Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
353 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2020
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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2020
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 92 07/21 93 -1 93 07/05
07/20 07/04
LOWEST -2 02/27 -10 8 -15 01/01
02/01
01/14
AVG. MAXIMUM 53.9 54.7 -0.8 54.9
AVG. MINIMUM 36.6 36.8 -0.2 37.4
MEAN 45.2 45.7 -0.5 46.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 4 4.8 -0.8 7
DAYS MAX <= 32 67 57.5 9.5 58
DAYS MIN <= 32 151 145.4 5.6 158
DAYS MIN <= 0 8 11.0 -3.0 6
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 57.31 2005
MINIMUM 25.79 2001
TOTALS 41.22 41.88 -0.66 42.14
DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.11 0.00 0.12
DAYS >= .01 150 135.4 14.6 128
DAYS >= .10 82 79.1 2.9 81
DAYS >= .50 24 26.7 -2.7 31
DAYS >= 1.00 10 9.2 0.8 12
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.16 10/23
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 7515 7422 93 7317
SINCE 7/1 2718 2755 -37 2911
COOLING TOTAL 445 388 57 557
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/040 DATE 01/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/300 DATE 02/25
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
- 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 A WEEK OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM BROUGHT SNOW, FREEZING RAIN, AND RAIN ON JANUARY 8
AND 9 WITH COLDER AIR POURING INTO THE AREA BEHIND IT. AUGUSTA SPENT
MOST OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS BELOW FREEZING INCLUDING A LOW OF 2 BELOW
ZERO ON JANUARY 14. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM CAME ON JANUARY
19 AND 20. ALTHOUGH MORE ARCTIC AIR ARRIVED BEHIND THIS STORM, IT
DIDN`T LAST LONG AS THE JANUARY THAW WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. THE
TEMPERATURE WARMED ALL THE WAY TO 50 DEGREES ON JANUARY 24 ALONG
WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN. THIS TREND OF OSCILLATING TEMPERATURE
SWINGS BETWEEN VERY WARM WEATHER AND VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUED
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. AFTER FALLING TO 2 BELOW ZERO AGAIN ON FEBRUARY
1, THE TEMPERATURE SOARED ALL THE WAY TO 56 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 5.
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM CAME ON FEBRUARY 12 AND 13. ANOTHER
STORM BROUGHT SNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH WITH WINTER LIKE COLD
CONTINUING WELL INTO MARCH. EVENTUALLY MORE SPRING LIKE WARMTH
OVERCAME THE WINTER COLD AND THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 60 DEGREES FOR
THE FIRST TIME ON MARCH 31.
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS SAW FREQUENT CLOUDY AND SHOWERY WEATHER. FROM
APRIL TO JUNE AUGUSTA SAW 45 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION, THE
MOST SINCE 2006. THE CLOUDY, WET WEATHER MEANT MANY COOL DAYS AND
MILD NIGHTS. ALTHOUGH MOST RAINY DAYS DID NOT SEE EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL, THERE WERE A FEW HEAVIER RAINFALLS INCLUDING APRIL 26 AND
27 (1.67 INCHES) AND JUNE 20 (1.56 INCHES). A FEW BRIEF PERIODS OF
WARMTH WERE OBSERVED IN THE MIDST OF THE OTHERWISE CLOUDY, COOL, AND
WET SPRING. SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE WARMER DAYS WERE APRIL 13 (70),
MAY 20 (75), AND JUNE 10 (83).
AFTER THE CLOUDY AND WET SPRING KEPT THINGS COOL, THE WEATHER
PATTERN SHIFTED AT THE END OF JUNE AND FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. THERE
WERE THREE STRETCHES OF HOT WEATHER IN JULY. THE FIRST PEAKED AT 90
DEGREES ON JULY 6. THE NEXT WAS TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WHEN
THE TEMPERATURE HIT 92 DEGREES ON JULY 20 AND 21, THE HOTTEST DAYS
OF THE YEAR. ONE MORE STRETCH OF HOT WEATHER CAME AT THE END OF JULY
WITH THE TEMPERATURE PEAKING AT 91 ON JULY 30. A SERIES OF COLD
FRONTS BROUGHT SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IN AUGUST, ALTHOUGH THERE
WERE STILL SOME WARM DAYS IN THE 80S.
