2014 Yearly Obs Summaries

[calculus1]

I finished 2014 with 44.12 inches of rainfall IMBY, which was quite dry compared to last year buy roughly equal to 2012.  August was the wettest month with 6.93 inches, and June was the driest month with only 2.08 inches.

 

January (unsurprisingly) was the coldest month of the calendar year IMBY with a mean temperature of an incredibly low 32.3 F.  (For comparison, January 2012 had a mean temperature of 41.5 F and January 2013 had 42.1 F.)  The lowest temperature of the year was also recorded during that month at 2.2 F on January 7.  The burst pipes were a testament to the ferocity of the cold.

 

June (surprisingly, IMO) was the warmest month of the calendar year IMBY with a mean temperature of 74.5 F.  However, the warmest temperature of the year was recorded on July 2 at 97.1 F.

 

This calendar year IMBY featured 92 days where the low temperature was colder than 32 F (2012 = 65, 2013 = 82), 4 days where the high temperature was colder than 32 F (2012 = 0, 2013 = 2), and 36 days where the high temperature was warmer than 90 F (2012 = 45, 2013 = 15).  The mean temperature for the entire calendar year was 57.0 F, which is the coldest of the now three years of complete records that I have at this location (2012 = 59.4 F, 2013 = 57.1 F).

[jburns]

33.68" of rain here in 2014.  8.66" below normal  

 

Wettest month was April with 4.34"   Driest was October with 1.65   Three months were below 2"  Feb., Oct., and Dec.

 

Coldest month was Jan. with mean of 33.3º   Warmest was July 75.2º  Mean temp for year 57.3º

 

30 days of 90º plus   88 days with a low temp below 32º    6 days with a high below 32º

 

 

Interestingly, I had 9 heating degree days in July, (65º base)  I don't remember that happening before.

[Bozart]

Just so people know I do think about weather from time to time, I give you Bozart's 2014 Rain Diary (recorded 2.6 miles WSW of Fountain, NC). Couldn't figure out where else in the subforum to stash it.

SUMMARY:
Year's liquid-equivalent total: 55.12" (112 precip. days)
Snow/sleet accumulation total: 9.5" (7 snow/sleet days)
Wettest month: September -- 8.47" (13 rain days)
Driest month: October -- 2.09" (5 rain days)
Month with most precip days: September (13 days)
Month with fewest precip days: May (3 days)
Biggest one-day rain: April 29th -- 3.83" (thunderstorms)
Longest dry spell: 19 days -- 5/17 through 6/4

***

JANUARY:
1/2 .40
1/3 .01
1/5 .03
1/6 .18
1/10 .54
1/11 .72
1/12 .01
1/14 .36
1/16 .01
1/23 .07 (1" of snow)
1/28 .22 (1.5" of sleet)
1/29 .49 (3" of snow)

January totals:
3.04" liquid equivalent
5.5" snow and sleet

***

FEBRUARY:
2/1 .31
2/2 .01
2/3 .10
2/4 .29
2/5 .17
2/10-14 .55 (liquid equiv. after four days of occasional frozen precip melted through gauge -- 4" of snow/sleet)
2/15 .39
2/19 .59 (dawn thunderstorm)
2/21 .41 (afternoon thunderstorm -- cold-frontal squall line)

February totals:
2.82" liquid equivalent
4" snow and sleet

***

MARCH:
3/3 .41 (rain and sleet -- no sleet accumulation)
3/6 .68 (Nor'easter. Sleet at onset in the afternoon. Still raining hard at midnight. 36 degrees.)
3/7 1.00
3/12 .14
3/16 .12
3/17 .16 (Cold rain -- 34 degrees.)
3/18 .48
3/19 .05
3/23 .15
3/25 .24
3/28 .13
3/29 1.17

March total: 4.73"

***

APRIL:
4/7 .12
4/8 .15
4/9 .05
4/14 .05
4/15 1.40
4/19 .50
4/19 .05
4/25 .66 (two thunderstorms)
4/28 .02
4/29 3.83 (thunderstorms)
4/30 .17 (more thunder)

April total: 7.00"

***

MAY:
5/10 .20 (gentle evening thunder)
5/15 1.19
5/16 2.16

May total: 3.55"

***

JUNE:
6/5 1.01 (small hail, wind)
6/9 .06
6/10 .29
6/11 .06
6/12 .46
6/13 .78
6/14 .01
6/21 1.02 (three thunderstorms)
6/27 2.69 (Early afternoon thunderstorm. Most fell in one hour.)

