Welcome to Bob's Central Carolina Weather page. This page
contains information and links pertaining to Meteorology and
amateur radio. My call sign is WX4MMM
and I monitor most Raleigh area 2 meter repeaters. My weather
observing station location is in Northwestern Wake County near
Highway 98 and Highway 50. I have been continuously
recording climatic data since September 1985, including
daily maximun/minimun temperatures, precipitation, barometric
pressure, dew point, wind direction and wind speed (Davis Weather
Monitor II). Weather data from this station is uploaded to several
web sites including the Citzens Weather Obervation Program ( station
WX4MMM, AP098) and Weather
Underground.
I attended NC State and have a BS and MS in Meteorology and a member
of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), National
Weather Association (NWA), Atlantic Coast Observer Network (ACON), Raleigh
Amateur Radio Society (RARS), American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), Smith Chart Amateur Radio Society (K4OO), and Weather
Matrix. I am also an assistant emergency coordinator forCentral
Carolina Skywarn and a
CoCoRaHS observer for Wake Co (NC-WK-1) and Pender Co
(NC-PD-2)..
A significant number of outdoor events ( festivals, sporting
events,weddings, etc) now obtain weather insurance polices.
The insurance companies usually require a
independent weather observer to verify the local weather
conditions which I am available to provide this service
during weekends.
The average daily
temperature was below normal (+3.6 degrees)
and the monthly precipitation was 1.26 ” above normal. In fact,
the high temperature on August 29th was only 72
degrees. The highest temperature was 94 which occurred on August
17th and 18th. The year to dateprecipitation is now 10.78” above normal.
AUGUST 2017 DATA:
Max. Temp: 94 F , Min. Temp: 56 F , Avg.
Daily Temp: 74.9
degrees (-3.6 degrees below normal)
Precipitation: 5.52", Peak Wind: 18 mph, Max Snow Depth: 0.0" Days Max. Temp= > 90: 11 , Days Min Temp <32 degrees= 0.
2017 EXTREMES: Max. Temp: 99 degs (July 23rd) ; Min.
Temp: 6 F (January 9th)
Year To Date 90+ degree days 23
; Year to Date 32
degrees or lower: 30; Max. Peak Wind: 32 MPH ; Max 24 Precipitation: 4.67"
(April 24-25th );
Min Sea Level Pressure:951 mb (January 23rd) Year
to Date Precipitation: 39.87" (+10.78 inches above normal).
STATION RECORDS ( Since September 1986
Wake County):
Max. Temp: 105
F 7/31/99 Min. Temp: -1 F 2/5/96 Max.
Monthly
Precipitation: 23.2" 9/99 Min. Monthly Precipitation: Trace 10/2000 Max.
24 hour snowfall: 18" 1/24/-
1/25/2000 Peak Wnd: 51 MPH 3/26/2002
