Tracking Major Hurricane Erin; Hot in the Mid-Mississippi Valley

Major Hurricane Erin is tracking just north of the lower Bahamas today. Dangerous surf and rip current threats increase this week for most of the Atlantic coastline. Erin's outerbands may impact the Outer Banks later this week. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are forecast today and Tuesday from a part of the southern Plains into the central to lower Mississippi River Valley. Read More >

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...Highlights of 2018...

Annual - 37th warmest year (above normal) on 127 years of record (1892-2018).
59th wettest year on record with 106% of normal precipitation.
22nd least snowiest year on record with 57.3 inches (63 percent of normal).
The peak wind gust for the year was 68 mph on the peak wind gust which occurred on January 30th and April 16th.
Seasonal: 4th least snowiest Spring (March, April, May) on record with only 11.2 inches.
Monthly Precipitation: 10th driest September on record (0.05" of precipitation).

Temperature

Wind

Precipitation

Snow

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Element	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average High	33.2	33.4	48.7	58.5	67.8	78.7	88.5	84.5	78.2	57.5	40.3	33.2	58.5
Mean High (1981-2010 Normals)	33.1	36.5	47.4	56.4	66.5	77.5	86.8	85.0	72.8	58.5	42.8	31.8	58.0
Average Low	12.6	8.4	23.8	29.4	42.8	49.3	56.1	54.2	45.4	31.6	17.9	11.5	31.9
Mean Low (1981-2010 Normals)	10.2	13.9	23.6	31.3	40.1	48.4	55.6	54.3	44.4	32.7	19.7	9.6	32.1
Average Temperature	22.9	20.9	36.3	43.9	55.3	64.0	72.3	69.4	61.8	44.6	29.1	22.3	45.2
Mean Temp (1981-2010 Normals)	21.7	25.2	35.5	43.9	53.3	63.0	71.2	69.6	58.6	45.6	31.2	20.7	45.0
Departure from Normal	1.2	-4.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.1	-0.2	3.2	-1.0	-2.1	1.6	0.2
Rank: Coldest to Warmest 127 years of record (P.O.R 1892-2018)	89	35	89	75	100	92	97	85	109	45	37	73	91

Highest Daily Maximum	52	54	64	76	83	92	98	98	90	81	62	48	98
Date of Occurrence	30	8	22	28	26	28	7,8	11	15	2	2	21	7/8, 7/9. 8/11
Lowest Daily Minimum	-11	-15	12	13	29	36	45	44	32	13	1	-5	-15
Date of Occurrence	2	20	1	3	1	2	1	29	26	15	18	29	2/20
Number of Days with:
Maximum >= 90°	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	9	1	0	0	0	28
Maximum <= 32°	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	15	48
Minimum <= 32°	31	27	29	21	2	0	0	0	1	16	30	31	188
Minimum <= 0°	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12
Record High Temperatures Set or Tied	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Record Low Temperatures Set or Tied	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Temperature Ranks and Records:

Daily Records:

Record High Temperatures:

August: 98 on the 11th.
September: 88 on the 10th.

Record Low Temperatures:

None.

Top Ten Warmest Years on Record
Rank	Year	Average Temperature °F
1	2012	49.0
2	1988, 1981	47.7
4	1934	47.6
5	1994	47.5
6	2006	47.4
7	1954	47.2
8	1999	47.0
9	2015	46.9
10	2016, 2007, 1990	46.6
36	2018	45.2

Top Ten Coldest Years on Record
Rank	Year	Average Temperature °F
1	1912	39.9
2	1944	40.1
3	1920	40.2
4	1916, 1898	40.9
6	1895	41.0
7	1924	41.1
8	1913, 1899, 1923	41.2
91	2018	45.2


Average Annual Temperature for Period of Record - Click on Graph to Enlarge

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Element	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average Speed (MPH)	4.1	5.9	7.1	7.6	6.2	7.1	6.7	7.0	6.5	5.5	4.6	4.4	6.1
Maximum 3-sec Gust	68	66	56	68	52	49	52	63	54	47	60	52	68
Direction (degrees)	250	340	210	170	230	240	280	310	260	280	280	250	250, 170
Date of Occurrence	30	5	24	16	9	10	3	12	23	3	2	21	1/30, 4/16