June total: 6.38"

***

JULY:
7/3 .93 (outer bands of Hurricane Arthur)
7/4 .20 (outer bands of Hurricane Arthur)
7/10 .79
7/15 .31
7/16 .01
7/20 .02
7/21 .10
7/22 .10
7/24 1.33 (three gentle thunderstorms)
7/27 .17

July total: 3.96"

***

AUGUST:
8/1 1.06
8/2 1.34
8/3 .20
8/9 .44
8/10 .20
8/12-13 .69 (late thunderstorm)
8/18 1.21 (evening thunderstorms)
8/23 .09

August total: 5.23"

***

SEPTEMBER:
9/3 1.24
9/4 1.91
9/5 1.49
9/6 .01
9/7 .02
9/8 1.36
9/9 .36
9/13 .91
9/22 .02
9/23 .03
9/24 1.01
9/25 .05
9/29 .06

September total: 8.47"

***

OCTOBER:
10/3 .11
10/4 .88
10/11 .06
10/14 .07
10/15 .97

October total: 2.09"

***

NOVEMBER:
11/1 .03
11/6 .03
11/13 .05
11/16 .10
11/17 .01
11/23 .60
11/24 .29
11/25 .95
11/26 1.31

November total: 3.37

***

DECEMBER:
12/6 .28
12/8 .02
12/9 .43
12/16 .39 (Sharp, powerful CG lightning from high bases. Elevated storm.)
12/20 .05 (trace of sleet -- first frozen of the season)
12/22 1.29
12/23 .43
12/24 1.16
12/28 .01
12/29 .39
12/30 .03

December total: 4.48

[jburns]

A thread for those who wish to post a 2014 obs summary for future reference.

[Isopycnic]

2014 Rain Data... From my CoCoRaHS readings. I had a failure on my Davis Instruments that lost around 4" of rain during a rain event over the summer...

Yearly Total - 51.56"

Average - 48.04"

+3.52"

[calculus1]

Thanks for the thread, jburns.

 

Nice to see you post weatherside, Bozart.

[Marion_NC_WX]

2014 Rainfall: 60.14 inches

This makes two consecutive years in excess of 60 inches of rain...seems like my area over the past 5-10 years has started to develop its own micro-climate, similar to that of the southern escarpment counties of Transylvania and Jackson County in the Balsam Range...seems as if every rainfall, especially in the warm season, has been maximized due to upslope flow...

 

Here's a breakdown of daily precip...

 

01/03/2014 0.11

01/05/2014 0.03

01/06/2014 0.18

01/10/2014 0.32

01/11/2014 0.87

01/12/2014 0.73

01/14/2014 0.19

01/29/2014 0.08

 

 

 

02/03/2014 0.70

02/05/2014 0.37

02/11/2014 0.22

02/13/2014 0.75

02/18/2014 0.02

02/19/2014 0.10

02/21/2014 0.56

02/22/2014 0.09

 

 

 

 

03/04/2014 0.33

03/07/2014 0.91

03/08/2014 0.06 

03/13/2014 0.11

03/17/2014 0.71

03/18/2014 0.20

03/19/2014 0.04

03/24/2014 0.37

03/26/2014 0.14

03/30/2014 0.72

 

 

 

 

04/04/2014 0.14

04/07/2014 1.00

04/08/2014 0.53

04/15/2014 0.55

04/16/2014 0.08

04/19/2014 0.32

04/20/2014 0.47

04/23/2014 0.05

04/26/2014 0.03

04/29/2014 1.15

04/30/2014 0.18

 

 

 

 

 

