Almanac for October 18, 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

1916: A tropical depression organized to a tropical storm on October 11 in the western Caribbean. It moved westward, reaching hurricane strength on the 13th before hitting the Yucatán Peninsula on the 15th as a 110 mph hurricane. It weakened over land, and it emerged over the southern Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm. It quickly re-strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane, hitting Pensacola on October 18. The maximum wind velocity at Mobile was 115 mph from the east at 8:25 am. Pensacola had winds of 120 mph at 10:13 am when the wind instrument tower was blown down.

Wikipedia [LINK]

1998: During the weekend of October 17-18, 1998, torrential rains fell over south and southeast Texas. Up to 22 inches of rain fell which first resulted in deadly flash flooding from San Antonio to Austin followed by record-breaking river floods along several South Texas rivers the following week. Based on provisional data from the USGS, which is subject to revision, the flood peak for this event was the highest known peak stage at 15 locations. Tragically, a total of 31 people died during the event (26 drownings, two tornado deaths, two heart attacks, and one electrocution/drowning). At least 17 of the drowning victims were in vehicles which were either driven into water or were swept away by rapidly rising water. Preliminary property damage estimates approached three-quarters of a billion dollars.

NWS PDF [LINK]




Record Weather Events for October 18th

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

Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1984
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1943
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Franklin in 1879

The excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Six of the 1879 Hurricane Season.
This was before storms were named.

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 18th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 94°F in Weldon, Halifax County in 1910
Lowest Temperature 9°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1919
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Franklin, Macon County in 1879
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2009

The excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Six of the 1879 Hurricane Season.
This was before storms were named.


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 7:17 a.m.
Sunrise 7:42 a.m.
Sun transit 1:19 p.m.
Sunset 6:55 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:20 p.m.


Moon

Moonset 1:47 a.m.
Moonrise 3:57 p.m.
Moon transit 9:17 p.m.
Moonset 2:42 a.m. tomorrow morning


Phase of the Moon on October 18, 2018: Waxing Gibbous with 68% 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 3:05 am on October 18, 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.