Almanac for October 19, 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


1950: Hurricane King made landfall on downtown Miami, Florida with peak winds of 130 mph, making it a Category 4 hurricane. The city's Weather Bureau office, which was struck by the eastern eyewall, recorded sustained winds of 122 mph with gust estimated at 150 mph.

Wikipedia [LINK]



1996: The opening game of World Series between the Braves and Yankees in New York was postponed by heavy rains and high wind from a major storm system affecting the East Coast, marking the third time in history that the World Series opener had been postponed. Overall, nine of the 22 games that have been canceled in Series history were scheduled in New York or Brooklyn.

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2007: A total of 87 tornadoes were reported in the United States from Oct. 17-19, a new record outbreak for the month, according to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The outbreak also contributed to the monthly total of 105 tornado reports – the second highest for October, behind the 117 tornadoes in October 2001.

Wikipedia [LINK]

NWS Detroit [LINK]

Storm Prediction Center October 2007 Storm Reports [LINK]






Record Weather Events for October 19th

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

Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1984
Lowest Temperature 21°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
Greatest Rainfall 3.20 inches in Highlands in 1916

The excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Fourteen of the 1916 Hurricane Season. [LINK]
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 19th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 92°F in Kinston, Lenoir County in 1938
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1948
Greatest Rainfall 6.50 inches in Lenoir, Caldwell County in 1879
Greatest Snowfall 3.0 inches in Montreat, Yancey County in 1927

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 7:43 a.m.
Sun transit 1:18 p.m.
Sunset 6:53 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:19 p.m.


Moon

Moonset 2:42 a.m.
Moonrise 4:33 p.m.
Moon transit 10:03 p.m.
Moonset 3:38 a.m. tomorrow morning


Phase of the Moon on October 19, 2018: Waxing Gibbous with 76% 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 2:58 am on October 19, 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.