061 CDUS44 KHUN 060722 CLIMSL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 221 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2018 ................................... ...THE MUSCLE SHOALS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 71 422 PM 93 1952 78 -7 58 1902 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 39 1973 56 5 49 1903 AVERAGE 66 67 -1 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.42 2.49 1908 0.16 0.26 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.42 0.78 -0.36 1.03 SINCE MAR 1 12.41 9.89 2.52 9.80 SINCE JAN 1 26.75 19.16 7.59 17.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T SINCE JUL 1 0.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 11 MONTH TO DATE 0 10 -10 24 SINCE MAR 1 609 548 61 404 SINCE JUL 1 2957 3083 -126 2084 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 4 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 16 16 1 SINCE MAR 1 57 80 -23 141 SINCE JAN 1 85 81 4 149 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 PM LOWEST 78 700 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE MUSCLE SHOALS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 92 1952 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 39 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2018...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT MAY 7 2018...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$