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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
648 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.

THE HIGH OF 75 DEGREES ON THE 21ST BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE DATE
OF 73 SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1967.

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.

...

CLARKSVILLE'S TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 2013 AVERAGED 39.3 DEGREES
WHICH IS 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE HIGH WAS 48.1
DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 30.5 DEGREES. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 76 DEGREES ON THE 4TH AND THE
COLDEST WAS 15 DEGREES ON THE 12TH.

RAINFALL TOTALED 3.59 INCHES WHICH IS 1.44 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE
GREATEST RAINFALL DURING A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.54 INCHES ON THE
21ST.

THERE WERE TWO DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 7.3 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
60 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 21ST.

FOG OCCURRED ON 19 DAYS WITH ONE DAY WITH DENSE FOG.

...

CROSSVILLE'S TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 2013 AVERAGED 39.9 DEGREES
WHICH IS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE HIGH WAS 48.4
DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 31.4 DEGREES. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 69 DEGREES ON THE 5TH AND COLDEST WAS 17 DEGREES
ON THE 25TH.

RAINFALL TOTALED 6.88 INCHES WHICH IS 1.93 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE GREATEST RAINFALL DURING A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.73 INCHES ON
THE 21ST AND 22ND.

THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 5.4 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS 39
MILES AN HOUR ON THE 22ND.

FOG OCCURRED ON 22 DAYS WITH 6 DAYS WITH DENSE FOG.


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BOYD



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