Rainfall was very low, 0.45", which is 2.77" below normal. A very discouraging start to the year. Perhaps this will be the 7th lean year in a row for rain. We had been hoping not after the exceptionally dry years of 2010 and 2011. But we get what we get.
We tied one record during January. On January 24, we tied our record for the warmest low temperature, 59 degrees. The record was previously set in 2002.
February is a transition month here, but still wintry by our standards. Days are cooler than you might thing in south GA, being moderated by the cool ocean. Freezes are half as frequent as in January, however. And by late in the month, even afternoon temperatures start to rise enough to notice.
The average rainfall increases slightly in February, to 3.47", vs 3.22" in January. I really hope we exceed the normal! Average temperature in February is 54.3 degrees, up 2.9 degrees from January.
The technical weather discussion from the Jacksonville weather office can be read here.
St. Simons Island's official weather observations for the past 72 hours can be viewed here.
FEBRUARY WEATHER DIARY
Feb 1...........52.3 / 71.2.......43.2 / 60.7............+9.8
Feb 2...........56.7 / 72.5.......43.3 / 60.8..........+12.5
Feb 3...........55.4 / 66.4.......43.4 / 61.0............+8.7
Feb 4...........57.6 / 72.7.......43.6 / 61.1..........+12.8
Feb 5...........58.8 / 76.6.......43.8 / 61.3..........+15.1
Feb 6...........56.3 / 62.1.......44.1 / 61.5...........+6.4
Feb 7...........49.5 / 62.1.......44.3 / 61.6...........+2.8
Feb 8...........45.9 / 68.2.......44.5 / 61.7...........+3.9
Feb 9...........41.5 / 62.8.......44.6 / 61.9............-1.1
Feb 10.........53.6 / 63.0.......44.8 / 62.1...........+4.8.............0.03" rain
Feb 11.........32.7 / 59.2.......44.9 / 62.3............-7.6.............0.01" rain
Feb 12.........24.3 / 47.3.......45.0 / 62.4..........-17.9
Feb 13.........26.8 / 54.5.......45.2 / 62.5..........-13.2
Feb 14.........42.4 / 63.5.......45.4 / 62.6...........-1.0..............0.07" rain
Feb 15.........55.0 / 60.4.......45.4 / 62.8..........+3.5..............0.13" rain
Feb 16.........55.4 / 72.5.......45.6 / 63.0..........+9.6
Feb 21.........47.8 / 64.9.......46.5 / 64.0..........+1.1
Feb 22.........51.1 / 72.9.......46.7 / 64.3..........+6.5..............0.36" rain
Feb 23.........63.3 / 80.6.......47.0 / 64.5.........+16.2
Feb 24.........57.4 / 83.1.......47.3 / 64.7.........+14.2.............0.06" rain
Feb 25.........45.5 / 59.0.......47.5 / 65.0...........-4.0..............37.6° degree drop
Feb 26.........43.3 / 59.0.......47.7 / 65.1...........-5.2..............0.05" rain
Feb 27.........56.5 / 63.9.......47.9 / 65.3..........+3.6..............0.81" rain
Feb 28.........58.5 / 65.1.......48.2 / 65.6..........+4.9
Feb 29.........56.7 / 78.3.......48.5 / 65.9..........+10.3
Highs for 2012
40s..........2
50s..........7
60s..........28
70s..........19
80s..........4
Lows for 2012
20s..........3
30s..........7
40s..........18
50s..........30
60s..........2
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE
0526 PM EST SUN FEB 05 2012
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT ST SIMONS ISLAND...
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES WAS SET AT ST SIMONS ISLAND
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 80 SET IN 1997.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE
0526 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT ST SIMONS ISLAND...
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES WAS SET AT ST SIMONS ISLAND TODAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 82 SET IN 1956.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE
715 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT ST SIMONS ISLAND...
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES WAS SET AT ST SIMONS ISLAND
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 80 SET IN 1996.
The Jax NWS office didn't issue a statement for this, but the record for the highest low temperature has also been broken for February 23. The low was 65, breaking the record of 62 in 1975. This ties the record for the warmest monthly low in February, which was also set on February 14, 1950.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE
0527 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT ST SIMONS ISLAND...
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES WAS SET AT ST SIMONS ISLAND TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 82 SET IN 1962.
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0610 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 6 NNE BRUNSWICK 31.22N 81.42W
02/24/2012 GLYNN GA PUBLIC
THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN BRUNSWICK AND
ST SIMONS ISLAND.
8 day model forecast graphic:
