Almanac for October 1, 2018

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Weather Averages for September in and around Macon County

	Franklin	Highlands	Andrews	Clayton	Cullowhee	Bryson City
High	78	72	80	79	78	80
Low	54	61	54	55	55	55
Rain	4.61	7.64	4.45	5.94	4.21	5.04
Snow	0	0	0	0	0	0

Today in Weather History

1890: The weather service is first identified as a civilian agency when Congress, at the request of President Benjamin Harrison, passes an act transferring the meteorological responsibilities of the Signal Service to the newly-created U.S. Weather Bureau in the Department of Agriculture.

1893: On this day, the village of Caminadaville was wiped out by a massive hurricane. Caminadaville was a vibrant fishing community in the late 19th century, located on Cheniere Caminada, adjacent to Grand Isle in coastal Jefferson Parish in Louisiana. The 10th storm of the season, also known as the 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane, began on September 27 in the western Caribbean Sea. After hitting the northeastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane, it moved through the Gulf of Mexico. As it approached the southeast coast of Louisiana, it rapidly strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane and made landfall on October 2 as a category 4 hurricane. It moved through Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas before dissipating at sea. This storm was one of the first hurricanes to officially receive a Category 4 designation on the modern Saffir-Simpson scale. The hurricane flooded the Louisiana bayou with up to 16-foot storm surge with heavy surf above it and killed 2,000 people mostly by drowning and caused around $5 million (1893 dollars) in damage.

Wikipedia [LINK]

The Times-Picayune "Our times: The Cheniere Isle hurricane of 1893" [LINK]



1964: Rain continued in Macon County associated with Hurricane Hilda that would result in one of the worst floods to hit Macon County in living memory.



Wikipedia: Hurricane Hilda [LINK]


Record Weather Events for October 1st

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 87°F in Franklin in 1971
Lowest Temperature 26°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest Rainfall 6.12 inches in Highlands in 1965

Record Weather Events for September
(1872-2017)

Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on Sept 4, 1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on Sept 30, 1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on Sept 29, 1964

Record weather events for this date and month in Macon County

Record Weather Events for October 1st in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 96°F in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1919
Lowest Temperature 21°F in Bakersville, Mitchell County in 1895
Greatest Rainfall 8.78 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1965
Greatest Snowfall 0.4 inches in Woodfin, Buncombe County in 1952

(rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Hilda and a cold front [LINK]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hilda


Record Weather Events for September in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 109°F in Weldon, Halifax County on 09-07-1954
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 18.30 inches in Southport, Brunswick County on 09-16-1999


Sun and Moon


Sun

Begin civil twilight 7:03 a.m.
Sunrise 7:28 a.m.
Sun transit 1:23 p.m.
Sunset 7:17 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:43 p.m.


Moon

Moonrise 11:20 p.m. last night
Moon transit 6:35 a.m.
Moonset 1:52 p.m.


Phase of the Moon on October 1, 2018: Waning Gibbous with 58% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
Closest Primary Moon Phase: Last Quarter on October 2, 2018 at 5:45 a.m. (local daylight time)



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Published at 3:30 am on October 01, 2018

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Data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, The National Weather Service, Star Date Online, Sky and Telescope, National Geographic, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.