NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

PROVIDENCE, RI

  
                                JAN    FEB    MAR    APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    DEC        YEAR 
 TEMPERATURE F:                                                                                                              
 Normals                                                                                                                     
  -Daily Maximum               36.6   38.3   46.1   57.0   67.3   76.9   82.1   80.7   74.3   64.1   53.0   41.2      59.8   
  -Daily Minimum               19.1   20.9   28.8   37.7   47.3   56.8   63.2   61.9   53.8   43.0   34.9   24.4      41.0   
  -Monthly                     27.9   29.7   37.4   47.4   57.3   66.9   72.7   71.3   64.1   53.6   44.0   32.8      50.4   
 Extremes                                                                                                                    
  -Record Highest      40        66     72     80     98     94     97    102    104    100     86     78     70       104   
  -Year                        1974   1985   1989   1976   1992   1988   1991   1975   1983   1979   1993   1984  AUG 1975   
  -Record Lowest       40       -13     -7      1     14     29     41     48     40     33     20      6    -10       -13   
  -Year                        1976   1979   1967   1954   1956   1980   1988   1965   1980   1976   1989   1980  JAN 1976   
 NORMAL DEGREE DAYS:                                                                                                         
 Heating (base 65 F)           1150    988    856    528    246     31      0      8     90    359    630    998      5884   
 Cooling (bsde 65 F)              0      0      0      0      7     88    239    203     63      6      0      0       606   
 % OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE40        57     57     58     56     58     61     63     61     62     60     50     52        58   
 MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)                                                                                                      
 Sunrise - Sunset      40       6.2    6.3    6.5    6.6    6.7    6.4    6.4    6.2    5.9    5.5    6.4    6.2       6.3   
 MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:                                                                                                        
 Sunrise to Sunset                                                                                                           
  -Clear               40       9.6    7.9    8.6    7.3    6.4    6.7    6.8    8.3    9.5   10.9    8.2    8.4      98.5   
  -Partly Cloudy       40       6.8    7.1    7.7    8.1    9.9   10.3   11.9   10.4    8.1    7.9    6.8    7.8     102.9   
  -Cloudy              40      14.6   13.3   14.8   14.5   14.6   13.1   12.3   12.3   12.4   12.2   14.9   14.8     163.7   
 Precipitation                                                                                                               
 .01 inches or more    40      10.9   10.0   11.9   11.1   11.4   10.7    9.1    9.4    8.4    8.7   10.8   12.0     124.3   
 Snow,Ice Pellets                                                                                                            
 1.0 inches or more    40       2.8    2.5    2.0    0.3    0.*    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.3    2.1      10.0   
 Thunderstorms         40       0.3    0.2    0.6    1.2    2.6    3.7    4.4    3.6    1.6    1.0    0.8    0.2      20.2   
 Heavy Fog Visibility                                                                                                        
 1/4 mile or less      40       2.0    2.0    2.1    2.0    2.1    2.4    1.9    1.5    1.7    3.0    2.0    2.0      24.8   
 Temperature F                                                                                                               
  -Maximum                                                                                                                   
  90 and above         30       0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.7    1.9    3.8    2.5    0.8    0.0    0.0    0.0       9.8   
  32 and below         30      11.0    7.6    1.4    0.*    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2    6.0      26.2   
  -Minimum                                                                                                                   
  32 and below         30      27.9   24.4   19.5    5.5    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    3.6   12.7   24.4     118.2   
   0 and below         30       1.3    0.6    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.3       2.2   
 AV. STATION PRES.(mb) 21    1014.3 1014.6 1013.6 1012.2 1013.1 1012.4 1013.0 1014.8 1016.2 1016.4 1015.6 1015.4    1014.3   
 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)                                                                                                       
  Hour                 30        69     68     70     71     78     82     82     84     84     80     75     72        76   
  Hour                 30        71     70     71     70     73     75     77     80     82     80     77     74        75   
  Hour                 30        56     54     53     49     52     56     56     56     56     54     57     58        55   
  Hour                 30        63     61     61     60     64     67     68     71     74     71     69     66        66   
 PRECIPITATION (ins):                                                                                                        
 Water Equivalent                                                                                                            
  -Normal                      3.88   3.61   4.05   4.11   3.76   3.33   3.18   3.63   3.48   3.69   4.43   4.38     45.53   
  -Maximum Monthly     40     11.66   7.20   8.84  12.74   8.38  11.08   8.08  11.12   7.92  11.89  11.01  10.75     12.74   
  -Year                        1979   1984   1983   1983   1984   1982   1976   1955   1961   1962   1983   1969  APR 1983   
  -Minimum Monthly     40      0.50   0.39   0.56   1.48   0.71   0.39   1.00   0.71   0.77   1.53   0.81   0.58      0.39   
  -Year                        1970   1987   1981   1966   1964   1957   1970   1984   1959   1992   1976   1955  FEB 1987   
  -Maximum in 24 hrs   40      3.34   3.14   4.53   4.45   5.17   5.03   4.83   6.71   4.89   6.63   4.18   3.85      6.71   
  -Year                        1962   1978   1968   1983   1984   1984   1976   1979   1961   1962   1983   1969  AUG 1979   
 Snow, Ice Pellets                                                                                                           
  -Maximum Monthly     40      28.7   30.9   31.6    7.6    7.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    2.5    8.0   19.8      31.6   
  -Year                        1965   1962   1956   1982   1977                               1979   1989   1963  MAR 1956   
  -Maximum in 24 hrs   40      10.8   27.6   16.9    7.6    7.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    2.5    8.0   11.9      27.6   
  -Year                        1978   1978   1960   1982   1977                               1979   1989   1981  FEB 1978   
 WIND:                                                                                                                       
 Mean Speed (mph)      40      11.1   11.5   12.0   12.0   10.7    9.9    9.4    9.3    9.4    9.6   10.4   10.8      10.5   
     through 1963               NW     NNW    WNW    SW     S      SW     SW     SSW    SW     NW     SW     WNW             
 Fastest Obs. 1 Min.                                                                                                         
  -Direction (!!)      40        20     16     18     20     20     20     34     11     18     14     18     14        11   
  -Speed (mph)                   46     46     60     51     42     40     35     90     58     41     52     48        90   
  -Year                        1978   1972   1959   1956   1956   1957   1964   1954   1960   1954   1957   1957  AUG 1954   
 Peak Gust                                                                                                                   
  -Direction (!!)      10         S     SW     SW     SE      S     SE     SW      E      S     NE     SW     NW         S   
  -Speed (mph)         10        53     55     60     54     49     54     43     63     81     58     54     51        81   
  -Date                        1992   1989   1986   1984   1990   1989   1984   1991   1985   1991   1992   1988  SEP 1985