...DROUGHT INCREASES OVER CENTRAL & WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...
For most all spots, another month with above normal temperatures and above normal
precipitation, the latter mainly the result of tropical air moving north from
the Southeastern United States either from surface lows or tropical depressions
migrating up the coast. Several of our stations noted their wettest October on record and
these are depicted in the notes below the data tables.
Once again this month, we did see totals in excess of 10"
from Southeastern Virginia (FHC) along the coast of North Carolina and
northeastern coastal areas South Carolina. However, portions of western and central
North Carolina continued to develop severe drought conditions and some water restrictions
were enforced there where agricultural production is high. The very latest Drought Monitor update can be found with a
click the link below.
No real intrusions of colder, fall air but signs of change were developing in Canada and
along the upper Continental Divide.
Still, enough cold air intruded in the mountains of West Virginia as we see our
Davis, WV observer, Dave Lesher, reported one daily snowfall of over 7" in late October and a
monthly total of 14½ inches. Thus, it is time to reset your seasonal snowfall
totals (2005-2006). Again, keep in mind that we do not report yearly totals in our
data below, only seasonal totals. So be sure to insert the latter in your monthly data forms.
The NWS Wilmington has archived information about the flooding event related to
deep tropical moisture moving NNE along the Carolinas Coasts October 5-8, 2005 (and into
Southeast Virginia). Visit the storm report with a click to the image below.
SNOW MEASUREMENTS - TIME TO RESET!
With Dave Lesher's 14½" of snow this month, I am reminded that it's
time to begin new seasonal snowfall totals for 2005-2006.
NOAA SEASONAL OUTLOOK
ACON DC/MD/DE member Kevin Shaw sends this summary of the
seasonal outlook. Check here for the "bottom line."
NOAA ALL-HAZARDS RADIO STATION LIST
View the list and sort the data by state or call from WeatherRadio.info! Visit
http://www.weatherradio.info/stations_offices.php
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN, HAIL & SNOW NETWORK -
http://www.cocorahs.org/
- Yet another great resource from Kevin Shaw with accompanying article by Eleanor Vallier-Talbot here.
DROUGHT MONITOR
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
REMINDER
All National Weather Service station data listed
herein is preliminary and may be subject to change. The data has
not been certified and cannot be used in legal actions. Only reports
certified by the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC can
be used for these purposes.
ACON VA/NC/SC Member
Station Extremes - OCTOBER 2005
State
|
Maximum Temperature
|
Minimum
Temperature
|
Warmest
Average
Temperature
|
Coldest
Average
Temperature
|
Maximum
Precipitation
|
Minimum
Precipitation
|
Virginia
|
87°
Wakefield
|
25°
Blacksburg
|
63.8°
Norfolk (ORF)
|
56.0°
Blacksburg
|
11.08"
Norfolk (FHC)
|
3.33"
Blacksburg
|
North Carolina
|
86°
Fayetteville, Lumberton, Raleigh (RDU), Wilmington
|
27°
Asheville, Raleigh (RAL)
|
67.2°
Cape Hatteras
|
58.4°
Asheville
|
15.07"
Wilmington
|
1.20"
Asheville
|
South Carolina
|
89°
Columbia, Orangeburg
|
26°
Anderson
|
67.7°
Charleston
|
63.9°
Anderson, Greenville-Spartanburg
|
10.07"
North Myrtle Beach
|
2.48"
Columbia
|
( For an explanation of column headers in the following tables, please
note the column denotations table below. )
TEMPERATURE / WINDS/ ELEMENTS
VIRGINIA
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STN A B C C1 D E F G H I J K K1 L M N N1 N2 O P Q R R1 R2 S CWA
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ANN 64.94 50.74 57.84 +1.8 79 6 37 27,28, 0 0 0 0 76% 31 W 16 1 0 0 0 0 2400 LWX
29
BCB 66.7 45.3 56.0 +4.3 81 2 25 27 0 0 8 0 63% 28 310° 15 4.5 1 0 0 0 2 60% 2400 RNK
28 300° 25
BRI 66.7 49.5 58.1 +3.6 81 2,3 30 27 0 0 3 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 2400 LWX
CCV 73 53 63 +7 86 10 29 29 0 0 3 0 80% 20 310° 22, 3.0 260° 0 0 0 0 3 58% 2400 BCB
25
CEN 65.8 50.3 58.1 +3.6 80 5,6 34 27,29 0 0 0 0 27 2.7 NNW 1 0 0 0 0 2400 LWX
CHO 69.1 49.0 59.0 +0.7 84 20 30 29 1 0 0 3 72% 23 160° 7 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 50% 2400 LWX
23 270° 16
