2004 Archive
County: Baker
City: Macclenny
State: Florida
Station Name: Baker County 2
Station # :BC02
Lat:30.248N Long:82.118W
Temperature:
Average: 67.8 Departure from normal: -0.1
Highest:99.2 (37.3) on 5/31
Lowest: 23.3 (-4.8) on 1/29
Number of days with:
Maximum of 105 or above: 0
Maximum of 90 or above: 76
Maximum of 65 or below: 76
Maximum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 50 or below: 83
Minimum of 32 or below: 23
Minimum of 0 or below: 0
Precipitation (liquid or melted):
Year to Date: 58.02" (104%) Norm Year to date: (55.54") Departure from normal: +2.48
Snow/Sleet:
Year to Date: Trace (12/26) Norm Year to date: (Trace) Departure from normal: 0.00
Most in 24 hours: 5.48"**
Days with 0.01" or more: 85
Days with 0.10" or more: 72
Days with 1.00" or more: 18
Wind:
Highest gust: 55** (48 kt) on 9/27
Highest 1-min Avg: 30** (26 kt) on 9/27
Avg Wind Spd: 2.0 (1.7 kt)
Dew Pt:
Highest: 81.5** (27.5) on 8/2
Lowest: 8.4 (-13.1) on 12/20
Relative Humidity:
Highest: 99% in Oct Nov Dec
Lowest: 21% on 4/4
Days of Lowest Rh% <_35%: 51/365 (14%)
Dry Season (Jan-Apr Oct-Dec): 38/213 (18%)
Wet Season (May-Sep): 13/122 (11%)
Barometric Pressure:
Highest: 30.566"/hg (1035.1 mb) on 12/28
Lowest: 29.288"/hg** (991.8 mb) on 9/27
**=all time record
The rainfall was above normal for the year for the 2nd straight year, althought it was
below normal by late spring and received too much rain during the rainy seasons.
Four Hurricanes in a span of 6-8 weeks visited the area: Charley in August & Frances,
Ivan (as a Gale Low) and Jeanne in Sept. Records where set for hi wind speeds:
peak wind of 47 in Frances then broke by Jeanne with 55 and set the highest 1-min
avg of 30. Jeanne also set the 24 hr record for rainfall at 5.48" of rain. The
lowest Sea Level Pressure was set during Jeanne @ 29.288". The avg. temp was slighly
below normal and for the 2nd straight summer, it failed to reach 100ºF, maxing out at
99ºF in May.
**AVGS BASED ON 68 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA FROM Glen St Mary 1W,FL [1931-1998] (5 mi NW of me)**
***SNOW AVGS BASED ON 48 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA FROM Cecil Field {NAS} [1947-1995] (18 mi E of me)***