Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
802 PM EST WED JAN 05 2022
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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2022
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 100 08/05/1955
LOW -23 02/02/1962
HIGHEST 94 06/28 93 1 94 06/20
06/29
06/30
LOWEST -3 01/31 -10 7 -9 02/15
AVG. MAXIMUM 57.2 55.3 1.9 56.6
AVG. MINIMUM 39.8 37.0 2.8 38.7
MEAN 48.5 46.1 2.4 47.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 9 4.9 4.1 5
DAYS MAX <= 32 50 56.6 -6.6 35
DAYS MIN <= 32 131 146.7 -15.7 150
DAYS MIN <= 0 1 10.0 -9.0 6
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 57.31 2005
MINIMUM 25.79 2001
TOTALS 35.48 41.84 -6.36 43.33
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.11 -0.01 0.12
DAYS >= .01 138 137.3 0.7 122
DAYS >= .10 71 78.8 -7.8 71
DAYS >= .50 21 26.4 -5.4 29
DAYS >= 1.00 7 9.2 -2.2 12
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.78 10/30 TO 10/31
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 6382 7278 -896 6803
SINCE 7/1 2234 2667 -433 2452
COOLING TOTAL 542 428 114 581
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/300 DATE 03/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/310 DATE 03/02
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 19 HEAVY RAIN 28
RAIN 50 LIGHT RAIN 140
FREEZING RAIN 4 LT FREEZING RAIN 12
HEAVY SNOW 5 SNOW 13
LIGHT SNOW 46 FOG 186
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 59 HAZE 38
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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THE YEAR BEGAN WITH MILD WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF
JANUARY. ALTHOUGH JANUARY STARTED MILD THE JANUARY THAW ARRIVED ON
16TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 43 DEGREES WITH 1.22 INCHES OF RAIN.
CONDITIONS TURNED COLDER THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY WITH MORE FREQUENT
COLD IN FEBRUARY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR WAS THREE
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON JANUARY 31ST. MARCH FEATURED LARGE TEMPERATURE
SWINGS BETWEEN ABOVE NORMAL TO WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES DURING
THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. THE SECOND HALF OF MARCH TURNED MILD
AND THROUGH THE REST OF SPRING TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL
WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE FIRST 70 DEGREE DAY ARRIVED ON
APRIL 10TH WITH A HIGH OF 78 DEGREES AND THE LAST FREEZE WAS ON
APRIL 22ND. THE WARM AND DRY SPRING LED TO LITTLE IN THE WAY OF THE
TRADITIONAL MUD SEASON ALONG WITH A RESURGENCE IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. AFTER A HIGH OF 92 DEGREES ON MAY 26TH
THE WARM AND DRY WEATHER PATTERN WAS INTERRUPTED BY COOL AND RAINY
CONDITIONS OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES REBOUNDED QUICKLY GOING INTO JUNE. THERE WERE TWO HEAT
WAVES IN JUNE WITH THE FIRST ONE OCCURRING FROM JUNE 5TH TO THE 9TH
WHEN HIGHS WERE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. THE HEAT BACKED OFF IN
THE MIDDLE OF JUNE, BUT CAME BACK AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR THE
HOTTEST WEATHER OF THE YEAR WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 94 DEGREES ON JUNE
28TH, 29TH, AND 30TH. THE HOT AND DRY WEATHER TOOK QUITE THE TURN IN
THE OTHER DIRECTION GOING INTO JULY. THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND WAS
COOL AND VERY WET WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DID NOT GET ABOVE 64
DEGREES FOR THREE STRAIGHT DAYS. THE COOLEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND WAS
JULY 4TH WITH A HIGH OF ONLY 57 DEGREES ALONG WITH 1.18 INCHES OF
RAIN. THE COOL AND RAINY HOLIDAY WEEKEND WAS FOLLOWED BY THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ELSA BRINGING 2.39 INCHES OF RAIN ON JULY
9TH. WET AND COOL WEATHER WOULD END UP BEING THE THEME FOR JULY
HELPING TO REDUCE THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT SET IN OVER THE SPRING
AND EARLY SUMMER. THE WEATHER PATTERN THAT BROUGHT COOL AND WET
CONDITIONS IN JULY BROKE DOWN GOING INTO AUGUST. THERE WERE TWO
PERIODS OF SUMMER HEAT WITH MULTIPLE DAYS INTO THE UPPER 80S TO 90
DEGREES ALONG WITH EXTENDED PERIODS WITHOUT MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION. THE EXTENDED DRY PERIODS WERE INTERRUPTED BY THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FRED THAT BROUGHT 0.67 INCHES OF RAIN ON
AUGUST 19TH.