DAN 71.5 49.4 60.5 +2.3 86 20 28 27,30 0 0 4 0 75% 29 310° 24 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 40% 2400 RNK
DCA 67.8 53.1 60.4 +1.6 80 2 40 28,29 0 0 0 0 69% 39 220° 7 8.9 1 0 0 0 1 60% 2400 LWX
IAD 67.8 49.7 58.8 +3.8 83 1 33 29,31 0 0 0 0 72% 32 190° 7 6.8 1 0 0 0 0 60% 2400 LWX
FCH 67.5 50.7 59.1 84 3 33 30 0 0 0 0 40 25 1 0 0 0 0 2400 LWX
HAM 69.0 54.0 62.0 0.0 84 6 38 30 0 0 0 0 55% 39 SW 24 7.0 NE 2 0 0 0 1 2400 AKQ
HER 65.4 49.6 57.5 +2.5 81.0 1 34.2 27 0 0 0 0 20 29 1 0 0 0 0 2400 LWX
HRN 65.1 49.2 56.9 +1.9 78.9 2 32.4 29 0 0 0 0 79% 29 SSE 79 2.6 N 1 0 0 0 0 2400 LWX
LYH 68.7 47.7 58.2 +2.1 83 2 27 27 0 0 4 0 74% 23 130° 7 3.6 1 0 0 0 1 50% 2400 RNK
NEW 66.32 46.26 56.13 +1.0 83 1,2 28 27 0 0 2 0 74% 25 W 15 5.48 SW 1 0 0 0 2 1800 LWX
NPN 70.6 53.8 62.2 83 6 34 30 0 0 0 0 30 E 24 0 0 0 0 0 2400 AKQ
NOR 69.4 56.4 62.9 +2.2 84 6 36 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2400 AKQ
ORF 70.4 57.2 63.8 +2.7 84 6 37 30 0 0 0 0 76% 38 230° 8 8.9 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2400 AKQ
38 110° 24
FHC 69.26 56.94 63.10 83.5 6 41.9 30 0 0 0 0 81% 30 190° 8 2.8 NNE 0 0 0 0 0 2400 AKQ
POR 71.1 55.80 63.4 +1.9 83 6 36 30 0 0 0 0 86% 28 158° 7 3.75 150° 0 0 0 0 0 48% 2400 AKQ
CTR 69.7 49.3 58.3 0.0 82.8 2 29.1 30 0 0 3 0 88% 13 S 7,14 0.1 ESE 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2400 AKQ
MEC 1700 AKQ
RIC 71.6 52.0 61.8 +3.5 85 6 33 27 0 0 0 0 71% 36 170° 7 7.7 0 0 0 0 2 60% 2400 AKQ
ROA 69.4 51.0 60.2 +3.6 84 20 31 27 0 0 1 0 67% 37 290° 25 6.2 2 0 0 0 0 50% 2400 RNK
AKQ 71 50 60.5 87 6 29 30 0 0 0 0 2400 AKQ
WAL 68.4 53.7 61.1 +3.1 82 6 34 29 0 0 0 0 56 090° 24 10.3 0 0 0 0 1 2400 AKQ
WOO 63.2 50.2 56.7 +0.3 80 6 36 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 2400 LWX
WSH 64.2 49.6 56.9 +1.1 76.4 5 33.7 29 0 0 0 0 16 E,SE 8,16 0.9 N 2 0 0 0 0 2400 LWX
|
NORTH CAROLINA
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STN A B C C1 D E F G H I J K K1 L M N N1 N2 O P Q R R1 R2 S CWA
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AVL 69.6 47.3 58.4 +3.2 81 1 27 30 0 0 5 0 69% 39 340° 24 5.6 0 0 0 0 9 40% 2400 GSP
MRH 73.2 59.4 66.3 84 3 38 29,31 0 0 0 0 41 130° 8 9.6 4 0 0 0 2 2400 MHX
CLT 73.0 50.9 61.9 +0.2 84 20 29 30 0 0 2 0 72% 30 330° 24 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2400 GSP
ECG 72.4 55.4 63.9 +1.3 83 20 35 30 0 0 0 0 76% 36 040° 24 9.7 0 0 0 0 1 40% 2400 AKQ
FAY 75.5 55.0 65.3 86 19,20 34 30 0 0 0 0 70% 46 290° 22 7.5 1 0 0 0 1 40% 2400 RAH
GSO 71.2 51.9 61.5 +3.0 81 20 31 30 0 0 1 0 72% 30 280° 25 6.5 1 0 0 0 2 40% 2400 RAH
HSE 72.5 61.9 67.2 +1.5 84 6 46 31 0 0 0 0 46 120° 8 10.1 0 0 0 0 1 2400 MHX
HKY 72.5 51.6 62.0 +2.8 84 20 33 27 0 0 0 0 29 320° 25 4.5 1 0 0 0 6 2400 GSP
LBT 75.9 53.6 64.8 +3.8 86 20 31 30 2 0 0 0 % 31 350° 24 6.3 0 0 0 0 1 % 2400 ILM
MNC 2400 RAH
EWN 73.9 56.5 65.2 +1.4 85 20 35 30,31 0 0 0 0 33 180° 8 6.9 3 0 0 0 5 2400 MHX
RAL 73.1 50.7 61.9 +1.9 85 5 27 30 0 0 4 0 21 6 360° 1 0 0 0 1 1900 RAH
RDU 72.9 52.3 62.6 +2.6 86 20 29 30 0 0 3 0 73% 29 320° 24 5.7 1 0 0 0 1 45% 2400 RAH
ROX 71.5 51.8 61.8 +3.7 89 20 31 27 0 0 2 0 785 29 360° 24 2400 RAH
270° 25
ILM 75.8 57.2 66.5 +1.7 86 8 36 30,31 0 0 0 0 72% 36 160° 7 7.6 1 0 0 0 1 40% 2400 ILM
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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STN A B C C1 D E F G H I J K K1 L M N N1 N2 O P Q R R1 R2 S CWA
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AND 74.5 53.3 63.9 +2.7 85 4,8 34 26 0 0 0 0 29 100° 6 5.5 0 0 0 0 3 2400 GSP
29 300° 25
CAE 76.4 54.9 65.6 +1.9 89 2 33 30 0 0 0 0 29 310° 24 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 2400 CAE
CRE 74.8 58.0 66.4 +1.7 84 22 36 30 0 0 0 0 36 110° 6 6.7 0 0 0 0 4 2400 CHS
CHS 77.5 58.0 67.7 +1.5 88 9 37 30,31 0 0 0 0 41 120 5 7.6 1 0 0 0 3 2400 CHS
FLO 75.8 55.4 65.6 +1.5 87 2 33 30 0 0 0 0 30 330° 24 7.5 3 0 0 0 3 2400 ILM
GSP 74.3 53.5 63.9 +3.4 85 1,20 33 30 0 0 0 0 67% 33 350° 24 5.9 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2400 GSP
OGB 78.2 56.9 67.5 89 2,4 37 30 0 0 0 0 31 360° 24 5.6 1 0 0 0 2 2400 CAE |
NEARBY STATIONS
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STN A B C C1 D E F G H I J K K1 L M N N1 N2 O P Q R R1 R2 S CWA
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TRI 70.9 46.1 58.5 +3.5 85 3,5 27 30 0 0 5 0 28 250° 25 3.0 1 0 0 0 6 2400 MRX
DAV 56.4 41.1 48.7 73 3 20 29 0 2 7 0 2 0 0 1 4 0700 PBZ |
(Please
note the column denotations table below.)
