TOPMISGLD AXUS43 KGLD 021852 MISGLD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND 1152 AM MST WED JAN 2 2008 ................................... ...THE GOODLAND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1896 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 111 07/25/1940 LOW -27 12/22/1989 HIGHEST 102 08/20 102 0 103 07/19 LOWEST -13 02/15 -12 -1 -5 02/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.3 64.5 -0.2 67.2 AVG. MINIMUM 37.7 37.0 0.7 38.2 MEAN 51.0 50.9 0.1 52.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 54 46.9 7.1 60 DAYS MAX <= 32 50 28.3 21.7 19 DAYS MIN <= 32 145 155.8 -10.8 159 DAYS MIN <= 0 9 8.5 0.5 4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 30.89 1915 MINIMUM 9.19 1956 TOTALS 15.10 19.76 -4.66 DAYS >= .01 79 79.0 0.0 75 DAYS >= .10 35 39.4 -4.4 39 DAYS >= .50 7 11.8 -4.8 15 DAYS >= 1.00 2 3.9 -1.9 8 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.69 03/28 TO 03/28 2.45 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 86.2 1984 24 HR TOTAL 19.3 10/24/1997 TO 10/26/1997 SNOW DEPTH 20 TOTALS 39.7 41.8 -2.1 47.6 SINCE 7/1 17.5 14.5 3.0 26.5 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 0 2 0 DAYS >= 1.0 13 11.7 1.3 6 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 18 01/02 20 12/31 01/01 12/30 24 HR TOTAL 6.1 01/20 TO 01/20 16.9 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6087 5974 113 5461 SINCE 7/1 2313 2435 -122 2462 COOLING TOTAL 1132 859 273 1114 SINCE 1/1 1132 894 238 1114 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 47/340 DATE 02/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/340 DATE 10/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 80 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 271 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 66 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 28 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 47 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 18 RAIN 23 LIGHT RAIN 68 FREEZING RAIN 3 LT FREEZING RAIN 7 HAIL 3 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 10 LIGHT SNOW 36 SLEET 1 FOG 141 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 35 HAZE 51 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN 2007 WAS 51.0 DEGREES. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE 30-YEAR NORMAL OF 50.9 DEGREES...IT WAS THE 10TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE YEARLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT OF 15.10 INCHES WAS NEARLY 5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...AND NEARLY 10 INCHES BELOW WHAT FELL IN 2006. IT MANY RESPECTS IT WAS SIMILAR TO THE DRY YEARS THAT WERE EXPERIENCED IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 2000S. IN FACT...7 OUT OF THE PAST 10 YEARS HAVE SEEN BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. $$ JDK