THE WEATHER TURNED MORE ACTIVE INTO SEPTEMBER WITH THE THEME FOR THE
FALL BEING WARM AND WET CONDITIONS. THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA
BROUGHT ALMOST AN INCH OF RAIN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AND 2ND, CONTINUING
THE TREND OF POST TROPICAL SYSTEMS BRINGING HEAVY BOUTS OF RAIN TO
THE AREA. MILD AND RELATIVELY DRY WEATHER DOMINATED THE FIRST HALF
OF OCTOBER. GOING INTO THE END OF OCTOBER THE PATTERN CHANGED
FAVORING NOR`EASTERS. A STRONG NOR`EASTER BROUGHT RAIN AND WINDS ON
OCTOBER 27TH FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SYSTEM BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
HALLOWEEN WEEKEND. THE SYSTEM OVER HALLOWEEN WEEKEND BROUGHT THE
GREATEST STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF THE YEAR WITH 2.82 INCHES ON
OCTOBER 30TH AND 31ST. MILD CONDITIONS CONTINUED INTO NOVEMBER WITH
THE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO 60 DEGREES OR GREATER TWICE DURING THE
FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. THE FIRST FREEZE DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL
NOVEMBER 3RD MAKING THIS THE SECOND LATEST FREEZE ON RECORD. COOLER
WEATHER FINALLY ARRIVED AROUND THANKSGIVING LASTING THROUGH THE END
OF NOVEMBER. THE FIRST HALF OF DECEMBER FEATURED SOME LARGE SWINGS
IN TEMPERATURES WITH MORE PERSISTENT COLD SETTLING INTO THE AREA THE
SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH. WITH THIS COLDER AIR CAME SOME SNOW WITH
SNOW FALLING ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 48.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.4
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 2ND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE WARMEST
YEAR WAS IN 1999 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AS 49.3 DEGREES. THE
COLDEST WAS 42.8 DEGREES IN 1968. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR EACH MONTH OF 2021 INCLUDING DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BY MONTH IN 2021
MONTH MAXIMUM MINIMUM AVERAGE NOTES
JANUARY 32.1 (+4.5) 19.1 (+8.1) 25.6 (+6.3) 5TH WARMEST
FEBRUARY 31.0 (-0.8) 16.9 (+2.4) 23.9 (+0.7)
MARCH 43.1 (+2.7) 23.8 (+0.4) 33.5 (+1.6)
APRIL 56.6 (+3.5) 36.3 (+1.7) 46.4 (+2.5)
MAY 67.5 (+1.7) 45.1 (+0.4) 56.3 (+1.0)
JUNE 79.8 (+5.4) 57.6 (+3.5) 68.7 (+4.5) 2ND WARMEST
JULY 74.2 (-5.7) 58.6 (-1.7) 66.4 (-3.7) 5TH COOLEST
AUGUST 80.8 (+1.9) 63.3 (+4.5) 72.0 (+3.1) 2ND WARMEST
SEPTEMBER 72.8 (+1.9) 55.7 (+4.7) 64.2 (+3.2) 6TH WARMEST
OCTOBER 62.3 (+4.4) 46.5 (+6.1) 54.4 (+5.2) 3RD WARMEST
NOVEMBER 48.6 (+2.9) 31.3 (+1.0) 39.9 (+1.9)
DECEMBER 38.0 (+3.3) 23.2 (+3.4) 30.6 (+3.4)
ANNUAL 57.2 (+1.9) 39.8 (+2.8) 48.5 (+2.4) 2ND WARMEST
*NOTE THAT THE NWS BEGAN USING NEW 30-YEAR NORMAL VALUES IN MAY OF
2021. THE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL LISTED HERE IS THE DEPARTURE FROM
THE NORMAL USED AT THE TIME. JANUARY THROUGH APRIL USES THE OLD
NORMAL VALUES, WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND THE ANNUAL VALUES
ARE REPORTED RELATIVE TO THE NEW 1991-2020 NORMALS.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 48.5 DEGREES WAS THE 2ND WARMEST ON
RECORD FOR AUGUSTA. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST AVERAGE
ANNUAL TEMPERATURES AT AUGUSTA.
