NOUS46 KPQR 232252 CCA PNSPQR ...2006 ASTORIA YEAR IN REVIEW CORRECTED... ...RECAP... 2006 WAS ALL BUT A NORMAL YEAR FOR ASTORIA. THE YEAR WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH MOST MONTHS REPORTING BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...JANUARY AND NOVEMBER WERE OUTLIERS WITH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION TOTALS...ACCOUNTING FOR ALMOST 70 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL ANNUAL PRECIPITATION. THESE MONTHS NOW STAND AS THE WETTEST RESPECTIVE MONTHS ON RECORD HELPING TO BRING THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THE YEAR TO NEARLY 13 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE YEAR ENDED WITH A BARRAGE OF WINDSTORMS THAT BATTERED THE COASTAL REGIONS. ...NOTABLE EVENTS... ...JANUARY RAIN... A WET WEATHER PATTERN POUNDED ASTORIA WITH RAIN BREAKING DAILY AND MONTHLY ASTORIA PRECIPITATION RECORDS. THE MONTH ENDED WITH NEARLY 300 PERCENT OF ITS NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THIS MONTH ALSO BOASTED TWO RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES AND NOW RANKS AS THE 4TH WARMEST JANUARY EVER RECORDED. ...NOVEMBER RAIN... A SOGGY NOVEMBER SOAKED MUCH OF THE REGION AND DID NOT SPARE ASTORIA. ASTORIA RECEIVED NEARLY 10 INCHES OF RAIN IN A THREE DAY PERIOD IN EARLY NOVEMBER GOING ON TO BREAK THE MONTHS ALL TIME RAINFALL RECORD. ...NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WINDS... ASTORIA AND THE COAST WERE BATTERED BY MULTIPLE WIND STORMS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WITH SOME REPORTS IN EXCESS OF 90 MPH. ...RECORDS SET IN 2006... ==================================================================== HIGH TEMPERATURES LOW TEMPERATURES PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ================= ================ ====================== JAN 5 - 63 FEB 19 - 19 JAN 5 - 2.91 JAN 24 - 64 FEB 20 - 25 AUG 9 - 0.12 APR 23 - 73 MAY 9 - 34 NOV 5 - 2.80 MAY 14 - 72 OCT 31 - 29 NOV 6 - 2.65 MAY 15 - 91 NOV 28 - 26 NOV 7 - 3.33 JUN 25 - 82 NOV 29 - 25 JUN 26 - 85 ================================================================== ...PRELIMINARY CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR THE ASTORIA AIRPORT 2006... ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVG AVG AVG DEPARTURE TEMPERATURE MONTH HIGH LOW MEAN FROM NORMAL HIGHEST/LOWEST REMARKS ==================================================================== JAN 51.6 40.8 46.2 +3.8 64/36 4TH WARMEST FEB 50.2 35.1 42.7 -1.5 60/19 MAR 51.7 37.8 44.8 -1.2 63/29 APR 56.5 41.1 48.8 -0.3 73/34 MAY 62.0 44.6 53.3 +0.6 91/34 JUN 65.6 51.8 58.7 +2.0 85/46 JUL 67.7 53.2 60.5 +0.4 81/46 AUG 66.1 52.0 59.1 -1.7 75/45 SEP 67.4 49.4 58.4 -0.1 87/42 OCT 59.9 42.1 51.0 -1.6 70/29 NOV 52.3 40.8 46.6 0.0 60/25 DEC 49.0 36.4 42.7 -0.1 56/29 ==================================================================== ANNUAL 58.3 43.8 51.1 +0.1 91/19 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE...91 ON MAY 15TH COLDEST TEMPERATURE...19 ON FEBRUARY 19TH LAST SPRING FROST DAY...MARCH 19TH FIRST FALL FROST DAY...OCTOBER 30TH ...RAINFALL DATA... TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE MONTH PRECIP PRECIP FROM NORMAL REMARKS ================================================================ JAN 24.10 9.62 +14.48 **WETTEST** FEB 2.94 7.87 -4.93 MAR 5.66 7.37 -1.71 APR 3.41 4.93 -1.52 MAY 3.30 3.28 +0.02 JUN 2.14 2.57 -0.43 JUL 1.19 1.16 +0.03 AUG 0.56 1.21 -0.65 SEP 1.44 2.61 -1.17 OCT 3.29 5.61 -2.32 NOV 21.07 10.50 +10.57 **WETTEST** DEC 10.75 10.40 +0.35 ================================================================ ANNUAL 79.85 67.13 +12.72 WATER YEAR(OCT 1 - SEP 30)...78.53 INCHES WHICH IS 11.40 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. ...WIND DATA... STRONGEST WIND GUST...67 MPH ON NOVEMBER 15...DECEMBER 11...AND DECEMBER 14TH...F FROM...180(SOUTH)...140(SOUTH EAST)...AND 190(SOUTH)...RESPECTIVELY.