October 2019 Observations

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[olafminesaw]

92 with a dewpoint of 50. That's a rare occasion.

[jburns]

And there it is!!!!  My weather station just dropped to 89.8 degrees!!  Hopefully the last of the 90s until next spring. You know, February.

[jburns]

You know you are in drought when you get a cold front passage that will drop the temperatures about 25º and it comes in without a single drop of rain or even a single dark cloud.  

[yotaman]

Front has steamed on thru. Currently cloudy and 76 at the airport. Feels good out there, too bad I am at work right now.

[Solak]

1 hour ago, jburns said:

You know you are in drought when you get a cold front passage that will drop the temperatures about 25º and it comes in without a single drop of rain or even a single dark cloud.  

This is like the eighth or ninth dry front in the last month.

[donsutherland1]

5 hours ago, LithiaWx said:

ATL is 96 at 2pm.  That is 2 degrees higher than yesterday at this time.  Yesterday’s high was 98.  Maybe we push 100 today?

The temperature peaked at 97. Still, it was an extraordinarily impressive start to October.

[kvegas-wx]

68° on the farm in Stuart already.  The cold train is a runaway on the southbound tracks!

[donsutherland1]

Parts of the South again experienced blazing heat today.

Select Daily Records:

Athens, GA: 99°
Atlanta: 97°
Augusta, GA: 101° (new October record)
Baton Rouge, LA: 97° (tied October record set on 10/1/1904 and tied on 10/2/1904)
Birmingham: 98° ***9th consecutive daily record high temperature***
Columbia, SC: 100°
Columbus, GA: 101° (new October record)
Crestview, FL: 100°
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: 97°
Lake Charles, LA: 96°
Macon, GA: 103° (new October record) ***11th consecutive daily record high temperature***
Meridian, MS: 101° ***4th consecutive 100° or above temperature***
Mobile, AL: 98° (tied October record set 10/3/2019)
Montgomery, AL: 102° (tied October record set 10/3/2019) ***10th consecutive daily record high temperature***
New Orleans: 97° (new October record)
Savannah: 97° (tied October record set 10/2/1986)
Tallahassee: 97° (tied October record set 10/3/2019)
Tuscaloosa, AL: 100° ***4th consecutive 100° or above temperature***
Wilmington, NC: 97°

100° or higher temperatures during October 1-4, 2019 for Select Cities:

Athens, GA:
10/3 100° (October record)

Augusta, GA:
10/3 100°
10/4 101° (October record)

Birmingham:
10/2 103° (October record)
10/3 101°

Chattanooga, TN:
10/2 100° (October record)
10/3 100° (October record)

Columbia, SC:
10/4 100°

Columbus, GA:
10/3 100°
10/4 101° (October record)

Columbus, MS:
10/2 102°
10/3 104° (October record)

Crestview, FL:
10/1 100°
10/3 101° (October record)
10/4 100°

Huntsville, AL:
10/2 100° (October record)
10/3 100° (October record)

Macon, GA:
10/3 102°
10/4 103° (October record)

Meridian, MS:
10/1 101°
10/2 102° (October record)
10/3 102° (October record)
10/4 101°

Montgomery, AL:
10/1 101°
10/3 102° (October record)
10/4 102° (October record)

Raleigh:
10/3 100° (October record)

Tuscaloosa, AL:
10/1 100°
10/2 101° (October record)
10/3 101° (October record)
10/4 100°

Finally, today was Atlanta's 91st day of the year with a high temperature of 90° or above. That surpassed the annual record of 90 days, which was set in 1980 and tied in 2011.

 

[NCSU_Pi]

On the 10 minute drive home from dinner around 7:00, the cooldown was starting. For the first 5 minutes of the drive, my car said 82. By the time I got home, it was 79. As I stepped out, I felt three whole raindrops.

 

I think those were literally the only raindrops.

[Iceagewhereartthou]

I'm going to say that GSP is done with 90 degree days (but there's certainly no guarantee). So this year there were 81 days that reached 90 or higher making it the third highest total on record behind 88 days in 2011 and 84 in 1954. An astounding 27 of those came in Sept and Oct (and 8 in May). A very painful 18 of those days were 95 or higher with 98 being the highest, set yesterday. 

[Iceagewhereartthou]

Assuming CAE has seen its last 90 degree day, it reached that number 108 times this year. That's a lot, but not one of its highest. However, an impressive 50 days reached 95 or higher (with a lot of 94s in there too).  9 days reached 100 or higher, which is modest for CAE but a number of close calls as well. 

[jpbart]

Well a surprise this morning.  69 degrees, 1.15” in the rain gauge this morning.  Light drizzle falling.  The gods have not forsaken the midlands of SC after all.

[NC_hailstorm]

A warm 30 days in September is gonna skew the numbers for the summer..GSP for example for JJA.

GSP

June  -0.8

July  +0.3

August  -0.1

 

[Solak]

Picked up 0.08" from the dry forecast late Friday evening.

[yotaman]

What a difference a day makes. Currently cloudy and 73/63. Wish the dew point was lower but can't have everything. Dry as a bone here.

[jburns]

64/49 here. Quite a  change.

[LithiaWx]

34 minutes ago, jburns said:

64/49 here. Quite a  change.

81/65 here.  Much better than the upper 90s but still uncomfortable. 

[Iceagewhereartthou]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VI6dsMeABpU

[jpbart]

63 degrees with a dew point of 57.  Yeah it’s humid but I will take it.  We actually picked up around an inch and quarter rain so I have no complaints 

[NRVwxfan.]

Looks like a storm just parked itself over Blythewood. Been sitting there a while.

[Solak]

Today's "Mostly sunny" isn't working out so well, but we've already busted high on the temps. 81 now, forecast was 80.

[yotaman]

82/66 feels more humid than that out there.

[Iceagewhereartthou]

Busting low here with overcast. 65.1 at 1:30. Only .03 of rain.

 

[FLweather]

First good shower complex we have had in weeks. Since Dorian. 

Can't complain too much. 

Last two weeks have brought Easterly winds. A few sprinkles and temps steady 88-93.

Hopefully the Gulf opens up this winter.

If not widespread drought for much of the SE till late summer. 

[Fantom X]

Day 40 without rain here. 

[yotaman]

A few light rain showers this morning but not enough to register on the rain gauge. Currently 78/70.

[yotaman]

14 hours ago, Fantom X said:

Day 40 without rain here. 

Day 24 for us.

[kvegas-wx]

Found the heavy rain down here in Jax FL.  Hours and hours of heavy rain coming in from the coast.  Would be nice to see it ride up thru the Carolinas.

[Solak]

Temps busted high again today. Forecast started at 81, then 84. Made it up to 86. Saw some Virga in the clouds.