05/01/2014 0.02

05/10/2014 0.13

05/11/2014 0.06

05/12/2014 0.00

05/13/2014 0.09

05/15/2014 1.44

05/16/2014 0.79

05/19/2014 0.02

05/22/2014 0.03

05/24/2014 0.09

05/26/2014 0.01

05/27/2014 1.31

05/28/2014 0.93

05/29/2014 0.35

05/30/2014 0.13

05/31/2014 0.27

 

 

 

 

06/01/2014 0.01

06/02/2014 0.02

06/08/2014 0.71

06/09/2014 0.15

06/11/2014 0.02

06/12/2014 0.26

06/13/2014 0.10

06/14/2014 0.76

06/17/2014 0.02

06/18/2014 0.14

06/19/2014 0.02

06/20/2014 0.80

06/21/2014 0.09

06/22/2014 0.02

06/23/2014 0.71

06/24/2014 2.15

06/25/2014 0.34

06/28/2014 0.27

06/29/2014 2.04

06/30/2014 1.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/01/2014 0.82

07/03/2014 0.04

07/04/2014 0.09

07/09/2014 0.08

07/10/2014 0.67

07/11/2014 0.12

07/14/2014 0.05

07/16/2014 0.13

07/19/2014 1.68

07/20/2014 0.71

07/22/2014 0.02

07/23/2014 0.05

07/24/2014 0.52

07/25/2014 0.04

07/28/2014 0.45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08/01/2014 0.66

08/02/2014 0.05

08/03/2014 0.01

08/06/2014 0.04

08/09/2014 0.44

08/10/2014 2.63

08/11/2014 0.26

08/12/2014 0.06

08/13/2014 0.01

08/18/2014 0.14

08/20/2014 0.02

08/21/2014 0.22

08/25/2014 0.03

08/31/2014 0.41

 

 

 

 

09/02/2014 0.08

09/03/2014 2.14

09/04/2014 0.06

09/05/2014 0.26

09/06/2014 0.13

09/08/2014 1.38

09/12/2014 0.11

09/13/2014 3.85

09/14/2014 0.09 

09/16/2014 0.61

09/20/2014 0.13

09/25/2014 0.12

09/26/2014 0.06

09/29/2014 0.06

 

 

 

 

10/04/2014 0.38

10/07/2014 0.19

10/08/2014 0.17

10/10/2014 0.06

10/11/2014 0.42

10/12/2014 0.08

10/13/2014 0.43

10/14/2014 0.04

10/15/2014 1.93

 

 

 

 

11/02/2014 0.01

11/06/2014 0.03

11/17/2014 0.99

11/18/2014 0.18

11/24/2014 2.57

11/26/2014 0.46

11/27/2014 0.41

 

 

 

 

12/05/2014 0.04

12/06/2014 0.27

12/07/2014 0.08

12/09/2014 0.03

12/16/2014 0.06

12/17/2014 0.01

12/20/2014 0.02

12/22/2014 0.03

12/23/2014 0.33

12/24/2014 1.45

12/25/2014 0.12

12/28/2014 0.02

12/29/2014 0.36

12/30/2014 0.44

12/31/2014 0.04

[jburns]

2014 Rainfall: 60.14 inches

This makes two consecutive years in excess of 60 inches of rain...seems like my area over the past 5-10 years has started to develop its own micro-climate, similar to that of the southern escarpment counties of Transylvania and Jackson County in the Balsam Range...seems as if every rainfall, especially in the warm season, has been maximized due to upslope flow...

 

Here's a breakdown of daily precip...

 

