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Record Warmth Lingers; Fire Weather Concerns; Unsettled Pacific Northwest

More record warm temperatures are forecast this week from California, Southwest, Plains then into the Mississippi Valley and Southeast. The warmth combining with dry conditions may result in elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions. Meanwhile, another Pacific system will move across the Pacific Northwest with lower elevation rain and mountain snows. For Hawaii, conditions improving. Read More >

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FEBRUARY NORMALS & EXTREMES
PLUS SUNRISE/SUNSET & CIVIL TWILIGHT TIMES

ALEXANDRIA

  TEMP NORMALS WARMEST COOLEST COOLEST WARMEST NORM RECORD NORMS
 DAY MAX MIN MEAN MAX/YR MAX/YR MIN/YR MIN/YR RAIN RAIN/YR HDD CDD
 1 61 40 50 82/1907 24/1951 12/1951 67/1923 0.15 2.81/1952 15 0
CT STARTS 0637 CST    SUNRISE 0703 CST    SUNSET 1745 CST    CT ENDS 1810 CST
 2 61 40 51 82/1989 26/1985* 7/1951 66/1923 0.15 5.20/1896 15 0
CT STARTS 0637 CST    SUNRISE 0702 CST    SUNSET 1746 CST    CT ENDS 1811 CST
 3 61 40 51 82/1974 28/1996 6/1951 68/1932 0.14 3.21/2012 15 0
CT STARTS 0636 CST    SUNRISE 0702 CST    SUNSET 1747 CST    CT ENDS 1812 CST
 4 62 40 51 84/1957 26/1996 14/1996 69/2008 0.15 3.13/2012 15 0
CT STARTS 0636 CST    SUNRISE 0701 CST    SUNSET 1748 CST    CT ENDS 1813 CST
 5 62 40 51 84/1957 26/1996 16/1996 66/2019 0.14 3.63/1955 14 0
CT STARTS 0635 CST    SUNRISE 0700 CST    SUNSET 1749 CST    CT ENDS 1814 CST
 6 62 40 51 82/2025 32/1989 19/1996 68/2019 0.14 2.06/1900 14 0
CT STARTS 0634 CST    SUNRISE 0659 CST    SUNSET 1749 CST    CT ENDS 1815 CST
 7 62 41 51 83/2017 28/1989 15/1895 67/1937* 0.14 3.52/1933 14 0
CT STARTS 0634 CST    SUNRISE 0659 CST    SUNSET 1750 CST    CT ENDS 1815 CST
 8 62 41 51 84/2017 29/1899 9/1895 69/1937* 0.14 2.42/2023 14 0
CT STARTS 0633 CST    SUNRISE 0658 CST    SUNSET 1751 CST    CT ENDS 1816 CST
 9 62 41 52 84/1957 33/1948 15/1933 68/1932 0.14 2.79/1980 14 0
CT STARTS 0632 CST    SUNRISE 0657 CST    SUNSET 1752 CST    CT ENDS 1817 CST
 10 63 41 52 86/1957 34/1973 21/1971 68/1932 0.15 5.23/1966 14 0
CT STARTS 0631 CST    SUNRISE 0656 CST    SUNSET 1753 CST    CT ENDS 1818 CST
 11 63 41 52 84/1957 33/2014 15/1981 67/1999 0.15 2.60/1913 13 0
CT STARTS 0631 CST    SUNRISE 0655 CST    SUNSET 1754 CST    CT ENDS 1819 CST
 12 63 42 52 86/2017 30/1899 5/1899 67/1922 0.15 4.03/1984 13 0
CT STARTS 0630 CST    SUNRISE 0655 CST    SUNSET 1755 CST    CT ENDS 1819 CST
 13 63 42 52 83/1907 15/1899 3/1899 67/1923 0.15 4.00/1997* 13 0
CT STARTS 0629 CST    SUNRISE 0654 CST    SUNSET 1755 CST    CT ENDS 1820 CST
 14 63 42 53 82/1949* 27/1905 12/1905 68/1949 0.15 1.84/1956 13 0
CT STARTS 0628 CST    SUNRISE 0653 CST    SUNSET 1756 CST    CT ENDS 1821 CST
 15 64 42 53 81/2025* 25/2021 16/2021* 67/1989* 0.15 2.45/2012 12 0
CT STARTS 0627 CST    SUNRISE 0652 CST    SUNSET 1757 CST    CT ENDS 1822 CST
