December 2002 Archive
County: Baker
City: Macclenny
State: Florida
Station Name: Baker County 2
Station # :BC02
Lat:30.248N Long:82.118W
Temperature:
Average monthly: 54.8 Departure from normal: -3.3
Average maximum: 67.6 Highest: 75.7 (24.3) on 12/19
Average minimum: 41.9 Lowest: 31.9 (-0.6) on 12/22 12/28
Records:
N/A
Low Hi:49.3 12/6
Low Hi:49.8 12/26
Number of days with:
Maximum of 105 or above: 0
Maximum of 90 or above: 0
Maximum of 65 or below: 16
Maximum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 50 or below: 22
Minimum of 32 or below: 4
Minimum of 0 or below: 0
Precipitation (liquid or melted):
Monthly total: 5.78" Monthly norm: 3.11"
Departure from normal: +2.67
Year to Date: 53.63" (96%) (Norm Year to date: (55.54") Departure from normal: -1.91
Most in 24 hours: 1.67"
Days with 0.01" or more: 9
Days with 0.10" or more: 9
Days with 1.00" or more: 2
Wind:
Highest gust: 30 (26 kt) on 12/31
Highest 1-min Avg: 18 (16 kt) on 12/31
Avg Wind Spd: 1.8 (1.6 kt)
Dew Pt:
Highest: 68.1 (20.0) on 12/5
Lowest: 23.9 (-4.5) on 12/2
Relative Humidity:
Highest: 98% on 12/11 12/13 12/18 12/23-12/25
Lowest: 24% on 12/2
Days of Lowest Rh% <_30%: 3/31 (10%)
Barometric Pressure:
Highest: 30.393"/hg (1029.2 mb) on 12/28
Lowest: 29.658"/hg (1004.3 mb) on 12/25
Rainfall was above normal for the 3rd straight month as El Nino starts to influence the weather.
A El Nino enhanced winter is full swing as for the 2nd month, the temp. was below normal. The
rainfall deficit for the year was almost made up at the end of the month. I had a low of 32
for 4 straight days from 12/27-12/30.
**AVGS BASED ON 68 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA FROM Glen St Mary 1W,FL [1931-1998] (5 mi NW of me)**