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Element	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Total (inches)	0.68	0.94	1.09	1.49	4.07	1.66	0.67	0.21	0.05	1.10	0.88	0.58	13.42
Mean Precip (1981-2010 Normals)	0.41	0.58	1.16	1.87	2.20	1.27	0.78	0.61	1.05	1.29	0.86	0.58	12.66
Departure from Normal	0.27	0.36	-0.07	-0.38	1.87	0.39	-0.11	-0.40	-1.00	-0.19	0.02	0.00	0.76
Percent of Normal	166	162	94	80	185	131	86	34	5	76	173	100	106
Rank - Driest to Wettest 127 years (P.O.R 1892-2018)	96	95	67	49	103	86	70	33	10	65	85	71	69
Greatest 24-HR Total	0.54	0.29	0.67	1.15	1.49	1.21	0.39	0.08	0.02	0.44	0.29	0.45	1.49
Dates of Occurrence	20	19	26	30	11	17	11	20	7-8	13	17	31	5/11
Number of Days with:
Precipitation >= 0.01	4	7	4	9	13	7	7	6	3	7	6	3	76
Precipitation >= 0.10	1	3	3	2	8	2	2	0	0	3	4	2	30
Precipitation >= 1.00	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Days with Thunderstorms	0	0	0	1	14	9	9	6	2	0	0	0	41
Daily Precipitation Records Set or Tied	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Precipitation Ranks and Records:

One Day Precipitation Records (inches):

March: 0.67" on the 26th (tie).
December: 0.45" on the 31st.

Top Ten Driest Months of September on Record
Rank	Year	Precipitation (inches)
1	1932, 1914	Trace
3	1992, 1979, 1969, 1952	0.01
7	2010, 1928, 1922	0.02
10	2018, 1917	0.05

Top Ten Driest Years on Record
Rank	Year	Precpitation (inches)
1	2001	5.30
2	1954	5.37
3	2012	6.60
4	1902	7.25
5	2006	7.42
6	1988	7.63
7	1939	7.95
8	2002	8.09
9	1914	8.32
10	2000	8.61
69	2018	13.42

Top Ten Wettest Years on Record
Rank	Year	Precipitation (inches)
1	1957	21.89
2	1923	21.56
3	2016	21.29
4	1941	20.66
5	1912	20.00
6	1947	19.70
7	1995	19.68
8	1944	19.57
9	1973	19.30
10	1908	19.22
59	2018	13.42


Annual Precipitation for Period of Record - Click on Graph to Enlarge

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Element	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Total (inches)	11.5	9.3	8.1	3.1	T	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8	11.7	6.8	57.3
Average Snowfall	7.6	10.3	16.1	16.8	4.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	2.7	9.8	13.1	10.1	91.4
Departure from Normal	3.9	-1.0	-8.0	-13.7	-4.8	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-2.7	-3.0	-1.4	-3.3	-34.1
Percent of Normal	151	90	50	18	0	0	0	0	0	69	89	67	63
Rank - Least to Most 127 Years (P.O.R 1892-2018)	104	75	37	19	20*	NA	NA	NA	1*	74	84	58	23

Greatest 24-HR Total	8.1	2.8	6.5	2.0	T	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	3.8	4.2	8.1
Dates of Occurrence	20	9	26	17	12,27	NA	NA	NA	NA	13	17	31	1/20
Number of Days with:
Snowfall >= 1.0 inch	3	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	19
Daily Snowfall Records Set or Tied	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
* 35 months of May with a trace or less of snowfall on record * 64 months of September on record with no snowfall.

Snowfall Ranks and Records:

One Day Snowfall Records (inches):

None.

Least Snowiest Springs (March, April, May) on Record
Rank	Year	Snowfall (inches)
1	1925	3.6
2	1919	5.9
3	1911	6.4
4	2018	11.2
5	1976	11.3
6	1939	11.4
7	1962	11.5
8	2012	12.2
9	1914	14.1

Top Ten Snowiest Years on Record
Rank	Year	Snowfall (inches)
1	1973	199.9
2	1975	160.7
3	1983	159.6
4	1967	154.6
5	1959	150.4
6	1971	148.3
7	2013	138.0
8	1978	128.1
9	1920	127.9
10	1892	125.1
106	2018	57.3



Annual and Seasonal Snowfall for Period of Record - Click on Graph to Enlarge

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