Almanac for October 21, 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


1966: An avalanche of mud and rocks buries a school in Aberfan, Wales, killing 148 people, mostly young students. The elementary school was in a valley below where a mining operation dumped its waste. In the days leading up to October 21, there was heavy rain in the area. After five months of investigation and the deposition of more than 100 witnesses, it was determined that the tip had blocked the natural course of water down the hill. As the water was soaked into the tip, pressure built up inside until it cracked, with devastating results. The site of the disaster later became a park.

BBC [LINK]

Wikipedia [LINK]

Channel 4 News Retrospective



Daily Mail [LINK]




Record Weather Events for October 21st

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

Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016
Lowest Temperature 14°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest Rainfall 1.80 inches in Franklin in 1882
Geatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date)



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 21st in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 92°F in Monroe, Union County in 1943
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1952
Greatest Rainfall 5.26 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1929
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Boone, Watauga County in 1989

The excessive rainfall was due to Hurricane Gladys. [LINK] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gladys_(1968)



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 7:19 a.m.
Sunrise 7:45 a.m.
Sun transit 1:18 p.m.
Sunset 6:51 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:17 p.m.


Moon

Moonset 4:34 a.m.
Moonrise 5:37 p.m.
Moon transit 11:31 p.m.
Moonset 5:32 a.m. on tomorrow morning


Phase of the Moon on October 21, 2018: Waxing Gibbous with 90% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
Closest Primary Moon Phase: Full Moon on October 24, 2018 at 12:45 p.m. (local daylight time)


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Published at 2:40 am on October 21, 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.