Februrary 2008 Archive
County: Baker
City: Macclenny
State: Florida
Station Name: Baker County 2
Station # :BC02
Lat:30.247N Long:82.120W
Temperature:
Average monthly: 56.2 Departure from normal: +1.5
Average maximum: 69.7 Highest: 83.3 (28.5) on 2/6
Average minimum: 42.8 Lowest: 28.0 (-2.2) on 2/28
Records:
None
Number of days with:
Maximum of 105 or above: 0
Maximum of 90 or above: 0
Maximum of 65 or below: 3
Maximum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 50 or below: 15
Minimum of 32 or below: 4
Minimum of 0 or below: 0
Precipitation (liquid or melted):
Monthly total: 4.71" Monthly norm: 3.76"
Departure from normal: +0.95
Year to Date: 9.49" (130%) (Norm Year to date: (7.33") Departure from normal: +2.16
Snow/Sleet: 0.00" Monthly norm: Trace
Most in 24 hours: 1.14"
Days with 0.01" or more: 8
Days with 0.10" or more: 7
Days with 1.00" or more: 1
Wind:
Highest gust: 39 (34 kt) on 2/26
Highest 1-min Avg: 23 (20 kt) on 2/26
Avg Wind Spd: 2.0 (1.7 kt)
Dew Pt:
Highest: 71.9 (22.1) on 2/22
Lowest: 24.9 (-3.9) on 2/28
Relative Humidity:
Highest: 100% on 2/3-2/5, 2/7, 2/10, 2/11-2/13, 2/15-2/17, 2/21-2/26
Lowest: 21% on 2/10
Days of Lowest Rh% <=35%: 7/29 (24%)
Barometric Pressure:
Highest: 30.504"/hg* (1033.0 mb) on 2/29
Lowest: 29.718"/hg (1006.4 mb) on 2/26
*=All-time Record
Feb was above normal in temp & rainfall. The avg. temp was 1.5º
above normal and +0.95" surplus for the monthly rainfall & yr but there is now a +0.81"
surplus from last yr. The 2006-08 Drought is over after 23 months! Through
Cold frontal passages occurred on 7th, 13th, 18th,23rd & 26th with warm frontal passage on
21st-22nd and produced significant rainfall total of 4.71".
The US Drought Monitor started at DO or Abnormally Dry on 2/5 and persisted until the 19th.
At the end of the month, the Drought Monitor improved to Nil on the 26th.
The long term drought indicator from the CPC analyzed NE Florida as D0 - Abnormally Dry at
the end of the month (1 Mar).
The highest temp. occurred on the 6th @ 83.3°F. The lowest temp was 28.0°F on the 28th.
The highest peak wind of 39 mph occurred on the 26th during a thunderstorm.
**AVGS BASED ON 74 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA FROM Glen St Mary 1W,FL [1931-2005] (5 mi NW of me)**
***SNOW AVGS BASED ON 48 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATE FROM Cecil Field {NAS} [1947-1995] (18 mi E of me)***