CXUS52 KRAH 011342 CLMRDU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 942 AM EDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RALEIGH NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 10/03/2019 LOW 19 10/27/1962 HIGHEST 85 10/05 86 10/07 LOWEST 38 10/18 38 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.3 73.0 3.3 75.3 AVG. MINIMUM 51.3 50.3 1.0 52.0 MEAN 63.8 61.7 2.1 63.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.23 1887 TOTALS 0.11 3.37 -3.26 2.16 DAYS >= .01 2 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.32 09/30 TO 10/01 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 109 160 -51 101 SINCE 7/1 109 174 -65 MM COOLING TOTAL 79 56 23 67 SINCE 1/1 2214 1795 419 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/030 DATE 10/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/040 DATE 10/10 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.33 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL FOR OCTOBER AT RALEIGH WAS 0.11 INCHES. THIS MAKES OCTOBER 2024 THE SECOND DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT RALEIGH. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES WAS TIED AT RALEIGH ON OCTOBER 1, 2024. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD LAST SET IN 1919. $$