01/01/2014 0.00 01/02/2014 0.00 01/03/2014 0.11 01/04/2014 0.00 01/05/2014 0.03 01/06/2014 0.18 01/07/2014 0.00 01/08/2014 0.00 01/09/2014 0.00 01/10/2014 0.32 01/11/2014 0.87 01/12/2014 0.73 01/13/2014 0.00 01/14/2014 0.19 01/15/2014 0.00 01/16/2014 0.00 01/17/2014 0.00 01/18/2014 0.00 01/19/2014 0.00 01/20/2014 0.00 01/21/2014 0.00 01/22/2014 0.00 01/23/2014 0.00 01/24/2014 0.00 01/25/2014 0.00 01/26/2014 0.00 01/27/2014 0.00 01/28/2014 0.00 01/29/2014 0.08 01/30/2014 0.00 01/31/2014 0.00 02/01/2014 0.00 02/02/2014 0.00 02/03/2014 0.70 02/04/2014 0.00 02/05/2014 0.37 02/06/2014 0.00 02/07/2014 0.00 02/08/2014 0.00 02/09/2014 0.00 02/10/2014 0.00 02/11/2014 0.22 02/12/2014 0.00 02/13/2014 0.75 02/14/2014 0.00 02/15/2014 0.00 02/16/2014 0.00 02/17/2014 0.00 02/18/2014 0.02 02/19/2014 0.10 02/20/2014 0.00 02/21/2014 0.56 02/22/2014 0.09 02/23/2014 0.00 02/24/2014 0.00 02/25/2014 0.00 02/26/2014 0.00 02/27/2014 0.00 02/28/2014 0.00 03/01/2014 0.00 03/02/2014 0.00 03/03/2014 0.00 03/04/2014 0.33 03/05/2014 0.00 03/06/2014 0.00 03/07/2014 0.91 03/08/2014 0.06 03/09/2014 0.00 03/10/2014 0.00 03/11/2014 0.00 03/12/2014 0.00 03/13/2014 0.11 03/14/2014 0.00 03/15/2014 0.00 03/16/2014 0.00 03/17/2014 0.71 03/18/2014 0.20 03/19/2014 0.04 03/20/2014 0.00 03/21/2014 0.00 03/22/2014 0.00 03/23/2014 0.00 03/24/2014 0.37 03/25/2014 0.00 03/26/2014 0.14 03/27/2014 0.00 03/28/2014 0.00 03/29/2014 0.00 03/30/2014 0.72 03/31/2014 0.00 04/01/2014 0.00 04/02/2014 0.00 04/03/2014 0.00 04/04/2014 0.14 04/05/2014 0.00 04/06/2014 0.00 04/07/2014 1.00 04/08/2014 0.53 04/09/2014 0.00 04/10/2014 0.00 04/11/2014 0.00 04/12/2014 0.00 04/13/2014 0.00 04/14/2014 0.00 04/15/2014 0.55 04/16/2014 0.08 04/17/2014 0.00 04/18/2014 0.00 04/19/2014 0.32 04/20/2014 0.47 04/21/2014 0.00 04/22/2014 0.00 04/23/2014 0.05 04/24/2014 0.00 04/25/2014 0.00 04/26/2014 0.03 04/27/2014 0.00 04/28/2014 0.00 04/29/2014 1.15 04/30/2014 0.18 05/01/2014 0.02 05/02/2014 0.00 05/03/2014 0.00 05/04/2014 0.00 05/05/2014 0.00 05/06/2014 0.00 05/07/2014 0.00 05/08/2014 0.00 05/09/2014 0.00 05/10/2014 0.13 05/11/2014 0.06 05/12/2014 0.00 05/13/2014 0.09 05/14/2014 0.00 05/15/2014 1.44 05/16/2014 0.79 05/17/2014 0.00 05/18/2014 0.00 05/19/2014 0.02 05/20/2014 0.00 05/21/2014 0.00 05/22/2014 0.03 05/23/2014 0.00 05/24/2014 0.09 05/25/2014 0.00 05/26/2014 0.01 05/27/2014 1.31 05/28/2014 0.93 05/29/2014 0.35 05/30/2014 0.13 05/31/2014 0.27 06/01/2014 0.01 06/02/2014 0.02 06/03/2014 0.00 06/04/2014 0.00 06/05/2014 0.00 06/06/2014 0.00 06/07/2014 0.00 06/08/2014 0.71 06/09/2014 0.15 06/10/2014 0.00 06/11/2014 0.02 06/12/2014 0.26 06/13/2014 0.10 06/14/2014 0.76 06/15/2014 0.00 06/16/2014 0.00 06/17/2014 0.02 06/18/2014 0.14 06/19/2014 0.02 06/20/2014 0.80 06/21/2014 0.09 06/22/2014 0.02 06/23/2014 0.71 06/24/2014 2.15 06/25/2014 0.34 06/26/2014 0.00 06/27/2014 0.00 06/28/2014 0.27 06/29/2014 2.04 06/30/2014 1.21 07/01/2014 0.82 07/02/2014 