...1999 WEATHER SUMMARY...
JAN...A WARM, UNUSUAL MONTH. AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES 10.9
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL WELL
BELOW NORMAL.
FEB...ANOTHER WARM, DRY MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES 6.0 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL, AND ONLY A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION OR SNOW.
MAR...WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUE AS THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE IS 5.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ONLY ONE-HALF OF THE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND THE 2.8 INCHES OF SNOW IS WELL BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 7.0 INCHES.
APR...APRIL SHOWERS..AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION 1.15 INCHES IS WELL
ABOVE NORMAL OF .49 INCHES. SNOWFALL OF 7.2 INCHES IS WELL
ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 4.0 INCHES, AND TEMPERATURES WERE 2.5
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR A CHANGE.
MAY...AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE IS 1.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
WHILE BOTH PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL OF 5.9 INCHES ARE WELL
ABOVE NORMAL.
JUN...DRY AND COOL, AND NO HELP FOR THE FARMERS. ONLY .32 INCHES OF
RAINFALL V/S NORMAL OF .67. TEMPERATURES STILL AVERAGING\
BELOW NORMAL.
JUL...TEMPERATURES WERE NORMAL FOR A CHANGE BUT DRY, WITH ONLY .31
INCHES OF RAINFALL V/S A NORMAL OF 1.19 INCHES.
AUG...AUGUST TRIES TO MAKE UP FOR BEING DRY EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
3.08 INCHES OF RAIN, WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.12 INCHES.
SEP...STILL WET WITH 1.09 INCHES OF RAIN (NORMAL IS .89 INCHES)
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL AGAIN BY 1.4
DEGREES. PRECIPITATION FOR THE FIRST 9 MONTHS OF THE YEAR TOTALS
7.31 INCHES, NORMAL IS 6.00.
OCT...A NORMAL MONTH FOR TEMPERATURES BUT BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION OF .24 INCHES, (NORMAL .89) ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW
FOR THE MONTH.
NOV...WARM AND DRY ONCE AGAIN. TEMPERATURES AVERAGE 2.8 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL BUT ONLY A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL.
DEC...WARM AND DRY. TEMPERATURES AVERAGE 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. HOWEVER, COLDEST DAY OF YEAR, - 10 OCCURRED ON THE
15TH. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 0.3 INCHES WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL OF 7.1
INCHES FOR THE MONTH. ALSO TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR THIS SEASON
OF 0.3 INCHES, WITH NORMAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 15.5 INCHES FOR
JULY THROUGH DECEMBER.
THIS ENDS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR AT 42.8 DEGREES,
SECOND WARMEST OF RECORD. THE WARMEST YEAR WAS 1986, WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 43.1.
1999 STATISTICS
Avg Avg Mean Dep fm Pcpn Snow Htg Deg. Col.Deg
Max Min Normal Days Days
JAN 44.6 6.5 25.6 +10.9 .07 1.6 1217 0
FEB 49.2 7.6 28.4 + 6.0 T T 1018 0
MAR 56.6 18.0 37.3 + 5.0 .22 2.8 851 0
APR 55.8 21.5 38.6 + 5.0 1.15 7.2 784 0
MAY 65.5 33.0 49.3 - 1.1 1.07 5.9 485 0
JUN 77.1 38.9 58.0 - 1.4 .32 0 206 2
JUL 80.3 49.0 64.7 - 0.2 .31 0 30 28
AUG 76.8 48.5 62.7 + 0.3 3.08 0 99 3
SEP 71.1 35.7 53.4 - 1.4 1.09 0 339 0
OCT 65.5 20.9 43.2 - 0.3 .24 T 667 0
NOV 55.6 9.8 32.7 + 2.8 T T 962 0
DEC 39.5 0.6 20.1 + 2.6 .03 .3 1388 0
MEAN 61.5 24.2 42.8 TOTALS 7.58 17.8 8013 33
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 61.5 NORMAL 58.5
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 24.2 NORMAL 23.4
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 42.8 NORMAL 41.1
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 91 on July 1st
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -4 on January 3rd
DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR HIGHER 1 NORMAL 1
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LOWER 7 NORMAL 36
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR LOWER 226 NORMAL 227
DAYS WITH MIN ZERO OR LOWER 28 NORMAL 50
...PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL 7.58 INCHES NORMAL 7.57 INCHES
MOST IN 24 HOURS WAS .79 INCHES ON APRIL 30TH
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION 73 NORMAL 70
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 94 NORMAL 44
DAYS WITH HAIL 1
SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 17.8 INCHES NORMAL 37.4 INCHES
MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS WAS 4.5 INCHES ON APRIL 30TH
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 2 INCHES ON MAY 2ND
...WIND...
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 MPH NORMAL 6.8 MPH
PEAK WIND GUST SOUTHWEST 75 MPH ON APRIL 9TH
DAYS WITH HEAVY FOG 17 NORMAL 20
HEATING DEGREE DAYS 8013 NORMAL 8749
COOLING DEGREE DAYS 33 NORMAL 62
HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 30.98 ON 24 DECEMBER
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 29.34 ON 3 MAY