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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
335 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2009
...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION
CHARACTERIZED THE OVERALL KANSAS CITY WEATHER IN 2008...
...TEMPERATURES...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 52.7 DEGREES OR 1.5 DEGREES
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 54.2 DEGREES. THIS RANKS AS THE 8TH COLDEST
YEAR ON RECORD (OUT OF 120 YEARS). EIGHT MONTHS HAD BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...WITH 4 MONTHS OF NEAR AVERAGE...AND NO MONTHS OF
ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE...97 DEGREES ON AUGUST 3RD AND 4TH.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE...4 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON JANUARY 19TH.
THE WARMEST DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 87 DEGREES ON AUGUST 3RD
WITH A HIGH OF 97 DEGREES AND A LOW OF 76 DEGREES...AND ON AUGUST
4TH WITH A HIGH OF 97 DEGREES AND A LOW OF 77 DEGREES.
THE COLDEST DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 4 DEGREES ON JANUARY
19TH WITH A HIGH OF 11 AND A LOW OF 4 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
THE LOWEST AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 10 DEGREES ON DECEMBER
21ST.
THE HIGHEST OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 77 DEGREES ON AUGUST 4TH.
FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR...ONE RECORD HIGH AND TWO RECORD LOWS WERE
EQUALED OR EXCEEDED. ON APRIL 26TH...A RECORD LOW OF 34 DEGREES WAS
TIED. ON SEPTEMBER 9TH A RECORD LOW OF 46 DEGREES WAS TIED. A
RECORD HIGH OF 66 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON DECEMBER 26TH.
...PRECIPITATION...
THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 44.66 INCHES...OR 6.68
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 20TH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD. THREE
MONTHS HAD BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION...FIVE MONTHS WERE ABOVE...AND
FOUR MONTHS WERE NEAR AVERAGE. THE LONGEST STRETCH WITH NO MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION WAS 11 DAYS...FROM OCTOBER 25TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 4TH...
AND FROM NOVEMBER 18TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 28TH.
THE HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL WAS 9.82 INCHES IN SEPTEMBER...OR THE
8TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. THE LOWEST MONTHLY TOTAL WAS 0.97 OF
AN INCH RECORDED IN JANUARY.
THE GREATEST RAINFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 3.86 INCHES ON
SEPTEMBER 12TH-13TH.
THERE WERE THREE DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS EXCEEDED ON FEBRUARY 5TH...
MARCH 17TH...AND DECEMBER 27TH.
THERE WERE 53 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS...NORMAL IS ALSO 53.
THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE 2007-2008 WINTER SEASON WAS 24.1
INCHES...WITH THE CALENDAR YEAR SNOWFALL OF 21.4 INCHES. NORMAL IS
20.1 INCHES.
THE GREATEST MONTHLY SNOW TOTAL IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR WAS 8.9 INCHES
IN FEBRUARY.
THERE WAS ONE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD TIED ON APRIL 12TH.
...WIND...
THE AVERAGE WIND VELOCITY FOR THE YEAR WAS 10.3 MPH WITH THE
PREVAILING WIND DIRECTION FROM THE SOUTH. NORMAL IS 10.7 MPH FROM
THE SOUTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST FOR THE YEAR WAS 66 MPH FROM THE
WEST ON MAY 2ND.
...MONTHLY STATISTICS...
..TEMPERATURES
AVG RECORD
TEMP HIGHEST LOWEST HIGHS/LOWS RANK(1=WARMEST 120=COLDEST)
----- ------- ------ ---------- ---------------------------
JAN 27.5 64 -4 0/0 79TH
FEB 27.7 67 4 0/0 101ST
MAR 41.6 76 5 0/0 80TH
APR 51.6 80 28 0/1 104TH
MAY 63.6 88 37 0/0 76TH
JUN 73.8 91 55 0/0 66TH
JUL 77.1 96 58 0/0 92ND
AUG 75.4 97 58 0/0 92ND
SEP 66.6 92 46 0/1 97TH
OCT 55.5 80 26 0/0 99TH
NOV 43.2 76 14 0/0 72ND
DEC 28.7 66 -3 1/0 101ST
YEAR 52.7 97 -4 1/2 113TH
..PRECIPITATION
TOTAL
PRECIP DEPART RANKING(1=WETTEST 120=DRIEST)
------ ------ -----------------------------
JAN 0.97 -0.18 63RD
FEB 3.10 +1.79 7TH
MAR 2.72 +0.28 51ST
APR 4.53 +1.15 26TH
MAY 3.96 -1.43 72ND
JUN 4.31 -0.13 64TH
JUL 6.63 +2.21 20TH
AUG 1.19 -2.35 106TH
SEP 9.82 +5.18 8TH
OCT 4.01 +0.68 32ND
NOV 1.59 -0.71 70TH
DEC 1.83 +0.19 32ND
YEAR 44.66 +6.68 20TH
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