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CXUS53 KOAX 011423
CLMOFK
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NEBRASKA
747 AM CST MON MAR 1 2010
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..THE NORFOLK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2010
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2010
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST 35 02/07
02/04
LOWEST -3 02/24
02/09
AVG. MAXIMUM 26.6 37.3 -10.7
AVG. MINIMUM 12.5 15.5 -3.0
MEAN 19.6 26.4 -6.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 24
DAYS MIN <= 32 28
DAYS MIN <= 0 4
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 3.18 1971
MINIMUM 0.04 1949
TOTALS 0.93 0.76 0.17
DAILY AVG. 0.03
DAYS >= .01 11
DAYS >= .10 4
DAYS >= .50 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.45 02/04 TO 02/05
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 23.0 1936
TOTALS 10.5 5.5
SINCE 7/1 54.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 6 MM MM
DAYS >= 1.0 4
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 8 02/17
02/16
02/15
24 HR TOTAL 3.3 02/04 TO 02/05
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1266 1096 170
SINCE 7/1 5649 5208 441
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/330 DATE 02/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/330 DATE 02/14
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 14 SLEET 0
FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 16
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
>= INDICATES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO
<= INDICATES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO
..FEBRUARY SUMMARY FOR NORFOLK
FEBRUARY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW NORMAL...WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION.
FEBRUARY WAS THE 24TH COLDEST ON RECORD IN NORFOLK...WITH AN AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE THAT WAS 6.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURES
DID NOT HIT 40 DEGREES IN FEBRUARY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1978...
AND FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. THE COLD AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS INFLUENCED HEAVILY BY MUCH COLDER THAN NORMAL HIGH
TEMPERATURES. AS A RESULT...AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW NORMAL
FROM THE 8TH THROUGH THE 28TH...WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
FROM THE 8TH TO THE 10TH AND AGAIN FROM THE 22ND TO THE 25TH. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH...AT -3 DEGREES...WAS REGISTERED ON
THE 9TH AND 24TH DURING EACH OF THOSE COLD STRETCHES. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH...A MERE 35 DEGREES...WAS RECORDED ON THE
4TH AND 7TH.
PRECIPITATION IN FEBRUARY WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL... WITH 0.93
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION COMING IN 0.17 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
SNOWFALL REGISTERED 5.0 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...WITH 10.5 INCHES TOTAL
FOR THE MONTH. 3.3 INCHES OF THAT SNOW FELL ON THE 4TH AND 5TH...
WITH ANOTHER 2.0 INCHES ON THE 7TH AND 8TH...AS TWO FAST-MOVING
SYSTEMS CROSSED THE PLAINS IN SUCCESSION. ANOTHER CLIPPER ON THE
14TH AND 15TH BROUGHT AN ADDITIONAL 3.8 INCHES...WITH WINDS GUSTING
UP TO 47 MPH ON THE 14TH DURING THAT SNOWFALL AND CREATING BLOWING
SNOW CONDITIONS IN THE AREA. SNOW FOR THE 2009-2010 SEASON HAS NOW
REACHED 54.7 INCHES...WHICH IS WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL 23.0 INCHES FOR
THE WINTER TO DATE AND RANKS 2ND FOR SEASON-TO-DATE SNOW ACCUMULATION
...JUST 2.0 INCHES SHY OF FIRST PLACE.
MAYES/KLEMM
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