PRECIPITATION / BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
VIRGINIA
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STN T T1 U U1 V V1 W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 7 7A 8 S
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ANN 9.55 +4.06 3.86 8 5.66 7-8 13 2 41.33 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.41 3 29.45 25 30.01 2400
BCB 3.33 +0.14 1.07 7 1.07 7 9 1 30.32 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
BRI 5.40 +2.20 2.83 7 3.90 7-8 8 2 26.84 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.36 3,4 29.59 25 1615/1600
30
CCV 8.15 +4.40 4.76 8 4.76 8 10 1 31.59 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.59 29 29.59 25 30.09 2400
CEN 9.54 +5.92 3.16 8 6.10 7-10 12 2 40.61 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.41 2,3 29.51 25 29.96 2400
CHO 7.42 +3.20 2.82 8 3.86 7-8 9 2 34.19 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
HVA 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
DAN 5.10 +1.39 3.63 7 3.63 7 11 1 26.55 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.41 30 29.58 25 2400
DCA 9.41 +6.19 3.67 8 5.97 7-8 11 2 39.12 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
IAD 9.22 +5.85 3.50 7 4.55 7-8 10 2 39.18 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
FCH 9.66 3.27 8 6.30 7-8 9 3 34.03 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
HAM 8.04 +5.10 6.10 8 6.56 8-9 4 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.39 30 29.35 25 29.99 2400
HER 8.91 -5.54 3.09 8 3.09 8 12 3 40.75 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
HRN 9.12 +5.75 3.36 8 12 3 39.56 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.380 3 29.483 25 30.00 2400
LYH 7.29 +3.90 3.86 7 4.64 7-8 10 2 29.73 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.42 30 29.56 25 2400
NEW 5.10 +3.00 1.77 8 7 3 30.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.62 30 29.89 25 1700
NPN 7.34 4.90 8 5.07 7-8 13 1 36.32 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.33 30 29.31 25 2400
NOR 5.96 +2.28 3.28 8 11 1 47.58 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
ORF 5.53 +2.06 2.68 8 3.02 7-8 12 1 38.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.38 30 29.34 25 2400
FHC 11.08 7.24 8 7.75 7-8 9 3 47.97 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.354 2 29.329 25 29.971 2400
POR 8.30 +4.59 6.05 8 6.53 7-8 11 1 41.58 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.395 30 29.356 25 30.001 2400
CTR 3.38 -0.41 1.37 7 1.67 7-8 11 1 25.29 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.39 30 29.46 25 29.997 2400
MEC 22.07 0.0 0.0 0.0 1700
RIC 3.74 +0.14 1.65 7 1.65 7-8 10 1 31.92 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.41 30 29.47 25 2400
ROA 5.05 +1.90 1.79 7 2.18 7-8 9 2 31.89 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.46 30 29.63 25 2400
AKQ 4.60 2.10 8 13 2 33.25 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
WAL 4.89 +2.02 2.94 8 3.03 7-8 11 1 33.75 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.39 2 29.28 25 2400
WOO 3.91 +1.58 1.30 7-8 13 1 28.42 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.50 3 29.84 22 0800
WSH 7.00 +4.29 2.99 7 2.99 7 12 2 34.56 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.44 3 29.53 25 2400 |
NORTH CAROLINA
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STN T T1 U U1 V V1 W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 7 7A 8 S
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AVL 1.20 -1.98 0.92 6 0.97 6-7 3 0 40.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.48 30 29.65 8 2400
MRH 11.52 3.75 7 4.35 6-7 10 6 50.06 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.41 30 29.36 24 2400
CLT 4.66 +1.00 2.08 7 2.23 6-7 5 2 33.57 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.46 30 29.58 8 2400
ECG 5.16 +2.30 1.75 8 2.90 7-8 10 3 37.91 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.40 30 29.33 25 2400
FAY 3.56 1.47 22 1.51 21-22 8 1 26.88 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
GSO 2.92 -0.35 1.05 7 1.35 6-7 7 1 24.16 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
HSE 13.11 +7.80 4.80 24 4.81 24-25 12 4 57.25 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.38 30 29.25 25 2400
HKY 8.74 +5.17 6.31 7 6.50 7-8 6 2 40.72 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.41 30 29.58 8 2400
LBT 2.37 -0.99 1.65 6 1.86 5-6 6 1 20.79 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.44 30 29.56 24 2400
MNC 2400
EWN 12.54 6.52 8 7.77 7-8 11 3 50.19 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.42 30 29.43 25 2400
RAL 3.20 +0.02 1.86 7-8 11 0 29.66 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.42 30 29.64 22 1900
RDU 2.06 -1.12 0.98 7 1.32 7-8 9 0 25.45 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
