Temperature

The hottest day of the last 12 months was May 23, with a high temperature of 45C. For reference, on that day the average high temperature is 41C and the high temperature exceeds 43C only one day in ten. The hottest month of the last 12 months was May with an average daily high temperature of42C. Relative to the average, the hottest day was July 25. The high temperature that day was 38C, compared to the average of 32C, a difference of 6C. In relative terms the warmest month was June, with an average high temperature of 40C, compared to an typical value of 38C. The longest warm spell was from May 14 to June 8, constituting 26 consecutive days with warmer than average high temperatures. The month of October had the largest fraction of warmer than average days with 94% days with higher than average high temperatures. Temperature

The daily low (blue) and high (red) temperature during the last 12 months with the area between them shaded gray and superimposed over the

corresponding averages (thick lines), and with percentile bands (inner band from 25th to 75th percentile, outer band from 10th to 90th percentile). The bar at the top of the graph is red where both the daily high and low are above average, blue where they are both below average, and white otherwise.

The coldest day of the last 12 months was January 5, with a low temperature of 8C. For reference, on that day the average low temperature is 13C and the low temperature drops below 10C only one day in ten. The coldest month of the last 12 months was January with an average daily low temperature of 12C. Relative to the average, the coldest day was March 22. The low temperature that day was 14C, compared to the average of 22C, a difference of 8C. In relative terms the coldest month wasNovember, with an average low temperature of 16C, compared to an typical value of 18C. The longest cold spell was from March 7 to March 27, constituting 21 consecutive days with cooler than average low temperatures. The month of November had the largest fraction of cooler than average days with 90% days with lower than average low temperatures. Hourly Temperature Bands

The full year of hourly temperature reports with the days of the year on the horizontal and the hours of the day on the vertical. The hourly temperature measurement is color coded into meaningful temperature bands: frigid is purple (below -9C), freezing is blue (-9C to0C), cold is dark green (0C to 10C), cool is light green (10C to 18C), comfortable is yellow (18C to 24C), warm is light red (24C to 29C), hot is medium red (29C to 38C), sweltering is dark red (above 38C), and missing data is pink.

Clouds
The clearest month of the last 12 months was March, with 100% of days being more clear than cloudy. The longest spell of clear weather was from September 26 to January 1, constituting 98 consecutive days that were clearer than they were cloudy. Cloud Coverage

The fraction of time spent in each of the five sky cover categories over the course of the last 12 months on a daily basis. From top (most blue) to bottom (most gray), the categories are clear, mostly clear, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy, and overcast. Pink indicates missing data. Outside of the United States clear skies are often reported ambiguously, leading them to be lumped in with the missing data. The bar at the top of the graph is gray if the sky was cloudy or mostly cloudy for more than half the day, blue if it is clear or mostly clear for more than half the day, and blue-gray otherwise.

The cloudiest month of the last 12 months was August, with 74% of days being more cloudy than clear. The longest spell of cloudy weather was from August 7 to August 19, constituting 13 consecutive days that were cloudier than they were clear. Hourly Cloud Coverage

The full year of hourly cloud coverage reports with the days of the year on the horizontal and the hours of the day on the vertical. The sky cover is color coded: from most blue to most gray, the categories are clear, mostly clear, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy, and overcast. Pink indicates missing data. Outside of the United States clear skies are often reported ambiguously, leading them to be lumped in with the missing data.

Precipitation
This station provides hourly reports of significant weather events at and around the station, but does not report the quantity of precipitation at the station itself. This is common for weather stations located outside of the United States, and for a small subset of stations in the United States that are located at lesser used and smaller airports. Present Weather Reports This station reports when significant weather events (including precipitation) are visually observed at or near the station. Such events do not always correspond to measured quantities of liquid equivalent precipitation, such as when the event is near by not at the station, or in the case of solid precipitation that does not melt in the collection basin. The day in the last 12 months with the most precipitation observations was August 12. There were 23 hourly weather reports that day (out of a maximum of 24) in which some form of precipitation was observated at or near the station. The month with the most precipitation observations wasSeptember, with 107 hourly present weather reports involving some form of precipitation. Precipitation Reports

The daily number of hourly observed precipitation reports during the last 12 months, color coded according to precipitation type, and stacked in order of severity. From the bottom up, the categories are thunderstorms (orange); heavy, moderate, and light snow (dark to light blue); heavy, moderate, and light rain (dark to light green); and drizzle (lightest green). Not all categories are necessarily present in this particular graph. The faint shaded areas indicate climate normals. The bar at the top of the graph is green if any precipitation was observed that day and white otherwise.