0.00 07/03/2014 0.04 07/04/2014 0.09 07/05/2014 0.00 07/06/2014 0.00 07/07/2014 0.00 07/08/2014 0.00 07/09/2014 0.08 07/10/2014 0.67 07/11/2014 0.12 07/12/2014 0.00 07/13/2014 0.00 07/14/2014 0.05 07/15/2014 0.00 07/16/2014 0.13 07/17/2014 0.00 07/18/2014 0.00 07/19/2014 1.68 07/20/2014 0.71 07/21/2014 0.00 07/22/2014 0.02 07/23/2014 0.05 07/24/2014 0.52 07/25/2014 0.04 07/26/2014 0.00 07/27/2014 0.00 07/28/2014 0.45 07/29/2014 0.00 07/30/2014 0.00 07/31/2014 0.00 08/01/2014 0.66 08/02/2014 0.05 08/03/2014 0.01 08/04/2014 0.00 08/05/2014 0.00 08/06/2014 0.04 08/07/2014 0.00 08/08/2014 0.00 08/09/2014 0.44 08/10/2014 2.63 08/11/2014 0.26 08/12/2014 0.06 08/13/2014 0.01 08/14/2014 0.00 08/15/2014 0.00 08/16/2014 0.00 08/17/2014 0.00 08/18/2014 0.14 08/19/2014 0.00 08/20/2014 0.02 08/21/2014 0.22 08/22/2014 0.00 08/23/2014 0.00 08/24/2014 0.00 08/25/2014 0.03 08/26/2014 0.00 08/27/2014 0.00 08/28/2014 0.00 08/29/2014 0.00 08/30/2014 0.00 08/31/2014 0.41 09/01/2014 0.00 09/02/2014 0.08 09/03/2014 2.14 09/04/2014 0.06 09/05/2014 0.26 09/06/2014 0.13 09/07/2014 0.00 09/08/2014 1.38 09/09/2014 0.00 09/10/2014 0.00 09/11/2014 0.00 09/12/2014 0.11 09/13/2014 3.85 09/14/2014 0.09 09/15/2014 0.00 09/16/2014 0.61 09/17/2014 0.00 09/18/2014 0.00 09/19/2014 0.00 09/20/2014 0.13 09/21/2014 0.00 09/22/2014 0.00 09/23/2014 0.00 09/24/2014 0.00 09/25/2014 0.12 09/26/2014 0.06 09/27/2014 0.00 09/28/2014 0.00 09/29/2014 0.06 09/30/2014 0.04 10/01/2014 0.00 10/02/2014 0.00 10/03/2014 0.00 10/04/2014 0.38 10/05/2014 0.00 10/06/2014 0.00 10/07/2014 0.19 10/08/2014 0.17 10/09/2014 0.00 10/10/2014 0.06 10/11/2014 0.42 10/12/2014 0.08 10/13/2014 0.43 10/14/2014 0.04 10/15/2014 1.93 10/16/2014 0.00 10/17/2014 0.00 10/18/2014 0.00 10/19/2014 0.00 10/20/2014 0.00 10/21/2014 0.00 10/22/2014 0.00 10/23/2014 0.00 10/24/2014 0.00 10/25/2014 0.00 10/26/2014 0.00 10/27/2014 0.00 10/28/2014 0.00 10/29/2014 0.00 10/30/2014 0.00 10/31/2014 0.00 11/01/2014 0.00 11/02/2014 0.01 11/03/2014 0.00 11/04/2014 0.00 11/05/2014 0.00 11/06/2014 0.03 11/07/2014 0.00 11/08/2014 0.00 11/09/2014 0.00 11/10/2014 0.00 11/11/2014 0.00 11/12/2014 0.00 11/13/2014 0.00 11/14/2014 0.00 11/15/2014 0.00 11/16/2014 0.00 11/17/2014 0.99 11/18/2014 0.18 11/19/2014 0.00 11/20/2014 0.00 11/21/2014 0.00 11/22/2014 0.00 11/23/2014 0.00 11/24/2014 2.57 11/25/2014 0.00 11/26/2014 0.46 11/27/2014 0.41 11/28/2014 0.00 11/29/2014 0.00 11/30/2014 0.00 12/01/2014 0.00 12/02/2014 0.00 12/03/2014 0.00 12/04/2014 0.00 12/05/2014 0.04 12/06/2014 0.27 12/07/2014 0.08 12/08/2014 0.00 12/09/2014 0.03 12/10/2014 0.00 12/11/2014 0.00 12/12/2014 0.00 12/13/2014 0.00 12/14/2014 0.00 12/15/2014 0.00 12/16/2014 0.06 12/17/2014 0.01 12/18/2014 0.00 12/19/2014 0.00 12/20/2014 0.02 12/21/2014 0.00 12/22/2014 0.03 12/23/2014 0.33 12/24/2014 1.45 12/25/2014 0.12 12/26/2014 0.00 12/27/2014 0.00 12/28/2014 0.02 12/29/2014 0.36 12/30/2014 0.44 12/31/2014 0.04