ROX 3.84 +0.18 1.50 8 1.50 8 7 2 32.41 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.44 29 29.57 25 2200
ILM 15.07 +11.86 6.34 7 8.25 7-8 10 3 71.26 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.42 30 29.46 24 2400 |
SOUTH CAROLINA
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STN T T1 U U1 V V1 W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 7 7A 8 S
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AND 3.58 +0.35 2.71 6 2.72 6-7 3 1 43.89 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.41 30 29.58 8 2400
CAE 2.48 -0.41 1.09 6 1.30 5-6 5 1 39.04 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.45 30 29.59 8 2400
CRE 10.07 +6.84 3.39 6 3.66 6-7 12 3 54.06 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
CHS 5.42 +2.33 1.44 5 2.44 5-6 13 2 39.57 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.44 30 29.53 24 2400
FLO 3.45 +0.51 2.14 6 2.30 6-7 9 1 36.56 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
GSP 4.12 +0.24 2.13 7 2.13 7 4 2 44.53 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.43 30 29.59 8 2400
OGB 4.72 1.36 7 2.01 5-6 11 2 36.16 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.46 30 29.60 8 2400 |
NEARBY STATIONS
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STN T T1 U U1 V V1 W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 6A 7 7A 8 S
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TRI 1.45 -0.85 0.62 7 0.69 7-8 6 0 32.38 0.0 0.0 0.0 2400
DAV 5.51 1.08 25 13 1 49.37 7.4 25 5 2 14.5 14.5 0700 |
Virginia:
Annandale
- Lowell adds these notes:
"
October with 9.55 inches of rain, +4.06 inch departure, was the wettest
October on record and the second wettest month on record here;
only September 1999 was wetter with 11.33 inches. (Records since 1979 for October)
It was also warmer than average with a monthly mean temperature of
57.8ø F which was a +1.8ø F departure, the fifth warmest
October in
the last 26-years and the warmest here since 1990.
The warmth of October
wasn't really perceived because September was also so warm.
October had many precipitation records. - - - The precipitation total on
October the 8th was 3.86 inches, a new 25 year MAXIMUM precipitation record
for the date; the old record was ONLY 1.55 inches in 1996.
The storm total
of the 6th, 7th, and 8th was 7.09 inches the most precipitation ever
recorded here in a storm in the last 25 years; the old record was November
27th -28th of 1993 when 4.95 inches occurred. We were lucky in a sense that
September was the driest month in the last 25-years before such a heavy
rain or more flooding would have been experienced. The maximum rain in
any one-calendar day is now 3.86 inches set on October 8th. The old record
was 3.65 inches in Hurricane Floyd on September 16, 1999. It was also the
first time that October had two days with more than 2.00 inches of rain
since 1995.
The maximum rain record for any 24-hour period was also broken
The old
record was 3.97 inches in Hurricane Floyd on September 15-16, 1999. The
new record is now 5.66 inches on October 7th and 8th.
The maximum one hour rainfall intensity for October was 0.68 inches on the
8th and was the most in October since 1996 when 0.91 inches was recorded
in one hour. Thirteen days had measurable rain; only 1993 had more
days with measurable precipitation (14 days).
October's average cloud cover was the second cloudiest October
in the last 25-years with only October 2002 being cloudier.
The maximum wind gust of 31 mph from the west occurred on
the 16th at 1214 associated with a deep low pressure near
Maine and a high pressure building into our area.
The lowest barometer was 29.45 inches on the 25th,
which was associated with a low pressure off the
coast and the remnants of Wilma east of the low
pressure.
October DAILY Records Tied or Broken - (25-Years of records):
2 daily LOW maximum temperature records: 21, 25;
2 daily HIGH minimum temperature records: 6, 7;
3 daily LOW range temperature records: 7, 11, 22 and
3 daily HIGH precipitation records: 7, 8, 24.
[ + + ]
Arlington
- Report from NWS LWX:
"
THE OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 9.41 INCHES MADE THIS
MONTH THE WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS
SURPASSED THE 8.81 INCHES THAT FELL AT NATIONAL AIRPORT IN 1937. THE
BULK OF THE RAINFALL...7.34 INCHES...FELL IN A 48 HOUR PERIOD
COVERING THREE DAYS THAT STARTED ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 6TH AND
CONTINUED THROUGH THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 8TH.
FOR TEMPERATURES...OVERALL OCTOBER WAS A WARM MONTH. THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE WAS 60.4 DEGREES. THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THE
MONTH WERE GENERALLY WARM... WHILE THE FINAL THIRD WAS GENERALLY
COOLER THAN AVERAGE.
