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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
734 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...JANUARY 2012 WAS MILD ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL...

TEMPERATURES IN JANUARY WERE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE
MONTH IN NASHVILLE. JANUARY 2012 WAS THE WARMEST JANUARY IN 6
YEARS AND THE 26TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED
43.3 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH IS 5.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 67 DEGREES ON THE 6TH AND THE COLDEST
WAS 20 DEGREES ON THE 4TH AND 14TH.

THERE WERE 15 DAYS WITH THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT OR BELOW FREEZING.
ON AVERAGE THERE ARE ABOUT 18 DAYS IN JANUARY WITH THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
AT OR BELOW FREEZING. THE MOST EVER IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY IS 29
DAYS IN 1985 AND LEAST IS 5 DAYS BACK IN 1880.

NO NEW DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING JANUARY
IN NASHVILLE.

RAINFALL FOR JANUARY 2012 TOTALED 5.13 INCHES WHICH IS 1.38 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY SINCE 2006. THE GREATEST
24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.90 INCHES WHICH FELL ON JANUARY 10TH AND
11TH.

SNOWFALL TOTALED 0.2 INCH FOR JANUARY 2012. THE SNOWIEST JANUARY
ON RECORD IN NASHVILLE WAS BACK IN 1948 WHEN 18.8 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL.

THERE WERE 5 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 7.6 MILES AN HOUR. THE
FASTEST GUST WAS 44 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 27TH.

THERE WERE 5 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN JANUARY.

FOG OCCURRED ON 14 DAYS...WITH 1 DAYS OF DENSE FOG.

THE HIGHEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WAS 30.57 INCHES ON THE 3RD.
THE LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WAS 29.47 INCHES ON THE 11TH.

CLARKSVILLE WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY. THE
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 41.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 5.7 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 67
DEGREES ON THE 17 AND THE COLDEST WAS 19 DEGREES ON THE 3RD AND
14TH.

THERE WERE 17 DAYS WITH THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT OR BELOW
FREEZING.

RAINFALL FOR JANUARY TOTALED 4.19 INCHES WHICH IS 0.88 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.43 INCHES ON THE
26TH.

THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.6 MILES AN HOUR. THE
FASTEST GUST WAS 49 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 23RD.

FOG OCCURRED ON 14 DAYS IN JANUARY WITH 2 DAYS OF DENSE FOG.

CROSSVILLE WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY. THE
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 40.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 4.6 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 61 DEGREES ON THE 6TH
AND 25TH AND THE COLDEST WAS 14 DEGREES ON THE 3RD.

THERE WERE 17 DAYS WITH THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT OR BELOW
FREEZING.

RAINFALL FOR JANUARY TOTALED 5.61 INCHES WHICH IS 0.85 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.49 INCHES ON THE
10TH AND THE 11TH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 6.2 MILES AN HOUR.
THE FASTEST GUST WAS 39 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 12TH.

THERE WAS 4 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

FOG OCCURRED ON 19 DAYS WITH 4 DAYS WITH DENSE FOG.

THERE WERE 2 TENNESSEE TORNADOES IN JANUARY 2012. ONE IN WEST TENNESSEE
AND ONE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES OCCURRED WITH
EITHER TORNADO.

THE MOST TORNADOES TO OCCUR IN TENNESSEE SINCE 1950 DURING THE
MONTH OF JANUARY IS 18 IN 1999 WITH 9 FATALITIES. THERE WERE 13
TORNADOES IN 1997 WITH NO FATALITIES. IN JANUARY 1957 THERE WERE 4
TORNADOES ONE OF WHICH STRUCK NASHVILLE.


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