Almanac for October 8, 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

1871: Fires swept Chicago, Wisconsin, and Michigan on this date in history. The Great Chicago Fire burned much of the city to the ground, fanned by strong southwest winds. An estimated 250 were killed. On the same night, forest fires swept through Peshtigo, Wisconsin. An estimated 1,500 to possibly as many as 2,500 dies as gale-force winds push flames across town. Severe drought blamed for tinder-dry conditions. An additional 200 die in Michigan fires.

Wikipedia: The Great Chicago Fire [LINK]

History Channel [LINK]

A video slideshow on the fire that was first presented to the Great Lakes Historical Society in 1971 and recreated in 2018 by Bill Ryan



A "You Are There" special hosted by Walter Cronkite focusing on the Chicago Fire


Wikipedia: Peshtigo Fire [LINK]

Wikipedia: Great Michigan Fire [LINK]



2016: Hurricane Matthew swept by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. 26 people would die in North Carolina as a result of this storm and 603 along its path. The storm caused $1.6 billion in damage in North Carolina and $15.06 billion in damages along its path.

Wikipedia [LINK]

NWS Morehead City Summary [LINK]

NWS Wilmington Summary [LINK]

A segment from CBS This Morning


A segment from NC Now that focuses on the flooding in Princeville, North Carolina




Record Weather Events for October 8th

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

Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2007
Lowest Temperature 26°F in Highlands in 1920
Greatest Rainfall 3.50 inches in Franklin in 1879
(The rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Five 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 8th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 98°F in Cedar Island, Carteret County in 2007
Lowest Temperature 19°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1954
Greatest Rainfall 12.53 inches in Lumberton, Robeson County in 2016
Greatest Snowfall (there was no snow recorded in this date in the state)

(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Matthew. More information is on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Matthew ).

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 7:08 a.m.
Sunrise 7:34 a.m.
Sun transit 1:21 p.m.
Sunset 7:08 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:33 p.m.


Moon

Moonrise 6:49 a.m.
Moon transit 1:07 p.m.
Moonset 7:16 p.m.


The phase of the Moon on October 8, 2018: New Moon at 11:47 p.m. (local daylight time)



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Published at 2:30 am on October 08, 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.