" [ + + ]
Bridgewater
- "
The temperature was 3.6 degrees above normal and the precipitation
was 2.2 inches above normal. Total precipitation for the year is now 26.84
inches. In spite of the heavy rains this month, the precipitation for the
year is 5.37 inches below normal.
There were four mornings with frost towards the end of the month. A
heavy killing frost occurred on the 30th.
On October 10, 1979, seven inches of snow fell in Bridgewater. It
was the biggest surprise of my lifetime in weather. We lost a tree from the
wet snow since leaves were still on the trees. Parts of West Virginia got
the early snow this October with a lot of tree damage and power outages.
October snows are interesting, but can cause a lot of problems.
- [ + + ] - additional notes from Clayton
Centreville
- "
ISO medium sized snow blower, will trade for newly built large wooded
boat w/pet accommodations. Contact NOAA.
The big story for October was the copious amounts of rainfall on the
6th, 7th, and 8th that brought to a close an extreme dry period spanning
more than five weeks. Forty-eight hours of steady moderate to sometimes-
heavy rainfall produced 6.53" of precipitation.
Once a brief tropical storm, the remnants of TD Tammy pirouetted along
a slow moving north-south cold front and saturated a major part of the
eastern seaboard that week. Rainfall wasn't the only thing in excess
during October though. Trick-or-treaters with their attendant bags of
goodies and warm temperatures both deserve a spot on page one. The
5th and 6th both recorded monthly highs of 80° helping to bring the
average monthly high of 65.8° to within 1.9° shy of the 67.7° normal high
average. The monthly mean of the average highs and lows worked out to be
58.1° or 3.6° above the 54.5° overall monthly average for October.
That leaves the nightly lows holding the bag for driving the monthly
average temperature so high. Nine degrees above the average monthly
low of 41.3° sets a Centreville record for 2005 for being a full degree
warmer that the previous record set back in August. Naturally, I was
obliged to help reduce any fears over premature chocolate meltdown.
Except for the 6.53" of unexpected rainfall reported from earlier
in the month, the remaining 3.01" amounted to being 0.61" short of
our normal October precipitation of 3.62". To date, we are 4.79" to
the good for the year. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!!
While the lack of rainfall during September has made weather headlines in
these parts, little mention is recalled about 65% of our monthly rainfall
total falling in just two and a half hours. Or that 95% of our monthly
rainfall total never touched the ground. These are seldom-reported facts of
very little value about the significance of our 0.11" downpour during the
afternoon of September 26th. And now for some less watered-down September
stats. Higher than normal temperatures for the month were also on the minds
of the faithful record seekers. As September and its heat progressed, the
mean daily high of +5.1° above the 66.5° normal was achieved at month's end.
This is the second highest deviation above normal so far this year.
February and August are still tied for first place with 4.4° over the normal
monthly average. A maximum high of 90° for September was recorded on the
23rd that helped set the average high of 81.8° to the plus side of averages
by nearly 3°. This September, our lows were low, but not nearly enough for
any of the record books. A minimum of 43° on the 30th was of little help
in keeping our average lows even reasonably close to 53.9° where they are
expected. Instead, our average low temperature was 7.5° warmer that the
usual 61.4°, another silver medal for the month, coming in next to August.
I feel that this isn't a proper place for bragging except to note that our
arc launching deluge mentioned above played a major role in Centreville
achieving a record 0.17" of rain for the month; 3.30" below or 5% of our
3.47" quota. Happy Halloween everyone!
" - [ + + ] - summary from Paul
Clark County
- "
October was a wet month with moderate to heavy rains which made
up for the deficit in precipitation. We are +4 inches in
precipitation departure and the temperature departure was
7 degrees warmer then usual. The total rain for the month was
excessively high with a total of 8.15 inches for the month.
Towards the end of the month the precipitation ended and
temperatures returned to seasonable. We also had our first
frost and freeze of the year on the 26th. Now if we can only
stay out of another drought phase the precipitation received
will go a long way in helping with the fire danger and other
resources.
"
- [ + + ] - notes by from Roger
Dulles
- "
THE OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 9.22 INCHES MADE THIS
MONTH THE WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT WASHINGTON DULLES AIRPORT.
THIS SURPASSED THE 9.19 INCHES THAT FELL AT DULLES IN 1971. THE BULK
OF THE RAINFALL...6.62 INCHES...FELL IN A 48 HOUR PERIOD COVERING
THREE DAYS THAT STARTED THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 6TH AND CONTINUED
THROUGH THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 8TH. THIS PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN
RESULTED FROM THE INTERACTION OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WITH THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM TAMMY. THIS WAS THE FOURTH HEAVIEST STORM
TOTAL FOR DULLES ON RECORD.
FOR TEMPERATURES...OVERALL OCTOBER WAS A WARM MONTH. THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 58.8 DEGREES MAKES THIS THE THIRD WARMEST
OCTOBER ON RECORD SURPASSED ONLY BY THE WARM OCTOBERS OF 1984...61.8
DEGREES... AND 1971 AT 61.3 DEGREES.
" - [ + + ] - report from NWS Sterling
Falls Church
- "
A very wet month. The rains of the 7th and 8th brought a 2 day total of
over 6 inches. I had a small flood in the basement as a result and part of
my street was blocked off due to flooding for a short time.