Nice formatting. Did it take you a long time? lol

[Marion_NC_WX]

Nice formatting. Did it take you a long time? lol

 

Yeah...weeks on end!

 

No need to be jealous because there's no escarpment where you live. We have rainfall data coming out the wazoo!

[jburns]

Yeah...weeks on end!

 

No need to be jealous because there's no escarpment where you live. We have rainfall data coming out the wazoo!

That post looks like an escarpment.

[EmersonGA]

Total rainfall: 49.60"

Total Snow/Sleet: 9"

Highest Temperature: 97

Lowest Temperature -1

[mackerel_sky]

Summer was dry imby.

Fall dry

Think GSP finished right around avg precip wise 52-54 I think. Would venture a guess I was atleast 8-10 inches below that imby

Accumulating snow on Nov 1, very impressive! Rest of winter, sucky to date!

[yotaman]

Total Rainfall - 62.67"

Total Sleet - 2.5"

Total Snow - 8" approximately

Highest Temp - 101

Lowest Temp - 12

[ocala]

For me it was a year of extremes. Record highs in temperature and rainfall. Hit a 101 in July which was impressive because in the Florida peninsula the Gulf is about 84 and the Atlantic is about 82 in my area in the middle of the state. For rainfall I was just under 63 inches which is also impressive because there was no tropical activity. Needed that because we have been below average, 49inches, for a while. Because of that rain I was also below normal in temps for every month of the year. When I say record I meant for the 11 years I have been recording data. Not official.
High- 101.0
Low- 28.7
Mean- -2.9
Rain- 62.92
High Wind- 27mph
Pressure High- 30.50
Pressure Low- 29.66
Wind Chill Low- 24
Heat Index High-114
Dewpoint High- 81
Dewpoint Low- 9
Humidity High- 100%
Humidity Low- 15%

[buckeyefan1]

 

 

[magpiemaniac]

Has anyone seen this?  Amazed at how relatively dry the Triad was last year.

 

http://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=113

 

[calculus1]

magpiemaniac, that map matches well with the ground truth in my neighborhood.  Thanks for posting it.

[wncsnow]

Nice map! Love how it shows the immediate escarpment of the blue ridge with over 65 inches of rain for the year! The past 2 years were the wettest were incredibly wet here, especially in the summer and spring.

[Solak]

I don't have the time to do a monthly breakdown, but here in Johnston County (NC-JH-7) , we had exactly 63.00" for 2014. in 2013 we had 57+", and in 2012, 40+".  I believe the 30 year average at KJNX, 2 miles down the road, is just over 44.5" Some of the heavier amounts this summer were from stationary thundershowers that popped up overhead and rained themselves out. I mentioned it before somewhere, but it was really surprising looking back and realizing that we had so much rain in a non-tropical year.