Showing posts with label September Stats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label September Stats. Show all posts

Monday, October 3, 2011

September 2011 Stats At LAF

Average mean temperature: 64.4º (-1.8º)
Average high temperature: 73.6º (-4.2º)
Average low temperature: 55.1º (+0.6)
Highest max temperature: 98º on Sept 2nd
Lowest max temperature: 57º on Sept 27th
Highest min temperature: 73º on Sept 1st
Lowest min temperature: 42º on Sept 15th

Total precipitation: 3.77" (+1.11")
Greatest 24 hour precipitation: 0.85" on Sept 25-26th
Days with a trace or more precipitation: 19
Days with 0.10" or more precipitation: 9
Days with 0.50" or more precipitation: 2

Highest max wind gust: 49MPH on Sept 29th

Friday, September 16, 2011

Halfway Through September

Here are the monthly weather stats for LAF through the 15th of September, courtesy of the Indianapolis NWS office. Average temps and precip are both running below normal so far.


CXUS53 KIND 160730
CF6LAF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   LAFAYETTE IN
                                          MONTH:     SEPTEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2011
                                          LATITUDE:   40 25 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  86 56 W

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND
================================================================================
1   2   3   4   5  6A  6B    7    8   9   10  11  12  13   14  15   16   17  18
                                     12Z  AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD  WTR  SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX    SPD DR
================================================================================

 1  97  73  85  14   0  20 0.00  0.0    0  4.6 14 280   M    M   1        18 220
 2  98  72  85  14   0  20 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 14 260   M    M   0 8      17 280
 3  97  68  83  12   0  18 0.18  0.0    0  3.6 25 220   M    M   1 138    32 230
 4  76  58  67  -3   0   2 0.05  0.0    0  6.0 14 340   M    M   2 128    18 340
 5  68  53  61  -9   4   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.6 24  40   M    M   2        31  20
 6  68  47  58 -12   7   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.4 24  30   M    M   3        33  10
 7  74  52  63  -7   2   0    T  0.0    0 11.6 23  30   M    M   2        30  40
 8  65  57  61  -8   4   0 0.37  0.0    0  8.8 16  10   M    M  10 18     23 350
 9  73  61  67  -2   0   2 0.18  0.0    0  2.1 10  50   M    M  10 1      14  70
10  75  58  67  -2   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  2.2 10 160   M    M   7 128    14 160
11  81  56  69   1   0   4 0.01  0.0    0  0.8 13 340   M    M   4 12     15 330
12  87  59  73   5   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  3.6 14 260   M    M   2 1      18 270
13  87  60  74   7   0   9 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 15 300   M    M   0        22 330
14  72  53  63  -4   2   0 0.27  0.0    0  6.2 18 360   M    M   5 18     23  10
15  64  42  53 -14  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.9 18  30   M    M   2        22  30
================================================================================
SM 1182  869        31  85  1.06     0.0  91.1          M       51
================================================================================
AV 78.8 57.9                               6.1 FASTST   M    M   3    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 25 220               # 33   10
================================================================================
NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES

COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:  LAFAYETTE IN
                                          MONTH:    SEPTEMBER
                                          YEAR:     2011
                                          LATITUDE:   40 25 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  86 56 W

[TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 68.4   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.06    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -0.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.30    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    98 ON  2    GRTST 24HR  0.41 ON  8- 9      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     42 ON 15                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.0 INCH    5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR     0.0         6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   0           7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
                                                       VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
                                                   8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH]      [WEATHER - DAYS WITH]      9 = BLOWING SNOW
                                                   X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   6
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   3    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   4
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    31    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10
DPTR FM NORMAL    14    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   3
TOTAL FM JUL 1    31    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  2
DPTR FM NORMAL     8

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    85
DPTR FM NORMAL     7    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1229    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL   299    LOWEST  SLP 29.80 ON  3

Friday, September 9, 2011

Interesting Start To September

The intense heat of the first three days of this month has been wiped out by the last five days of cool temps.  LAF is now running a negative departure through the 8th.

000
CXUS53 KIND 090730
CF6LAF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   LAFAYETTE IN
                                          MONTH:     SEPTEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2011
                                          LATITUDE:   40 25 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  86 56 W

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND
================================================================================
1   2   3   4   5  6A  6B    7    8   9   10  11  12  13   14  15   16   17  18
                                     12Z  AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD  WTR  SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX    SPD DR
================================================================================

 1  97  73  85  14   0  20 0.00  0.0    0  4.6 14 280   M    M   1        18 220
 2  98  72  85  14   0  20 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 14 260   M    M   0 8      17 280
 3  97  68  83  12   0  18 0.18  0.0    0  3.6 25 220   M    M   1 138    32 230
 4  76  58  67  -3   0   2 0.05  0.0    0  6.0 14 340   M    M   2 128    18 340
 5  68  53  61  -9   4   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.6 24  40   M    M   2        31  20
 6  68  47  58 -12   7   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.4 24  30   M    M   3        33  10
 7  74  52  63  -7   2   0    T  0.0    0 11.6 23  30   M    M   2        30  40
 8  65  57  61  -8   4   0 0.37  0.0    0  8.8 16  10   M    M  10 18     23 350
================================================================================
SM  643  480        17  60  0.60     0.0  61.1          M       21
================================================================================
AV 80.4 60.0                               7.6 FASTST   M    M   3    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 25 220               # 33   10