As determined by the present weather reports, the longest dry spell was from October 4 to February 14, constituting 134 consecutive days with no observed precipitation. The months of February, March, November, December, and January were completely without observed precipitation. The month with the largest fraction of days with at least some observed precipitation was September, with 60% of days reporting some observed precipitation. Hourly Weather Reports

The full year of hourly present weather reports with the days of the year on the horizontal and the hours of the day on the vertical. The color-coded categories are thunderstorms (orange); heavy, moderate, and light snow (dark to light blue); heavy, moderate, and light rain (dark to light green); drizzle (lightest green); freezing rain and sleet (light and dark cyan); snow grains (lightest blue); hail (red); fog (gray); and haze (brownish gray).

Snow
Either snow is exceptionally rare at this location or this station did not reliably report it during the last 12 months.

Humidity
Humidity is an important factor in determining how weather conditions feel to a person experiencing them. Hot and humid days feel even hotter than hot and dry days because the high level of water content in humid air discourages the evaporation of sweat from a person's skin. When reading the graph below, keep in mind that the hottest part of the day tends to be the least humid, so the daily low (brown) traces are more relevant for understanding daytime comfort than the daily high (blue) traces, which typically occur during the night. Applying that observation, the least humid month of the last 12 months was March with an average daily low humidity of 14%, and themost humid month was September with an average daily low humidity of 64%. But it is important to keep in mind that humidity does not tell the whole picture and the dew point is often a better measure of how comfortable a person will find a given set of weather conditions. Please see the next section for continued discussion of this point. Humidity

The daily low (brown) and high (blue) relative humidity during the last 12 months with the area between them shaded gray and superimposed over the

corresponding averages (thick lines), and with percentile bands (inner band from 25th to 75th percentile, outer band from 10th to 90th percentile).

Dew Point
Dew point is the temperature below which water vapor will condense into liquid water. It is therefore also related to the rate of evaporation of liquid water. Since the evaporation of sweat is an important cooling mechanism for the human body, the dew point is an important measurement for understanding how dry, comfortable, or humid a given set of weather conditions will feel. Generally speaking, dew points below 10C will feel a bit dry to some people, but comfortable to people accustomed to dry conditions; dew points from 10C to 20C are fairly comfortable to most people, and dew points above 20C are increasingly uncomfortable, becoming oppressive around25C. To take some examples, and basing our categorization on the daily high dew point in the last 12 months, March had 8 dry days, 23 comfortable days, and no humid days; June had no dry days, no comfortable days, and 30 humid days; September had no dry days, no comfortable days, and 30 humid days; and December had no dry days, 30 comfortable days, and 1 humid day. Dew Point

The daily low (blue) and high (red) dew point during the last 12 months with the area between them shaded gray and superimposed over the corresponding averages (thick lines), and with percentile bands (inner band from 25th to 75th percentile, outer band from 10th to 90th percentile).

Wind
The highest sustained wind speed was 29 m/s, occurring on February 11; the highest daily mean wind speed was 5 m/s (June 19); and the highest wind gust speed was 13 m/s (April 13). The windiest month was June, with an average wind speed of 4 m/s. The least windy month wasOctober, with an average wind speed of 1 m/s. Wind Speed

The daily low and high wind speed (light gray area) and the maximum daily wind gust speed (tiny blue dashes).

Visibility
Visibility is the maximum distance at which a given reference object or light can be clearly discerned. In the United States, visibilities that are greater than or equal to 10 miles are typically reported as 10 miles. The day of the last 12 months with the lowest average visibility was March 21, with an average visibility of 1.6 km. The month with the lowest average visibility was September, with an average visibility of 3.7 km. With an average visibility of 4.5 km, the month of June had the highest average visibility. Visibility

The daily average visibility, depicted as gray bars encroaching down from the top of the graph.

Cloud Ceiling
The cloud ceiling is the altitude of the lowest layer of clouds that are at categorized as broken (mostly cloudy) or overcast (cloudy). If no such cloud layer exists then the ceiling is unlimited and no value is reported. The day of the last 12 months with the lowest average cloud ceiling was June 3, with an average cloud ceiling of 600 m. The month with the lowest average cloud ceiling was June, with an average cloud ceiling of 1357 m. The month of January has the highest average cloud ceiling, with an average cloud ceiling of 2438 m. Cloud Ceiling

The daily average cloud ceiling, depicted as gray bars encroaching down from the top of the graph. Missing data or days with insufficient clouds to define a cloud ceiling are shown as white columns.