THE SERIES OF COLD FRONTS CONTINUED TO BRING COOL, DRY AIR MASSES
OUT OF CANADA AND INTO NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF
SEPTEMBER. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 37 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 19.
ONE FINAL STRETCH OF WARM WEATHER ARRIVED, WITH AUGUSTA SEEING THE
TEMPERATURE TOP 80 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 22 AND 23 BEFORE COOLER
WEATHER RETURNED. AUGUSTA SAW ITS FIRST FALL FREEZE ON OCTOBER 6,
THE EARLIEST FREEZE SINCE 2004.
A NEW WEATHER PATTERN BEGAN TO ESTABLISH ITSELF IN OCTOBER FEATURING
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES WITH NEW
ENGLAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS TROUGH. THIS MEANT WARM, MOIST
AIR WAS FUNNELED INTO THE AREA, ALONG WITH MORE FREQUENT RAINFALL.
THERE WERE 4 SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEMS TO IMPACT THE REGION IN LATE
OCTOBER. THE FIRST DROPPED AN INCH OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 17 AND BROUGHT
48 MPH WINDS AS WELL. THE NEXT DROPPED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON
OCTOBER 23. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN FELL ON OCTOBER 27, WITH ONE FINAL
STORM BEGINNING ON HALLOWEEN AND ENDING WITH 47 MPH WINDS ON
NOVEMBER 1.
MUCH COLDER AIR BEGAN MOVING INTO THE AREA IN MID NOVEMBER AS THE
LARGE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH AMERICA MOVED EAST. THIS
ALLOWED VERY COLD AIR TO POUR OUT OF THE ARCTIC AND INTO NEW
ENGLAND. IT ALL BEGAN WITH A COLD FRONT ON NOVEMBER 7 BRINGING THE
FIRST TASTE OF WINTER COLD. MUCH OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS SAW THE
TEMPERATURE 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE
WAS 10 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 14. GRADUALLY THE TEMPERATURE BEGAN TO
MODERATE TOWARD NORMAL LEVELS, ONLY TO DROP AGAIN FOR THE FIRST WEEK
OF DECEMBER. JUST WHEN IT SEEMED THAT WINTER HAD SETTLED IN EARLY,
THE COLD WEATHER BROKE AND WARMER WEATHER MOVED IN. AUGUSTA SAW 4
DAYS IN THE 50S ALONG WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WAS ON DECEMBER 13 AND 14 WHEN 1.80 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE
COLD AIR RUSHED IN AGAIN BEHIND THIS STORM WITH THE NEXT 7 DAYS
SPENT BELOW FREEZING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 5 DEGREES ON
DECEMBER 21 BEFORE WARMER CONDITIONS RETURNED JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
THE YEAR ENDED WITH ONE FINAL SNOWSTORM ON DECEMBER 30 AND 31.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 45.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.5
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND THE COOLEST YEAR SINCE 2014. THE COOLEST
YEAR WAS IN 1968 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 42.8 DEGREES. THE
WARMEST 49.3 DEGREES IN 1999. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES FOR EACH MONTH OF 2019 INCLUDING DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BY MONTH IN 2019
MONTH MAXIMUM MINIMUM AVERAGE NOTES
JANUARY 27.3 (-0.3) 10.4 (-0.6) 18.8 (-0.5)
FEBRUARY 30.3 (-1.5) 14.2 (-0.3) 22.2 (-1.0)
MARCH 38.5 (-1.9) 21.8 (-1.6) 30.1 (-1.8)
APRIL 51.5 (-1.6) 35.4 (+0.8) 43.4 (-0.5)
MAY 60.6 (-4.6) 43.6 (-1.0) 52.1 (-2.8) 9TH COOLEST
JUNE 73.0 (-0.8) 53.8 (-0.4) 63.4 (-0.6)
JULY 83.1 (+3.9) 62.2 (+2.3) 72.7 (+3.2) 5TH WARMEST
AUGUST 78.9 (+0.9) 58.9 (+0.4) 68.9 (+0.6)
SEPTEMBER 70.0 (+0.4) 50.0 (-0.5) 60.0 (-0.0)
OCTOBER 58.2 (+1.0) 42.1 (+2.5) 50.2 (+1.8)
NOVEMBER 40.6 (-4.6) 26.0 (-4.6) 33.3 (-4.6) 3RD COLDEST
DECEMBER 34.8 (+1.3) 20.6 (+2.0) 27.7 (+1.6)
ANNUAL 53.9 (-0.8) 36.6 (-0.2) 45.2 (-0.5)
THE GROWING SEASON, AS DEFINED AS THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE
FREEZING, LASTED FOR 170 DAYS IN 2019 FROM APRIL 18 THROUGH OCTOBER
6, 4 DAYS LONGER THAN NORMAL. THE LONGEST GROWING SEASON WAS 201
DAYS IN 2017 AND 1968. THE SHORTEST WAS 117 DAYS IN 1956.
