Official NWS Observations By Dr. Greg Latta, Official NWS Observer January, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Temperatures: TMax = Maximum temperature between 7 A.M. the previous day and 7 A.M. on the day indicated. TMin = Minimum temperature between 7 A.M. the previous day and 7 A.M. on the day indicated. TCur = Current temperature at 7 A.M. on the day indicated. All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit Month Day Year TMax TMin TCur 1 1 1998 21 3 3 1 2 1998 41 3 39 1 3 1998 48 38 44 1 4 1998 56 44 45 1 5 1998 59 37 37 1 6 1998 62 37 52 1 7 1998 60 49 49 1 8 1998 61 49 58 1 9 1998 61 45 45 1 10 1998 45 30 30 1 11 1998 40 30 30 1 12 1998 40 28 30 1 13 1998 40 29 40 1 14 1998 45 14 14 1 15 1998 45 13 23 1 16 1998 34 23 33 1 17 1998 37 32 32 1 18 1998 33 26 26 1 19 1998 33 26 28 1 20 1998 36 22 22 1 21 1998 29 18 18 1 22 1998 31 17 24 1 23 1998 33 24 29 1 24 1998 35 29 31 1 25 1998 31 24 24 1 26 1998 30 19 20 1 27 1998 37 20 27 1 28 1998 32 27 32 1 29 1998 36 32 33 1 30 1998 49 30 30 1 31 1998 49 25 25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Precipitation Amounts and Current Weather: RainEq = Rain or rain equivalent of melted snow, sleet, or ice. SnowEtc = Amount of snowfall between 7 A.M. the previous day and 7 A.M. on the day indicated. SnowOnGround = Total average amount of snow on the ground at 7 A.M. on the day indicated. All precipitation amounts are in inches. "T" = Trace Current Weather = Current weather at 7 A.M. on the day indicated. See the chart below for a list of weather codes and their meanings. If more than one code applies the higher code is always used. Month Day Year RainEq SnowEtc SnowOnGround Current X.XX X.X X Weather 1 1 1998 0.01 0.5 10 1 1 2 1998 0.00 0.0 8 2 1 3 1998 0.00 0.0 3 2 1 4 1998 0.00 0.0 T 2 1 5 1998 0.00 0.0 0 1 1 6 1998 0.02 0.0 0 51 1 7 1998 0.01 0.0 0 45 1 8 1998 1.57 0.0 0 3 1 9 1998 0.29 0.0 0 63 1 10 1998 0.08 0.0 0 2 1 11 1998 0.00 0.0 0 3 1 12 1998 0.00 0.0 0 3 1 13 1998 0.08 T 0 3 1 14 1998 0.02 T 0 1 1 15 1998 0.02 T T 66 1 16 1998 0.18 0.0 T 3 1 17 1998 0.04 0.1 T 3 1 18 1998 0.10 0.8 1 71 1 19 1998 T T 1 3 1 20 1998 0.01 0.7 1 71 1 21 1998 T T 1 1 1 22 1998 0.00 0.0 1 3 1 23 1998 0.89 4.0 4 61 1 24 1998 0.30 0.0 4 3 1 25 1998 0.03 0.7 4 3 1 26 1998 0.00 0.0 4 2 1 27 1998 0.00 0.0 3 3 1 28 1998 1.22 11.8 15 73 1 29 1998 0.20 T 12 1 1 30 1998 T 0.1 9 3 1 31 1998 T 0.1 8 2 Weather codes: 01 Clear Sky (few or no clouds) 02 Partly Cloudy 03 Mostly Cloudy/Cloudy (little or no blue sky or stars) 04 Smoke (resulting from forest fires) 05 Haze 07 Dust and/or Sand raised by the wind 10 Light fog (visibility greater than 1/2 mile) 13 Lightning (with no thunder heard) 17 Thunderstorm (with no rain or snow) 45 Fog (visibility less than 1/2 mile) 51 Drizzle (light) 53 Drizzle (moderate) 55 Drizzle (heavy) 61 Rain (light) 63 Rain (moderate) 65 Rain (heavy) 66 Rain (freezing) 68 Rain and Snow Mixed 71 Snow (light) 73 Snow (moderate) 75 Snow (heavy) 79 Sleet 80 Rain Showers 83 Mixed Showers of Rain and Snow 85 Snow Showers (light) 86 Snow Showers (moderate or heavy) 89 Hail (no thunder heard) 93 Thunderstorm with Rain 94 Thunderstorm with Snow 95 Thunderstorm with Rain and Snow 96 Thunderstorm with hail smaller than dime sized 97 Thunderstorm with heavy rain and/or heavy snow 99 Thunderstorm with hail larger than a dime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Observations: A "1" indicates that the condition occurred somewhere between 7 A.M. the previous day and 7 A.M. on the day indicated. Month Day Year Fog Ice Glaze Thunder Hail Damaging Pellets Winds 1 1 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1998 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1998 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1998 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1998 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 1998 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 1998 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 1998 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 18 1998 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 1998 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 25 1998 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 1998 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0