Almanac for October 15, 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

1954: Hurricane Hazel swept through the Carolinas and was in Pennsylvania before the day was over. Over a thousand people would die, hundreds of beachfront buildings and thousands of homes were destroyed in South and North Carolina from the storm. The National Guard would be deployed to help with the aftermath.

Wikipedia [LINK]

NWS Morehead City [LINK]

NWS Raleigh (NCSU Archive) [LINK]

WTVD-TV Retrospective



WRAL-TV Documentary


Disasters of the Century




1984: The Monday Night Football game in Denver, Colorado was played in a raging blizzard. 15 inches of snow fell with up to 34 inches reported in the nearby mountains. The Air Force Academy canceled classes for the first time in its' recorded history.

KUSA-TV Denver Retrospective [LINK]

ESPN [LINK]

Segment from the Broncos archivist

Record Weather Events for October 15th

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

Highest Temperature 84°F in Franklin in 1950
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Highlands in 1988
Greatest Rainfall 8.25 inches in Highlands in 1914


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 15th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 93°F in Goldsboro, Wayne County in 1925
Lowest Temperature 11°F in Montreat, Yancey County in 1937
Greatest Rainfall 8.84 inches in Asheboro, Randolph County in 1954
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Montreat, Yancey County in 1945

The excessive rainfall was due to Hurricane Hazel. See the previous section for more information on that storm.


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 7:14 a.m.

Sunrise 7:40 a.m.

Sun transit 1:19 p.m.

Sunset 6:58 p.m.

End civil twilight 7:24 p.m.

Moon

Moonrise 1:49 p.m.

Moon transit 6:55 p.m.

Moonset 12:02 a.m. tomorrow morning

The phase of the Moon on October 15, 2018: Waxing Crescent with 40% 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 1:36 am on October 15, 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.