690 CXUS51 KLWX 012234 CLMBWI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 534 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2019 ................................... ...THE BALTIMORE MD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 79 01/26/1950 01/14/1932 LOW -7 01/22/1984 01/17/1982 01/29/1963 HIGHEST 61 01/01 62 -1 LOWEST 5 01/31 7 -2 AVG. MAXIMUM 41.6 41.4 0.2 42.1 AVG. MINIMUM 25.4 24.4 1.0 21.9 MEAN 33.5 32.9 0.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 6.0 -3.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 25 24.5 0.5 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.3 -0.3 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.84 1979 MINIMUM 0.29 1955 TOTALS 3.15 3.05 0.10 1.00 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.10 0.00 DAYS >= .01 12 10.2 1.8 DAYS >= .10 7 5.8 1.2 DAYS >= .50 2 2.3 -0.3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.7 0.3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.01 01/24 TO 01/24 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 32.6 1996 TOTALS 7.8 6.8 1.0 SINCE 7/1 9.5 10.2 -0.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 7 3.5 3.5 DAYS >= 1.0 2 1.7 0.3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 5 01/14 01/13 24 HR TOTAL 4.8 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 971 995 -24 1014 SINCE 7/1 2659 2776 -117 2669 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/290 DATE 01/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/270 DATE 01/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 13 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM M MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN M RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN M FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN M HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW M SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW M SLEET 1 FOG M FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && BALTIMORE MD...BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN JANUARY 2019 WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE WARMEST JANUARY SINCE 2017, WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 39.0 DEGREES. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS 103 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY SINCE 2016, WHEN 3.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS 115 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE SNOWIEST JANUARY SINCE 2016, WHEN 30.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. A DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 21 DEGREES WAS SET ON JANUARY 31ST. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 22 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1948. WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE BALTIMORE MD AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT WHAT IS NOW BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT SINCE 1950. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER RECORD CONSISTS OF THAT DATA BACK TO 1950, AND OBSERVATIONS TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE FROM 1871 THROUGH 1949. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE BALTIMORE MD AREA EXTEND BACK TO JULY OF 1872. PRECIPITATION RECORDS EXTEND BACK TO JANUARY OF 1871. SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN MARCH OF 1892. ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI). $$