January 2003 Archive
County: Baker
City: Macclenny
State: Florida
Station Name: Baker County 2
Station # :BC02
Lat:30.248N Long:82.118W
Temperature:
Average monthly: 53.6 Departure from normal: -7.3
Average maximum: 66.6 Highest: 73.4 (23.0) on 1/30
Average minimum: 40.6 Lowest: 19.3 (-7.1) on 1/24
Records:
1/24: 19.3 Tied
1/24: 40.7 (42 in 1940) [Low Hi]
1/25: 21.8 Tied
Number of days with:
Maximum of 105 or above: 0
Maximum of 90 or above: 0
Maximum of 65 or below: 19
Maximum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 50 or below: 12
Minimum of 32 or below: 15
Minimum of 0 or below: 0
Precipitation (liquid or melted):
Monthly total: 0.44" Monthly norm: 3.57"
Departure from normal: -3.13
Year to Date: 0.44" (12%) (Norm Year to date: (3.57") Departure from normal: -3.13
Sleet:Trace (1/13)
Most in 24 hours: 0.33"
Days with 0.01" or more: 2
Days with 0.10" or more: 1
Days with 1.00" or more: 0
Wind:
Highest gust: 25 (22 kt) on 1/23
Highest 1-min Avg: 15 (13 kt) on 1/1
Avg Wind Spd: 2.2 (1.9 kt)
Dew Pt:
Highest: 62.8 (17.1) on 1/22
Lowest: -0.7** (-18.2) on 1/24
Relative Humidity:
Highest: 98% on 1/1
Lowest: 19% on 1/25
Days of Lowest Rh% <_35%: 14/30 (47%)
Barometric Pressure:
Highest: 30.517"/hg (1033.4 mb) on 1/24
Lowest: 29.766"/hg (1008.0 mb) on 1/1
**=all time record
For the 3rd straight month, the avg temp was below normal.
It was also very dry with only 0.44" of rain or 12% of normal.
All-time records where set on 1/23 for lowest dew point @ 3.0ºF
then broken on the 1/24 with -0.7ºF. A all-time record for wind
chill was set @ -0.9ºF on 1/24. Twice there where 4-day spans
where the dew point remained below 32ºF from 1/17-1/20 & 1/22-1/26.
**AVGS BASED ON 68 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA FROM Glen St Mary 1W,FL [1931-1998] (5 mi NW of me)**
