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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1115 AM EST MON NOV 2 2009
...OCTOBER 2009 CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JACKSONVILLE...
...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL...
OCTOBER 2009 WAS CHARACTERIZED BY FRONTS STALLING IN THE AREA...UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES...AND COLLIDING SEA BREEZES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS VARIED
ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 0.52 AND 6.26 INCHES. THE ALTAMAHA RIVER AT BAXLEY
WENT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND
UPSTREAM OF THE RIVER.
TEMPERATURES...
AT JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
OCTOBER WAS 72.9 DEGREES...3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE HOT PART OF OCTOBER...THERE WERE 6 DAYS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HIT 90
DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE MAXIMUM FOR THE MONTH WAS 93 DEGREES ON THE 9TH
AND THE 10TH. A RECORD HIGH OF 92 WAS SET ON THE 12TH...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS
RECORD HIGH OF 89 SET IN 1946. A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM OF 63 WAS SET ON THE
18TH...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS LOW MAXIMUM OF 65 SET IN 1978. A RECORD HIGH OF
86 ON THE 31ST TIED THE PREVIOUS HIGH SET IN 2004.
THE COOL PART OF OCTOBER...THERE WERE 7 DAYS THAT HAD A BELOW NORMAL DAILY
DEPARTURE. THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 43 DEGREES ON THE 19TH. A RECORD LOW OF
43 ON THE 19TH TIED THE PREVIOUS LOW MOST RECENTLY SET IN 1981.
RAINFALL...
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR OCTOBER WAS 2.03 INCHES...1.83 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.83 INCHES ON
THE 14TH. THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OR MORE OF RAINFALL.
THERE WERE ALSO 2 DAYS WHERE THUNDER WAS HEARD AT THE AIRPORT.
WIND...
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR OCTOBER AT JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WAS 5.5 MILES PER HOUR. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 30 MILES
PER HOUR FROM THE WEST ON THE 5TH.
FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION PURPOSES...
THERE WERE 32 HEATING DEGREE DAYS IN OCTOBER...WHICH IS 2 ABOVE NORMAL.
THERE WERE 287 COOLING DEGREE DAYS WHICH IS 104 ABOVE NORMAL.
THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER CALLS FOR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL
RAINFALL. THE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER IS 61.7 DEGREES.
THE NORMAL DAILY HIGH IS 72.5 DEGREES AND THE NORMAL DAILY LOW IS 50.8
DEGREES. NOVEMBER NORMALLY HAS 2.34 INCHES OF RAINFALL.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA...
JACKSONVILLE VICINITY... NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
JACKSONVILLE BEACH..... 2.23 LIVE OAK ............ 1.40
ARLINGTON.............. 1.39 GAINESVILLE ......... 1.43
FORT CAROLINE.......... 0.10 LAKE CITY 2E......... 1.45
BIG TALBOT ISLAND...... 1.53 FERNANDINA BEACH..... 1.02
LITTLE TALBOT ISLAND... 0.62 ST. AUGUSTINE LITEHS. 1.44
HIGHLANDS.............. 2.25 ST. AUGUSTINE ARPT... 0.74
CRAIG FIELD............ 1.42 HASTINGS 4NE......... 1.26
MAYPORT NS............. 2.14 HIGH SPRINGS......... 0.97
JACKSONVILLE NAS....... 2.20 JASPER............... 0.82
SOUTHSIDE TV 4......... 1.18 BELL 4NW............. 2.77
BEAUCLERC.............. 1.15 BUNNELL.............. 1.00
WESTSIDE............... 3.45 WHITE SPRINGS 7N..... 1.27
SOUTH PONTE VEDRA...... 2.30 PALM COAST 6NE....... 0.48
GUANA RIVER ST PARK.... 1.34 STARKE............... 2.46
OCALA................ 1.18
CRESCENT CITY........ 1.94
ORANGE SPRINGS 2SSW.. 0.52
GLEN ST MARY 1W...... 2.23
FLAGLER BEACH........ 1.90
FEDERAL POINT........ 0.40
AMELIA ISL PLANTATION 2.10
JUNIPER SPRINGS...... 0.41
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
BRUNSWICK.............. 2.29 ST SIMONS ISLAND..... 2.15
HOMERVILLE 5N.......... 4.00 ALMA................. 2.71
PRIDGEN................ 3.95 BAXLEY 5NNW.......... 6.26
WOODBINE............... 1.29 HAZLEHURST........... 4.00
NAHUNTA 6NE............ 1.85 MANOR................ 2.82
FARGO 17NE............. 2.54 PATTERSON............ 1.93
WAYCROSS 4NE........... 2.57 JESUP 8S............. 0.91
RAINFALL REPORTS ARE PRELIMINARY. CO-OP SITES REPORT A 24 HOUR TOTAL
NOT BASED ON A MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CALENDAR DAY.
