[BNAWX] Public Information Statement

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
552 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...NASHVILLE HAD THE WETTEST DECEMBER IN 2013 SINCE 1990 AND THE
9TH WETTEST ON RECORD...

RAINFALL FOR DECEMBER WAS NEARLY 8 INCHES IN NASHVILLE MAKING IT THE
WETTEST DECEMBER IN 23 YEARS AND THE 9TH WETTEST ON RECORD.
RAINFALL TOTALED 3.74 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST RAINFALL
DURING A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 3.62 INCHES THAT FELL ON DECEMBER 5TH
AND 6TH. TWO CALENDAR DAY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. ONE ON
DECEMBER 5TH WHEN 2.91 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BREAKING THE OLD RECORD
OF 1.97 INCHES SET BACK IN 1954 AND THE OTHER ON DECEMBER 6TH
WHEN 1.47 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 1.30
INCHES SET BACK IN 1950.

OTHER WET DECEMBERS...

1978...13.68 INCHES...WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD IN NASHVILLE
1926...13.53
1911...11.01
1990...10.76
1951...10.60
1879...9.15
1972...8.14
1969...8.03
2013...7.98

SNOWFALL TOTALED 0.4 INCH IN DECEMBER.

DECEMBER'S TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE
AVERAGE HIGH WAS 50.4 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 32.2
DEGREES. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 76 DEGREES ON THE 4TH AND
THE COLDEST WAS 18 ON 12TH AND 25TH.

THERE WERE TWO DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 7.0 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
59 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 21ST.

THERE WERE 18 DAYS WITH FOG...AND ONE DAY WITH DENSE FOG.



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BOYD



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