Like all the other southern US cities, Atlanta is well used to heat and humidity during the summer months but this year has been exceptional. After a wet spring, nights have held unusually warm with a record streak of consecutive nights at or above 60F which started early (May) and continued late (September) and in between, the amount of nights remaining at or above 70. The likely contributor was wet ground and unusually warm waters in the Atlantic which kept humidity higher than normal, hence the reason for warm nights.
Another interesting fact is that Atlanta started off October on a very hot note. Not only seeing the first October 90s since 1954 but highs climbed as high as 93 and 90 was topped 3 days in a row.
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Another (not so) cool recent stat for the Atlanta area: From May 1st through October 2nd, we have had 115 days where the observed high temperature exceeded the normal high for the given day. This compared to just 19 days where the observed low was below normal. #gawx
— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) October 3, 2018
For Atlanta, we have already seen 2 days with temperatures above 90 degrees this month. Today will likely be the 3rd day! Aside from the past 2 days, Atlanta hasn't seen temperatures greater than 90 degrees in October since 1954! #gawx pic.twitter.com/utO51BDRUj
— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) October 5, 2018
(1/3)… Are you missing the cooler fall-like temperatures? There's a reason for that.
In Atlanta, we haven't seen temperatures below 60 degrees for 151 consecutive days (as of 10/02). That's a new record, shattering the previous longest streak of 136 days set back in 2002.— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) October 3, 2018
(2/3)… Furthermore, we haven't observed sub-60 degree temperatures since May 4th, that's the earliest date on record that observed temperatures remained above sub-60 degrees going into the summertime season (usually the last time we see sub-60 temps is in early- to mid- June).
— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) October 3, 2018
(3/3)… Finally, the latest date Atlanta has reached sub-60 temperatures coming out of the summer season is October 9th, back in 2002 (normally we first time the Atlanta area hits sub-60 temps is in early- to mid-September) and the forecast shows us shattering that record also.
— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) October 3, 2018
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