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COCORAHS...
THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN...HAIL...AND SNOW NETWORK...COCORAHS.
THIS PUBLIC VOLUNTEER RAIN GAUGE NETWORK IS OPEN TO ANYONE WILLING TO
MEASURE AND REPORT PRECIPITATION. GO TO THE COCORAHS WEBSITE FOR MORE
INFORMATION AND TO SIGN UP. HTTP://WWW.COCORAHS.ORG
SOME NORTHEAST FLORIDA COCORAHS REPORTS...
ALACHUA COUNTY...
BROOKER 6.6 SSE.............. 1.45
GAINESVILLE 8.1 SW........... 1.13
GAINESVILLE 3.8 W............ 2.00
GAINESVILLE 3.7 SSW.......... 1.09
ARCHER 5.5 E................. 2.31
ARCHER 6.7 NNE............... 2.12
BAKER COUNTY...
SANDERSON 4.9 NNW............ 1.30
GLEN ST MARY 6.6 NW.......... 1.70
CLAY COUNTY...
GREEN COVE SPRINGS 6.2 N..... 3.33
GREEN COVE SPRINGS 6.8 SSE... 1.43
ORANGE PARK 0.7 NNE.......... 2.26
ORANGE PARK 3.0 WNW.......... 1.58
ORANGE PARK 4.8 SSW.......... 3.25
ORANGE PARK 4.7 SW........... 2.45
LAKESIDE 2.9 S............... 2.99
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS 7.6 ENE..... 1.14
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS 3.5 ENE..... 0.81
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS 6.9 ENE..... 0.79
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS 9.1 NE...... 0.68
MIDDLEBURG 6.5 NNE........... 1.98
MIDDLEBURG 0.7 SSW........... 1.95
DUVAL COUNTY...
JACKSONVILLE 3.2 ESE......... 0.69
JACKSONVILLE 6.2 ENE......... 1.39
JACKSONVILLE 7.5 E........... 1.21
JACKSONVILLE 7.3 SW.......... 1.98
JACKSONVILLE 5.9 SW.......... 1.50
JACKSONVILLE 3.8 ESE......... 1.36
JACKSONVILLE 8.4 SSE......... 2.67
JACKSONVILLE 8.8 E........... 1.29
JACKSONVILLE 10.0 WSW........ 2.58
JACKSONVILLE 11.4 ESE........ 1.06
JACKSONVILLE 11.6 ENE........ 1.30
JACKSONVILLE 11.9 N.......... 1.57
JACKSONVILLE BEACH 3.9 WNW... 2.03
JACKSONVILLE BEACH 4.4 WNW... 2.71
NEPTUNE BEACH 0.5 NNW........ 1.65
GILCHRIST COUNTY...
TRENTON 8.0 ENE.............. 3.77
NEWBERRY 4.0 WNW............. 3.59
HAMILTON COUNTY...
JENNINGS 5.8 WSW............. 1.88
JENNINGS 4.1 S............... 1.33
MARION COUNTY...
SUMMERFIELD 3.1 NE........... 1.77
SUMMERFIELD 2.8 SW........... 1.59
BELLEVIEW 6.0 SSE............ 1.67
BELLEVIEW 4.5 SE............. 1.33
BELLEVIEW 4.8 E.............. 0.99
LADY LAKE 4.8 WNW............ 0.91
MICANOPY 3.6 SSW............. 1.14
OCALA 7.8 SSW................ 1.09
OCALA 2.8 SSE................ 1.18
THE VILLAGES 2.6 NW.......... 0.97
THE VILLAGES 2.7 NNW......... 1.43
NASSAU COUNTY...
CALLAHAN 5.0 SSE............. 0.71
HEDGES 0.3 ESE............... 0.69
FERNANDINA BEACH 1.2 NNE..... 1.65
PUTNAM COUNTY...
EAST PALATKA 3.5 NNW......... 1.09
SATSUMA 0.2 WSW.............. 0.44
SATSUMA 4.0 NE............... 0.96
INTERLACHEN 10.4 NNE......... 0.52
ST JOHNS COUNTY...
ST AUGUSTINE SOUTH 2.1 SSW... 0.97
SUWANNEE COUNTY...
LIVE OAK 0.4 NE.............. 2.32
LIVE OAK 9.1 W............... 0.87
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COCORAHS RAINFALL REPORTS...
APPLING COUNTY
BAXLEY 10.0 SE............... 4.58
ATKINSON COUNTY
PEARSON 3.5 NE............... 1.93
CAMDEN COUNTY...
KINGSLAND 2.9 NE............. 0.87
ST MARYS 5.5 N............... 0.87
COFFEE COUNTY...
DOUGLAS 2.5 WSW.............. 3.34
WARE COUNTY...
MANOR 2.1 SE................. 2.80
PRESNALL
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