The nor'easter on the 25th brought my peak wind gust for the month at 40 mph
and I had some branches come down in my yard as a result.
" - [ + + ] - report from Erica
Herndon
- Russ notes:
"
October was warm and humid, with record precipitation. Temperatures
were 1.9 degrees above average and rainfall was an incredible 5.75"
above normal. October 2005 was my wettest month on record,
with new daily records of 2.65" and 3.36" set on the 7th & 8th. The record
rainfall was produced when a cold front merged with the remnants of Tropical Storm
Tammy. It more than made of for the previous month, which was my
driest on record.
" - [ + + ]
Herndon
- Bob reports:"
My average MAX temperature was 2.3 degrees BELOW
the Dulles "normal" and the average MIN was 7.3 degrees
ABOVE "normal". Groundwater level in the USGS observation
well at Reston had a net increase of about 1.5 feet during
this month. The total precip eclipsed my previous October
record of 8.52 inches!
" - [ + + ]
Ladysmith
- Danny checks-in from his new home:
"
Just wanted to let you know that I am up and running again in my new home.
My HOA wouldn't let me put the weather station on the roof, so I had to be a
bit creative with things. Unfortunately, we can't seem to find a good
compromise location for my anemometer that will produce readings, in which I
feel confident, so beginning in December, I will not be submitting wind
observations. (I do have the anemometer installed, so you'll still see
"unofficial" wind readings on my Wunderground observations:
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KVALADYS1.
Looking forward to submitting observations again at the end of December.
Hope you and your family had a good Thanksgiving. Happy holidays!
Take care,
Danny
"
Norfolk
- From the Fred Heutte Center
at Ghent Square in Norfolk:
"
Most noteworthy event was the mass of tropical air that moved NE along the SE US
coastal plain from the 6th until 4 PM on the 8th. 9.46" fell on those three days
with 7.24" coming on the 8th. With a lack of rain during the previous 30 days,
the ground absorbed the rainfall well resulting in only minor flooding across the area.
Temperatures continued above normal.
" - [ + + ]
Portsmouth
- "
4th month in a row now with above normal temperature averages but the two-month
trend for below normal rainfall ended as a tropical air mass moved across the
lower Mid-ATL from the 6th through the 9th. 8.3" of rain fell in October with
6.05" falling on the 8th. Fortunately, the heavy rains came on the heels of a dry spell.
Thus, the ground absorbed much of the rainfall. While some flooding was
noted after the rains on the 8th, excess water receded fairly rapidly.
The monthly temp average 1.9° ABOVE normal and rainfall was 224% of
the norm or +4.59".
October 2005 station records include:
6TH - TEMPERATURE TIED - MAXIMUM MINIMUM - 72° [PREVIOUS 1995];
7TH - PRECIPITATION - 0.68" [PREVIOUS 1995];
7TH - TEMPERATURE - MAXIMUM MINIMUM - 71° [PREVIOUS 69° 1995];
8TH - PRECIPITATION - 6.05" [PREVIOUS 3.42" 1996];
8TH - TEMPERATURE - MAXIMUM MINIMUM - 70° [PREVIOUS 68° 1990];
24TH - PRECIPITATION - 0.88" [PREVIOUS - 0.33" 1982];
29TH - TEMPERATURE - MINIMUM MAXIMUM 54° [PREVIOUS 55° 1990].
The second half of the month brought only a 3-day but a much-needed replenishing
rainfall of 1.2" after the 7" noted in the first half of the month.
For the year-to-date, rainfall is running at 99% (-0.41") while the yearly average temp
is normal at 62.8°.
- [ + + ]
North
Carolina:
Greensboro
-
"
AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WE RECORDED TWO NEW RECORD HIGH
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES. ON THE 6TH WE HAD 69 DEGREES...THE OLD RECORD WAS 67
SET IN 1941. ON THE 7TH WE REPORTED 69 DEGREES AND THE OLD RECORD WAS 66
DEGREES ALSO SET IN 1941.
" - [ + - ] - from NWS RAH
Raleigh
-
"
The season's first frost was observed on October 27th. The average daily
temperature was 1.9 degrees above normal and precipitation was 0.02" above
normal. However, precipitation for the year is 7.38" below normal. Water
use restrictions are now in effect for many areas in central North Carolina.
Most of the rainfall (2.88") for the month occurred on the 7th and 8th of
October.
" - [ + + ] - Bob notes
Raleigh
- NWS Raleigh (RAH) reports:
"
Significant rain fell across North Carolina during the first week of October,
which brought relief to some areas that had experienced drought conditions.
Unfortunately, the heaviest rain fell along the coast and in the foothills
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in areas that were not classified in a drought.
This resulted in localized flooding problems in those areas, but provided
no relief for the severe drought conditions over the Piedmont.
The early month's rain was a fleeting memory by month's end. The dry
pattern that had plagued much of the region since mid summer reared its
ugly head again by the second week of October, and lasted the rest of the
month. Raleigh-Durham, which recorded nearly 2 inches of rainfall
between October 5 and October 8, recorded only 0.14 of an inch between
October 9 and October 31. The lack of rain during the last three weeks
of the month sent local municipalities scurrying to re-implement mandatory
water restrictions (ones that had been relaxed just after the brief rainy
period) due to dropping reservoir levels from Raleigh-Durham to Greensboro.