 16 64 42 53 82/1992* 30/1909 11/2021 64/1956 0.16 4.40/1903 12 0
CT STARTS 0626 CST    SUNRISE 0651 CST    SUNSET 1758 CST    CT ENDS 1823 CST
 17 64 43 53 82/1911 32/2021 19/1903* 65/1938 0.16 4.10/1910 12 0
CT STARTS 0625 CST    SUNRISE 0650 CST    SUNSET 1759 CST    CT ENDS 1823 CST
 18 64 43 54 83/1907 32/2021 16/1900 62/2026* 0.16 1.90/2012 12 0
CT STARTS 0624 CST    SUNRISE 0649 CST    SUNSET 1800 CST    CT ENDS 1824 CST
 19 65 43 54 82/2000* 35/2006* 19/1910 66/2026* 0.15 2.46/1938 12 0
CT STARTS 0623 CST    SUNRISE 0648 CST    SUNSET 1800 CST    CT ENDS 1825 CST
 20 65 43 54 82/2018* 38/1959 24/1910* 68/1897 0.15 1.48/1967 12 0
CT STARTS 0622 CST    SUNRISE 0647 CST    SUNSET 1801 CST    CT ENDS 1826 CST
 21 65 44 54 83/1986 41/1955* 22/2025 70/1897 0.15 3.97/1989 11 0
CT STARTS 0621 CST    SUNRISE 0646 CST    SUNSET 1802 CST    CT ENDS 1827 CST
 22 65 44 55 82/1993* 37/1948 21/1978* 72/2022 0.16 2.40/1969 11 1
CT STARTS 0620 CST    SUNRISE 0645 CST    SUNSET 1803 CST    CT ENDS 1827 CST
 23 65 44 55 84/1907 33/1968 19/1968 69/2023* 0.16 1.33/1979 11 1
CT STARTS 0619 CST    SUNRISE 0644 CST    SUNSET 1804 CST    CT ENDS 1828 CST
 24 66 44 55 83/2011 32/1914 20/1968 69/2018 0.16 4.85/1985 11 1
CT STARTS 0618 CST    SUNRISE 0643 CST    SUNSET 1804 CST    CT ENDS 1829 CST
 25 66 45 55 83/2023* 38/2015 22/1914 66/1944 0.16 4.16/2018 10 1
CT STARTS 0617 CST    SUNRISE 0642 CST    SUNSET 1805 CST    CT ENDS 1830 CST
 26 66 45 56 85/1977* 40/2003 24/1914 69/1944 0.15 2.03/2001 10 1
CT STARTS 0616 CST    SUNRISE 0641 CST    SUNSET 1806 CST    CT ENDS 1830 CST
 27 66 45 56 85/1986 39/1982 21/2002 69/1944 0.16 2.65/1923 10 1
CT STARTS 0615 CST    SUNRISE 0640 CST    SUNSET 1807 CST    CT ENDS 1831 CST
 28 67 45 56 88/1932 44/1982 23/2002 71/2017 0.15 1.60/1893 10 1
CT STARTS 0614 CST    SUNRISE 0639 CST    SUNSET 1807 CST    CT ENDS 1832 CST
 29 67 46 56 85/1932 46/1984 29/1984 67/2012 --- 1.12/1968 10 1
CT STARTS 0613 CST    SUNRISE 0637 CST    SUNSET 1808 CST    CT ENDS 1832 CST
 MON 63.6 42.2 52.9         4.22   352 14

                                                       

OTHER MONTHLY MEANS
# DAYS WITH  MAX >=90F MAX <=32F MIN <=32F MIN <=0F
  0 0 5 0
# DAYS PRECIP >=0.01" >=0.10" >=0.50" >=1.00"
  11 6 3 1

 

Note: Daily sums/averages will not equal monthly sums/averages due to rounding - click here for more info
 

 Normals are for the 30-year period from 1991-2020

Extremes (or records) are for the period of record (1892-2026) 

 

 Bold colored records indicate extreme for the month

Italicized bold colored records indicate most recent of multiple monthly extreme occurrences 

 
* Asterisks indicate records which tied previous records; asterisked value was the last year record occurred
 
 All times are approximate and in Central Standard Time - add one hour during Daylight Saving Time

CT stands for Civil Twilight, essentially times of dawn & dusk - see definitions here 
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