YEAR-TO-DATE 2000 [through 1/31/00]

Temperature Data  AVERAGE HIGH : 47.3º     DEPARTURE: -1.1º  AVERAGE LOW : 32.0º    DEPARTURE:  +0.5º  MEAN: 39.6º  DEPARTURE:  -0.3º     HIGHEST: 76º on 4th  LOWEST: 12º on 28th  Number of Days:  MAX 100º OR ABOVE: 0  MAX 32º OR BELOW:  6  MAX 90º OR ABOVE:   0   MIN 32º OR BELOW: 18   MIN 0º OR BELOW:     0   Heating Degree Days   TOTAL:  786.5  Cooling Degree Days  TOTAL:       0   NUMBER OF:  Days Cloudy:                                                 6  Days Partly Cloudy:                                    17  Days Clear or Sunny:                                  8  Days with Fog/Ground Fog:                       11  Days with Dense Fog:                                 2  Days with Frost:                                           2  Days with Thunderstorms:                       1   Thunderstorms:                                          1  Days with some type of Snowfall:           7

Precipitation Data   TOTAL: 4.80"   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:  +0.67" or 116%  GREATEST DAILY: 1.19" on the January 30th  GREATEST IN 24- HR PERIOD: 1.29"  on January 24th-25th   5PM-5PM   AVERAGE DAILY: 0.15"  NORMAL DAILY: 0.13"  # DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION:  11  MAXIMUM:  4.80" in January MINIMUM:   4.80" in January  Snowfall, Ice Pellets   TOTAL: 6.70"   GREATEST IN 24 HOURS: 4.00" on January 25th  GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND: 4.0" on January 25th Number of Days:  WITH 0.01" OR MORE PRECIP: 11  WITH 0.10" OR MORE PRECIP: 8   WITH 0.50" OR MORE PRECIP: 4  WITH 1.00" OR MORE PRECIP: 1  Pressure Data   HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL: 30.758" on the January 15th  LOWEST SEA-LEVEL:  29.232" on the January 25th

 

PWRS DENOTATIONS: SU/CL = Clear sky; PC = Partly cloudy sky; C = cloudy sky; NA, not available; NR, not recorded; TEMP, temperature; MAX, maximum; MIN, minimum; T, trace of precipitation; INOP, inoperative equipment; MPH, miles per hour; DN, departure from normal;   DEP, departure; YR, year; NORM, normal; DST LTG, distant lightning; FROP or FROPA, frontal passage; AM morning; AFT afternoon hours; EVE evening hours; PM evening hours; E estimated; VBL, variable wind directions; TS, tropical storm;

 

JANUARY 2000 MONTHLY STATION RECORDS:   New daily rainfall records:  1.19" on the 30th New daily snowfall records:  0.6" on the 23rd (old record TRACE) 4.0" on the 25th (no previous record) New wind records:  49 MPH on the 13th (old record 33 MPH in 1983) 60 MPH on the 25th (old record 33 MPH in 1998) New maximum temperature records:  73º  on the 3rd (old record 69º/1997) 76º on the 4th (old record 71º/1997) 68º on the 11th (old record 66º in 1980) New minimum temperature record:  12º on the 28th (tie of previous station record set in 1986) New maximum minimum temperature records:   57º on the 3rd (old record 52º/1992) 53º on the 4th (old record 50º in 1992) 51º on the 10th (old record 50º in 1992)   New minimum maximum temperature records:  31º on the 22nd (tied previous record in 1984) 36º on the 24th (old record 38º in 1986) 35º on the 25th (old record 37º in 1987) 30º on the 26th (old record 37º in 1987) 28º on the 27th (tied previous record in 1982)

 

METAR DENOTATIONS:   BC   Patches  BL   Blowing   BR   Fog with visibilites > 5/8 but <=6 statute miles and below to 5/8 mile  DU   Dust (widespread)  DS   Duststorm  DZ   Drizzle  FC   Funnel Cloud  FC+  Tornado/waterspout  FG   Fog with visibility <= 5/8 statute miles  FU   Smoke   FZDZ Freezing drizzle  FZRA Freezing rain  FZFG Freezing fog                GR   Hail                              GS   Small hail                       HZ   Haze                              IC   Ice crystals                      PL   Ice pellets                                                     PY   Spray  RA   Rain  SA   Sand                                SS   Sandstorm                                PO   Sand or dust whirls                                SG   Snow granules  SH   Shower                                 SHRA Shower of rain  SHSN Shower of snow  SHPE Shower of ice pellets  SHGR Shower with hail  SHGS Shower with small hail  SM   Statute miles                                SN   Snow  SQ   Squalls  TS   Thunderstorm   TSGR Thunderstorm with hail  TSGS Thunderstorm with small hail  TSPE Thunderstorm with ice pellets  TSRA Thunderstorm with rain  TSSN Thunderstorm with snow  UP   Unknown precipitation  VA   Volcanic ash   VC   Vicinity  V V   Used for obscurred sky  METAR Qualifiers: (now placed in FRONT of code)  -  Light    +  Heavy   DR Low drifting  M  Below (as in -x.x degrees)  MI Shallow   PR Partial