Macon County Weather Briefing for Sunday, September 13, 2014 Our weather will remain a bit unsettled (although with lot less rain than expected) into early next week. The next cold front will arrive in the middle of the week and promises to bring a little cooler air with it. TODAY Patchy dense fog this morning. Cloudy with highs in the lower 70s. Winds will be light and variable this morning, then will come out of the northwest in the afternoon hours. 60% chance of rain. Less than a tenth of an inch is expected, more may be possible in locations hit by passing thunderstorms. TONIGHT Mostly cloudy with lows around 60 with winds being from the east before midnight, then from the south afterwards. 40% chance of rain. SUNDAY Mostly cloudy with highs in the mid 70s and light winds out of the south. 40% chance of rain. SUNDAY NIGHT Mostly cloudy with lows around 60 and light winds out of the south. 40% chance of rain. WEATHER EXTREMES ALMANAC FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 88°F in Coweeta Lab in 1998 and 1962, 92°F Franklin in 1962 and 97°F in Highlands in 1925 The state record for this date is 101°F in Jackson (Northampton County) in 1983 LOWEST TEMPERATURE 32°F in Highlands in 1917 and 42°F in Franklin in 1993 and 41°F at Coweeta Lab in 1943 The state record for this date is 30°F in Banner Elk (Avery County in 1940 and in Jefferson (Ashe County) in 1917 September 13th marks the earliest date of a freezing temperature recorded in Macon County in the records I have access to. If anyone knows of an earlier date, please let me know and post a link so I can check it out. MOST PRECIPITATION #1 -- 2.63 inches Highlands in 2004 #2 -- 2.18 inches Highlands in 1979 #3 -- 2.12 inches Coweeta Lab in 1966 #4 -- 2.07 inches Franklin in 1966 #5 -- 1.68 inches Franklin Lab in 2010 The state record for this date is 6.00 inches in Belhaven (Beaufort County) in 1917 Historical September Averages for Franklin 77.9°F Normal Minimum Temperature 55°F Monthly Precipitation 3.94 inches Historical September Averages for Highlands Normal Maximum Temperature 70.9°F Normal Minimum Temperature 50.7°F Monthly Precipitation 6.76 inches #WNCscan #MaconWx CROWD FUNDING EFFORT Please consider giving a dollar a month to my Patreon Campaign so I can can continue providing this service indefinitely and to add significant improvements that will blow your mind. :) Visit patreon/MaconMedia By giving a dollar a month, you can gain access to updates that only patreon supporters get to see.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:25:17 +0000
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