CXUS54 KMEG 011634 CLMMEM CLIMATE REPORT..PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1030 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011 ................................... ...THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2010 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 108 07/13/1980 LOW -13 12/24/1963 HIGHEST 104 08/04 100 06/23 LOWEST 9 01/08 12 01/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.2 72.1 1.1 71.2 AVG. MINIMUM 53.9 52.5 1.4 53.6 MEAN 63.6 62.2 1.4 62.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 108 63.0 45.0 53 DAYS MAX <= 32 9 7.0 2.0 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 71 56.0 15.0 50 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 76.85 1957 MINIMUM 30.54 1941 TOTALS 47.90 54.65 -6.75 61.26 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.15 -0.02 0.17 DAYS >= .01 89 107.0 -18.0 118 DAYS >= .10 54 69.0 -15.0 78 DAYS >= .50 33 31.0 2.0 44 DAYS >= 1.00 17 16.0 1.0 21 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.8 1968 SNOW DEPTH 29 01/16/1928 TOTALS 7.1 5.7 1.4 4.1 SINCE 7/1 0.3 0.3 0.0 T SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 16 3.8 12.2 9 DAYS >= 1.0 2 2.0 0.0 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 02/08 3 03/01 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3211 3041 170 2926 SINCE 7/1 1146 1174 -28 1180 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/16/1876 LATEST 04/25/1910 EARLIEST 11/12 LATEST 03/24 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/194 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/280 DATE 03/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/270 DATE 03/11 SKY COVER AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 53 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 37 RAIN 50 LIGHT RAIN 112 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 13 SLEET 4 FOG 89 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 25 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.