000 CDUS44 KMEG 020631 CLIMEM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 131 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2005 ................................... ...THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 86 442 PM 95 1953 81 5 87 MINIMUM 59 410 AM 40 1984 59 0 57 1949 AVERAGE 73 70 3 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.71 2.64 1925 0.10 0.61 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.71 0.10 0.61 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 2.31 3.41 -1.10 0.25 SINCE JAN 1 35.69 40.00 -4.31 33.81 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 1 14 -13 0 SINCE JUL 1 1 14 -13 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 6 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 8 6 2 7 SINCE SEP 1 435 313 122 354 SINCE JAN 1 2432 2097 335 2059 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 PM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE MEMPHIS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 93 1986 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 39 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 2 2005.......SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 3 2005.......SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$