Of note are the severe drought conditions over portions of the northern
and central Piedmont of North Carolina, and the contrasting wet conditions
near the coast.
The full OCTOBER 2005 NC Weather Review- a fine product from
the NC Weather Review Team of Phillip Badgett and Michael Strickler-
is available at:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/ncsummaries/MonthlySummary.Oct.2005.doc.
Finally, NWS RAH has added a new weathercam, viewed at the weathercam subpage
at their website or
viewed directly at http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/weathercam/wxcam.image.jpg.
" - [ + - ]
Wilmington
- NWS ILM reports:
"Records established this October:
RECORD RAINFALL SET ON THE 6TH (1.18"). PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.15 INCHES SET IN 1932.
RECORD RAINFALL SET ON THE 7TH (6.34"). PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.37 INCHES SET IN 1965.
RECORD RAINFALL ON THE 7TH (6.34") IS THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL FOR OCTOBER. PREVIOUS
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL FOR OCTOBER WAS 5.50 INCHES ON OCTOBER 13, 1994.
RECORD RAINFALL SET ON THE 8TH (5.53"). PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 3.38 INCHES SET IN 1996.
RECORD RAINFALL ON THE 8TH IS THE SECOND HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL FOR OCTOBER.
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED ON THE 21ST (85°). RECORD WAS SET IN 1993.
RECORD RAINFALL SET FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 10.14 INCHES SET IN 1913.
" - [ + + ]
South
Carolina:
Florence:
-
"
RECORD RAINFALL SET ON THE 6TH (2.14"). PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.61 INCHES SET IN 2001.
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET ON THE 22ND (84°). PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 83° SET IN 2001.
" - [ + + ] - report from NWS RDU
North Myrtle Beach:
-
"
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET ON THE 22ND (84°). PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 83 SET IN 2001.
" - [ + + ] - report from NWS RDU
Elsewhere:
Tri-Cities:
-
"
The monthly average temperature at Tri-Cities was 58.5°, which was 3.5°
above normal. It ranked as the 22nd warmest October on record at Tri-Cities.
No daily records were broken. The warmest October at Tri-Cities was back in
1984, when the average temperature was 63.6°.
Tri-Cities received 1.45 inches of rain in October, which was 0.85 inches
below normal. It ranked as the 19th driest October on record at Tri-Cities.
Measurable rainfall occurred on only six days, and only three of those days
had more than one-tenth of an inch of rain. Most of the rainfall for the
entire month occurred on the 6th and 7th with a two-day total of 0.90 inches.
The heaviest rainfall for the month occurred on the 7th, when 0.62 inches
fell. The driest October at Tri-Cities was back in 2000, when only 0.02
inches was recorded.
" - [ + - ] - report from NWS RDU
COLUMN
DENOTATIONS:
A maximum mean temperature |
T total precipitation (inches)
T1 departure from normal |
B minimum mean temperature |
U maximum calendar day precipitation
(inches) |
C monthly mean temperature
C1 departure from normal |
U1 date of maximum calendar day precipitation |
D maximum temperature |
V date(s) of maximum daily precipitation |
E date(s) of maximum temperature |
V1 maximum 24-hour precip. &
date(s) |
F minimum temperature |
W number of days with precip. >=
.01" |
G date(s) of minimum temperature |
X number of days with precip. >=
1.0" |
H days with maximum temperature
>=90 |
Y year-to-date precipitation (inches) |
I days with maximum temperature
<=32 |
Z maximum calendar day snowfall (inches) |
J days with minimum temperature
<=32 |
VRB Variable |
K days with minimum temperature
<= 0 |
1 date of maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
|
K1 average relative humidity |
2 number of days with snowfall |
L peak wind gust (miles per
hour) |
3 number of days with snowfall >=
1.0" |
M direction of peak wind gust |
4 total snowfall for month
(inches) |
N date(s) of peak wind gust |
5 total snowfall for 2005-2006 season
(inches) |
N1 average wind speed (miles per hour) |
6 maximum barometric pressure (inches) |
N2 dominant wind direction |
6A date of maximum barometric pressure |
O number of days with thunder |
7 minimum barometric pressure (inches) |
P number of days with hail |
7A date of minimum barometric pressure |
Q number of days with glaze |
8 average sea-level pressure |
R number of days with ice pellets |
STN Station |
R2 sky cover percentage |
NR not recorded |
R1 number of days with dense fog
[1/4 mile and less visibility] |
(i) incomplete data |
S local observation time for
temps/precipitation |
(M) missing, if listed in data table |
~ "about" |
E estimated |
