December 2010 2nd coldest on record
Chances are you thought December was cold. Well it wasn’t just you it was absolutely frigid by December standards in Charlotte. It ended up being the second coldest on record for Charlotte in 133 years of records. The total departure from average was 9.6° which will be hard to erase even with a very warm January and February. Below I posted the final numbers for Charlotte as well as a regional map of where other cities ranked as far as cold Decembers. The new year looks to be starting right where we left off with more cold air on the way.
December 2010 for Charlotte, NC
Averages, high: 45.5° (-8.5°) low: 24.1° (-10.8°) Mean: 34.8° (-9.6°)
Rankings all time
RELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: CHARLOTTE NC
MONTH: DECEMBER
YEAR: 2010
LATITUDE: 35 12 N
LONGITUDE: 80 57 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
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1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12Z AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 67 27 47 -1 18 0 0.76 0.0 0 11.4 24 230 M M 5 13 33 230
2 49 23 36 -11 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.4 10 350 M M 4 15 300
3 51 24 38 -9 27 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.5 12 40 M M 3 15 20
4 41 34 38 -9 27 0 0.09 T 0 5.0 10 130 M M 9 14 14 50
5 45 25 35 -12 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.4 21 320 M M 6 12 28 310
6 38 21 30 -16 35 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.1 20 320 M M 3 25 320
7 36 12 24 -22 41 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.6 16 340 M M 1 22 300
8 37 14 26 -20 39 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.6 8 290 M M 5 12 290
9 44 18 31 -15 34 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.8 8 130 M M 2 12 140
10 47 28 38 -7 27 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.8 8 140 M M 7 12 150
11 50 25 38 -7 27 0 0.01 0.0 0 4.1 9 90 M M 9 18 14 80
12 48 29 39 -6 26 0 0.31 T 0 10.2 23 240 M M 9 12 31 230
13 33 20 27 -18 38 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.2 23 310 M M 3 32 310
14 35 15 25 -20 40 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.3 15 310 M M 0 20 320
15 40 10 25 -19 40 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.5 9 230 M M 6 12 310
16 48 31 40 -4 25 0 0.13 T 0 8.5 21 210 M M 10 1246 26 210
17 53 32 43 -1 22 0 0.01 0.0 0 3.5 13 120 M M 6 128 16 120
18 37 30 34 -10 31 0 0.07 T 0 5.7 12 20 M M 9 148 17 70
19 47 24 36 -8 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.3 12 330 M M 2 18 24 30
20 43 18 31 -12 34 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.6 13 20 M M 3 18 70
21 47 31 39 -4 26 0 T T 0 1.9 8 180 M M 9 10 140
22 63 39 51 8 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.7 21 10 M M 6 128 28 10
23 47 27 37 -6 28 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.2 21 340 M M 0 26 360
24 48 18 33 -10 32 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 9 340 M M 2 14 340
25 42 33 38 -5 27 0 0.25 0.4 0 4.4 12 130 M M 10 1 18 140
26 33 25 29 -14 36 0 0.11 1.6 2 9.9 20 10 M M 10 18 24 20
27 38 24 31 -11 34 0 0.00 0.0 2 8.7 16 320 M M 2 23 320
28 50 17 34 -8 31 0 0.00 0.0 T 3.9 13 230 M M 0 17 260
29 48 20 34 -8 31 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.6 10 10 M M 5 12 20
30 47 24 36 -6 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.7 8 130 M M 7 12 130
31 58 28 43 1 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.8 8 320 M M 8 18 10 150
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SM 1410 746 929 0 1.74 2.0 165.0 M 161
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AV 45.5 24.1 5.3 FASTST M M 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 24 230 # 33 230
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: CHARLOTTE NC
MONTH: DECEMBER
YEAR: 2010
LATITUDE: 35 12 N
LONGITUDE: 80 57 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 34.8 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.74 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -9.6 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.44 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 67 ON 1 GRTST 24HR 1.25 ON 30- 1 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 10 ON 15 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 2.0 INCHES 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 2.0 ON 25-26 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: 2 ON 27,26 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW
X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 5
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 28 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 929 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 9
DPTR FM NORMAL 274 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 14
TOTAL FM JUL 1 1475 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 8
DPTR FM NORMAL 240
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL -1 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 2130 HIGHEST SLP 30.38 ON 9
DPTR FM NORMAL 449 LOWEST SLP 29.37 ON 12
