Issued by NWS
000 CXUS53 KGRR 011039 CLMMKG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MI 639 AM EDT SAT NOV 1 2008 ................................... ...THE MUSKEGON MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 86 10/15/1899 LOW 19 10/29/1905 HIGHEST 80 10/12 MM MM 83 10/05 LOWEST 28 10/30 MM MM 29 10/28 10/29 10/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.7 58.7 0.0 65.3 AVG. MINIMUM 40.0 40.6 -0.6 48.7 MEAN 49.3 49.7 -0.4 57.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 4 MM MM 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 MM MM 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 3.40 2.80 0.60 2.42 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.09 0.02 0.08 DAYS >= .01 13 MM MM 14 DAYS >= .10 9 MM MM 9 DAYS >= .50 3 MM MM 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.16 10/07 TO 10/08 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS T 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL T 10/27 TO 10/27 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 481 476 5 281 SINCE 7/1 576 686 -110 417 COOLING TOTAL 2 3 -1 42 SINCE 1/1 406 487 -81 673 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/210 DATE 10/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/290 DATE 10/14 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$