CXUS56 KEKA 060513 CLMEKA SFOCLMEKA 000 TTAA00 EKA 060334 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 832 PM PDT SUN APR 05 2026 ................................... ...THE EUREKA CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1886 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 MM LOW 30 03/07/2012 03/10/2009 12/12/1932 HIGHEST 69 03/24 MM MM 70 LOWEST 37 03/11 MM MM 37 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.5 56.1 2.4 55.6 AVG. MINIMUM 45.1 42.4 2.7 43.2 MEAN 51.8 49.2 2.6 49.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 19.05 1904 MINIMUM 0.07 1916 TOTALS 0.48 5.75 -5.27 DAYS >= .01 6 16.0 -10.0 22 DAYS >= .10 1 11.3 -10.3 19 DAYS >= .50 0 4.2 -4.2 10 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.2 -1.2 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.30 03/04 TO 03/04 LIQUID 7/1 MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 401 488 -87 475 SINCE 7/1 2936 3456 -520 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 17/350 DATE 03/05 17/030 03/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 28/MM DATE 03/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 10 HAIL 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTED FOR MUCH OF THE MONTH, LEADING TO MUCH LOWER THAN AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. JUST A COUPLE WEAK STORM SYSTEMS AND COASTAL DRIZZLE DROPPED 0.48 INCHES OF RAIN, MAKING 2026 THE SECOND DRIEST MARCH ON RECORD AND SETTING EUREKA MUCH BELOW NORMAL FOR THE WATER YEAR. HIGH PRESSURE ALSO ALLOWED FOR A SOMEWHAT WARMER AND MUCH LESS CLOUDY THAN NORMAL MARCH. THOUGH HEATWAVES BROUGHT SOME NEAR RECORD HIGHS TO THE INTERIOR, MARINE INFLUENCE KEPT THE COAST MUCH CLOSER TO NORMAL TEMPERATURES. $$