+ additional indeterminate
number of days |
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ROK Roanoke, VA 6SW Wendell
Prillaman 4/76 wlprillaman@cox.net |
ANN Annandale,
VA 1 3/4 ENE - Lowell Koontz 8/31/79 wwkoontz@verizon.net |
AKQ Wakefield,
VA NWS Wakefield Municipal Airport 36-58-53N 077-00-04W 33M |
DCA Arlington,
VA Washington, DC, Reagan Washington National Airport 38-50-54N 077-02-03W
18M |
WSH Washington, VA
David Yowell runamok@runamok.com |
BCB Blacksburg,
VA NWS Virginia Tech Airport 37-13N 080-25W |
WEE Weems, VA 3WNW Francis
J. Socey |
BRI Bridgewater,
VA Clayton Towers Ctowers@rica.net |
WOO Woodstock, VA 5NW Lauck
Walton - 12/1/85 jwalton@shentel.net |
CEN Centreville, VA Paul Bassett 1985, 38° 50.9788' N LAT. 77° 25.6374' W LON. | Elevation 324' | m.psb@verizon.net
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RGL Ruther Glen, VA 38°0'45" N 77°32'29" W Danny Jessee 2003 danny@dannyjessee.com
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CCV Campbell County, VA - 37° 24' N 79° 04' W -
Roger Penny September 2005 bulletnva@yahoo.com
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WAL Wallops Island, VA
37° 56'26" N
75° 27'47" W Wallops Flight Facility Airport
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CHO Charlottesville,
VA Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport ASOS (Rappahannock County)
38-08-18N 078-27-21W 192M |
AVL Asheville,
NC Asheville Regional Airport 35-25-55N 082-32-15W 670M |
HVA Chesapeake,
VA Hickory, James Earehart, 5/1/2005, kearehart@cox.net |
MRH Beaufort,
NC Michael J. Field Airport 34-44-01N 076-39-38W 3M |
DAN Danville, VA, Danville
Regional Airport, 36-34-22N 079-20-10W 175M |
BRE Brevard, NC
1SE Bob Keehn 1/1/90 rkeehn@brinet.com |
IAD Dulles - Washington-Dulles
International Airport 38-56-05N 077-26-51W 93M |
CLT Charlotte,
NC NWS Charlotte/Douglas International Airpot 35-12-48N 080-56-55W 220M |
FCH Falls Church,
VA Erica Page - 3/7/94 Windie1970@aol.com |
HKY Hickory, NC |
HAM Hampton, VA
5NE Dave Kessel 1989 david82@verizon.net |
ECG Elizabeth City, NC,
Coast Guard Air Station 36-15-47N 076-10-58W 11M |
CTR Winterpock in Chesterfield County, VA Albert Arnold 06/03 |
FAY Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville
Regional Airport, 34-59-22N 078-52-48W 55M |
HER Herndon, VA
R.M. Beall P- 10/76 T- 1/91 beall47@earthlink.net |
GSO Greensboro, NC NWS
Piedmont Triad International Airport 36-05-51N 079-56-37W 275M |
HRN Herndon, VA 4SW Russ
Topping - 1985 weatherwatcher@cox.net |
HSE Cape Hatteras,
NC Mitchell Field 35-13-56N 075-27-21W 3M |
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MNC Mebane,
NC Sean McManus 2005 - micman2b@pipeline.com |
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LBT Lumberton,
NC Lumberton Municipal Airport 34-36-26N 079-03-36W 37M |
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EWN New Bern,
NC Craven County Regional Airport 36-04-03N 077-02-50W 3M |
LXI Lexington,
VA Scott M. Lancey, - 06/96 weather@midatlanticwx.com |
RAL Raleigh, NC
7NNW Bob Woodson - 6/1/93 kf4mmm@qsl.net |
LKU Louisa,
VA 1N Joseph Bowers 1944 - NWS ID 44-5050-02jmbiii@earthlink.net |
RDU Raleigh-Durham, NC
Raleigh-Durham International Airport 35-52-14N 078-47-11W 130M |
LOU Louisa,
VA 6S John Bullock (about 1970) INACTIVE 1/1/02 - MEMBER DECEASED FALL 2004 |
ROX Roxboro, NC
2SE Merriell A. Jay 1/93 |
LYH Lynchburg,
VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M |
ILM Wilmington,
NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M |
NEW Newmarket,
VA 2W Joyce Winfree joywood@shentel.net |
CHS Charleston, SC NWS
Charleston Air Force Base 32-53-56N 080-02-26W 13M |
NPN Newport
News, VA 7N Gary Leonard - 6/91 GaryMLeonard@aol.com |
CAE Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia Metropolitan Airport 33-56-31N 081-07-05W 73M |
NOR Norfolk,
VA 3NE Jim Fentress 6/1/77 |
FLO Florence, SC
Florence Regional Airport 34-11-16N 079-43-51W 44M |
ORF Norfolk,
VA 5NE 36-54-13N 076-11-31W 14M 1871 |
GSP Greenville-Spartanburg,
SC NWS Greenville-Spartanburg Airport 34-53-02N 082-13-15W 286M |
POR Portsmouth,
VA 36.81° North 76.33° West 3S Bill Trotter - 7/1/76 wxr@cox.net |
CRE North Myrtle
Beach, SC Grand Strand Airport 33-48-42N 078-43-26W 10M |
MEC Mechanicsville,
VA Glen Martin 11/19/91 |
OGB Orangeburg, SC
Orangeburg Municipal Airport 33-27-50N 080-51-13W 59M |
FHC Norfolk, VA Fred
Heutte Center 36° 54'N 76° 16'W 01/01/03 fhcgarden@cox.net |
AND Anderson, SC |
RIC Richmond,
VA Richmond International Airport 37-30-40N 077-19-24W 50M |
TRI Tri-cities,
TN (Bristol / Johnson / Kingsport), Tri-City Regional Airport 36-28-47N
082-23-56W 474M |
ROA Roanoke, VA
Roanoke Regional Airport 37-19-01N 079-58-27W 362M |
DAV Davis, WV Dave Lesher canaanwx@canaantv.tv |
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