[BNAWX] Public Information Statement

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1107 AM CST FRI JAN 1 2016

...2ND WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD IN NASHVILLE...
...SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS MORE THAN A CENTURY OLD TIED OR
BROKEN IN DECEMBER...

THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 53.1 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER IN
NASHVILLE MAKING IT THE 2ND WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD SURPASSED
ONLY BY DECEMBER OF 1889 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 56.5
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH FOR DECEMBER 2015 WAS 62.6 DEGREES AND
THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 43.6 DEGREES. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE DURING
THE MONTH WAS 76 DEGREES ON THE 13TH AND 27TH. THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 28 DEGREES ON THE 18TH AND 20TH.

FIVE WARMEST DECEMBERS ON RECORD IN NASHVILLE...
1889
2015
1956
1931
1984

SEVERAL NEW CALENDAR DAY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN
DECEMBER 2015 AT NASHVILLE.

12TH...70 DEGREES TIED THE RECORD SET IN 1873.
13TH...76 DEGREES BROKE RECORD OF 75 SET IN 1927.
22ND...70 DEGREES BROKE RECORD OF 67 SET IN 1933.
26TH...75 DEGREES BROKE RECORD OF 73 SET IN 1875.
27TH...76 DEGREES BROKE RECORD OF 75 SET IN 1982.

ONE NEW CALENDAR DAY HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET IN
DECEMBER 2015 AT NASHVILLE. THE CALENDAR DAY LOW ON DECEMBER 23RD
WAS 64 DEGREES BREAKING THE OLD RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 60 DEGREES
SET BACK IN 1875.

RAINFALL TOTALED 4.92 INCHES FOR DECEMBER WHICH IS 0.68 INCH ABOVE
NORMAL. THE GREATEST RAINFALL DURING A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.24
INCHES ON NOVEMBER 30TH AND DECEMBER 1ST.

THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON 3 DAYS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 7.4 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
52 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 14TH.

THERE WERE 13 DAYS WITH FOG...1 DAY WITH DENSE FOG.



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