WARMEST ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1948)...
RANK AVE YEAR
1 49.3 1999
2 48.5 2021 <===
3 48.4 2010
4 47.9 1998
5 47.8 2006
6 47.7 2020
47.7 2012
8 47.5 1973
9 47.4 1953
10 47.2 2016
47.2 1990
47.2 1971
THE GROWING SEASON, AS DEFINED AS THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE
FREEZING, LASTED FOR 196 DAYS IN 2021 FROM APRIL 22ND THROUGH
NOVEMBER 3RD. THIS WAS 24 DAYS LONGER THAN THE NORMAL OF 172 DAYS.
THE LONGEST GROWING SEASON WAS 201 DAYS IN 2017 AND 1968. THE
SHORTEST GROWING SEASON WAS 117 DAYS LONG IN 1956.
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR 2021
MONTH PRECIPITATION NOTES
JANUARY 1.89 (-0.72)
FEBRUARY 2.14 (-0.29)
MARCH 1.95 (-1.42)
APRIL 3.58 (-0.21)
MAY 1.67 (-1.60)
JUNE 0.70 (-3.31) 3RD DRIEST
JULY 6.62 (+3.42) 5TH WETTEST
AUGUST 1.12 (-2.29) 6TH DRIEST
SEPTEMBER 6.14 (+2.24)
OCTOBER 4.19 (-0.50)
NOVEMBER 3.10 (-0.85)
DECEMBER 2.38 (-1.06)
ANNUAL 35.48 (-6.36)
*NOTE THAT THE NWS BEGAN USING NEW 30-YEAR NORMAL VALUES IN MAY OF
2021. THE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL LISTED HERE IS THE DEPARTURE FROM
THE NORMAL USED AT THE TIME. JANUARY THROUGH APRIL USES THE OLD
NORMAL VALUES, WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND THE ANNUAL VALUES
ARE REPORTED RELATIVE TO THE NEW 1991-2020 NORMALS.
DAYS WITH AT LEAST 1.00 INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN 2021
DAY PRECIPITATION
JANUARY 16 1.22
JULY 4 1.18
JULY 9 2.39
SEPTEMBER 24 1.06
SEPTEMBER 26 1.76
OCTOBER 31 2.10
NOVEMBER 12 1.57
THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN 2021...
DATE RECORD PREVIOUS
JAN 16 1.22 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.94 IN 1959
MAR 5 18 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 18 IN 2014, 1978 (TIED)
MAR 15 18 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 20 IN 1993
MAR 26 43 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 43 IN 1953 (TIED)
APR 8 66 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 66 IN 1991, 1981 (TIED)
APR 9 67 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 1981
APR 10 78 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2017
APR 12 44 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 44 IN 2017 (TIED)
APR 22 36 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 37 IN 2020
MAY 26 92 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 88 IN 2010
MAY 31 55 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 56 IN 2005
JUN 4 61 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 59 IN 1960
JUN 6 89 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 85 IN 1968 AND OTHERS
JUN 6 67 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 60 IN 2020, 1966
JUN 7 92 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 92 IN 1999 (TIED)
JUN 7 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 61 IN 1999
JUN 24 48 - COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE 48 IN 1958 (TIED)
JUN 28 94 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 93 IN 1991
JUN 29 94 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 IN 1997, 1965
JUN 29 72 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 71 IN 1999
JUN 30 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 1973
JUL 4 57 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 57 IN 1992 (TIED)
JUL 4 1.18 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.18 IN 1973 (TIED)
JUL 9 2.39 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.59 IN 1997
JUL 18 0.87 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.71 IN 1995
JUL 25 67 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 68 IN 2015, 1964
AUG 13 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 1984 AND OTHERS
AUG 18 68 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 2009 AND OTHERS (TIED)
AUG 19 68 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 2009, 1973 (TIED)
AUG 20 69 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 1971
AUG 24 69 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 1972
AUG 25 70 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 70 IN 1972 (TIED)
SEP 22 63 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 63 IN 1965 AND 1957 (TIED)
SEP 23 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 64 IN 2019 (TIED)
SEP 24 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 63 IN 2011
OCT 12 77 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 75 IN 1995, 1984, 1949
OCT 14 77 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 77 IN 2000 (TIED)
NOV 12 1.57 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.96 IN 1995
DEC 16 33 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 33 IN 2011 AND OTHERS (TIED)
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