A TOTAL OF 41.22 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.66 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS ON OCTOBER 23 WHEN 2.16
INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST IN 2005 WHEN 57.31 INCHES WAS
MEASURED. THE DRIEST WAS IN 2001 WITH ONLY 25.79 INCHES. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR EACH MONTH OF
2019 INCLUDING DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL.
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR 2019
MONTH PRECIPITATION NOTES
JANUARY 4.25 (+1.64)
FEBRUARY 2.50 (+0.07)
MARCH 2.06 (-1.31)
APRIL 4.20 (+0.41)
MAY 3.70 (+0.01)
JUNE 5.37 (+1.81)
JULY 1.62 (-1.80)
AUGUST 4.29 (+0.98)
SEPTEMBER 1.13 (-2.61) 5TH DRIEST
OCTOBER 7.23 (+2.87) 8TH WETTEST
NOVEMBER 2.91 (-1.45)
DECEMBER 3.78 (+0.54)
ANNUAL 41.22 (-0.66)
THERE WERE 10 DAYS THAT RECORDED AT LEAST 1.00 INCH OF
PRECIPITATION. THIS WAS ONLY 0.8 DAYS ABOVE NORMAL. THE FOLLOWING
TABLE LISTS THE DAYS WHICH RECEIVED AT LEAST 1.00 INCH OF
PRECIPITATION IN 2019.
DAYS WITH AT LEAST 1.00 INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN 2019
DAY PRECIPITATION
JANUARY 24 1.45
APRIL 27 1.18
JUNE 20 1.56
AUGUST 21 1.16
AUGUST 29 1.32
OCTOBER 17 1.01
OCTOBER 23 2.16
OCTOBER 27 1.09
NOVEMBER 24 1.06
DECEMBER 14 1.72
CLIMATE INFORMATION FROM AUGUSTA IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE
AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM AT THE AUGUSTA STATE AIRPORT.
SNOWFALL DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE AS THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM DOES NOT
REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SNOWFALL OBSERVATIONS ARE
NOT AVAILABLE.
THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN 2019...
DATE RECORD PREVIOUS
JAN 20 0.98 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.81 IN 1993
FEB 5 56 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 48 IN 2006
APR 20 54 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 51 IN 1976
MAY 14 43 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 47 IN 2017
JUN 20 1.56 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.52 IN 1949
JUL 21 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 71 IN 1980 (TIED)
SEP 23 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 62 IN 2011 & OTHERS
OCT 17 1.01 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.95 IN 1977
OCT 31 54 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 52 IN 2004
NOV 8 33 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 33 IN 1992 (TIED)
NOV 12 31 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 32 IN 2004, 1985 & 1968
NOV 12 16 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 20 IN 1981
NOV 13 23 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 32 IN 1990
NOV 13 11 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 13 IN 1986
NOV 14 10 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 13 IN 1986
NOV 17 13 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 13 IN 1967 (TIED)
NOV 24 1.06 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.98 IN 1959
DEC 10 39 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 38 IN 1966, 1952
DEC 14 54 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 50 IN 2006, 1973
DEC 15 53 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 52 IN 2008, 1975
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