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Weather Window Returns: January 2012 Data Summary for La Mesa

For data-minded individuals and the generally curious, this monthly submission provides an overview of meteorological highlights from the past month for La Mesa.

La Mesa Patch's Weather Window is back, but as a past-month summary of observed conditions. We hope you like and find value in this new format.

The above extremes apply to areas spanning ZIP codes 91941 to 91944. Due to geographic effect, modest variation may have applied for surrounding communities including Mount Helix, Casa de Oro and Spring Valley.

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RECORDED EXTREME VARIABLES FOR JANUARY 2012

VARIABLE

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HIGH

LOW

Temperature (°F)

85.8 (05-Jan)

40.5 (18-Jan)

Average Temperature for January (°F)

67.1

43.7

Humidity (%)

97 (21- and 24-Jan)

5 (13-Jan)

Pressure (in. Hg)

30.278 (18-Jan)

29.877 (27-Jan)

Monthly Precipitation (in.)

0.43

YTD Precipitation (in.) since 01-Jul-11

4.22

Monthy Evapotranspiration (in.)

2.991

High Wind Gust (mph and direction)

22 West (23-Jan)

High Solar Radiation (W/m2)

800 (14-Jan)

High UV Index

5.4 (25- and 26-Jan)

There's been considerable promotion about our particularly warm, dry winter to date, when actually, according to comparative data, January 2012 wasn't significantly different from January 2011 in terms of temperature and precipitation.

JANUARY 2011

VARIABLE

HIGH

LOW

Temperature (°F)

85.6 (17-Jan)

40.2 (02-Jan)

Monthly Precipitation (in.)

0.40

For a projection of daily conditions over the next 7 days, please visit the La Mesa forecast page of the National Weather Service.

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