Almanac for October 13, 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


2006: Lake Storm "Aphid," or the October 2006 Buffalo storm, was an unusual early-season lake-effect snowstorm that hit the Buffalo, New York area and other surrounding areas of the United States and Canada on this day. Downtown Buffalo reported 15 inches from this event. Depew and Alden record 24 inches, the most from this lake effect storm.

Wikipedia [LINK]

CBS News Photo Slideshow [LINK]

NWS Buffalo [LINK]

2016 Retrospective from WKBW-TV Buffalo, New York




Record Weather Events for October 13th

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

Highest Temperature 85°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 24°F in Franklin in 19880
Greatest Rainfall 2.90 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1983


Record Weather Events for October (1872-2017)

Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on Oct 5, 1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands on Oct 30, 1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on Oct 4, 1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on October 20, 1913


Record Weather Events for October 13th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 96°F in Warsaw, Duplin County in 1986
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1919
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Patterson, Caldwell County in 1990
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snow fell on this date)

The excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Marco [LINK]


Record Weather Events for October in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County on 10-06-1954
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County on 10-06-1913
Greatest Snowfall 11.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990


Sun and Moon


Sun

Begin civil twilight 7:12 a.m.
Sunrise 7:38 a.m.
Sun transit 1:20 p.m.
Sunset 7:01 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:26 p.m.


Moon

Moonrise 12:03 p.m.
Moon transit 5:16 p.m.
Moonset 10:27 p.m.


Phase of the Moon on October 13, 2018: Waxing Crescent with 22% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
Closest Primary Moon Phase: First Quarter on October 16, 2018 at 2:02 p.m. (local daylight time)


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Published at 2:25 am on October 13, 2018

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Data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, The National Weather Service, 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, Youtube, and the Weather Prediction Center.