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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
854 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2024

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...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM
3/1/2024 TO 5/31/2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           93   05/22         90       3       92  05/28
LOWEST            15   03/01          9       6       22  03/01
AVG. MAXIMUM    60.7               58.2     2.5     60.5
AVG. MINIMUM    40.7               37.5     3.2     38.1
MEAN            50.7               47.9     2.8     49.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     2                1.3     0.7        3
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                3.1    -3.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    24               29.6    -5.6       30
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.2    -0.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS         15.10              10.16    4.94    12.01
DAILY AVG.      0.16               0.11    0.05     0.13
DAYS >= .01       39               34.6     4.4       30
DAYS >= .10       26               20.3     5.7       16
DAYS >= .50       10                6.7     3.3        7
DAYS >= 1.00       3                2.2     0.8        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.06   03/23

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS          12.9                                17.7
SINCE 7/1       37.8                                53.2
DAYS >= TRACE      8                                  11
DAYS >= 1.0        4                                   2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        7   04/05                          10 03/05

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1339               1615    -276     1453
 SINCE 7/1      5222               6124    -902     5331
COOLING TOTAL     64                 38      26       29
 SINCE 1/1        64                 38      26       29
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/310    DATE  03/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/300    DATE  03/11

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER        0.68

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     63

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     HEAVY RAIN                 7
RAIN                     21     LIGHT RAIN                46
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                8     FOG                       39
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     4     HAZE                       6

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS 50.7 DEGREES,
WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS
IN 2012 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.4 DEGREES. THE COLDEST
WAS 40.4 DEGREES IN 1967.

A TOTAL OF 15.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 4.94 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON MARCH 23RD WHEN
2.06 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 1953
WHEN 18.24 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 3.71 INCHES
IN 2015.

HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885, BUT WITHIN THIS
RECORD THERE REMAIN NUMEROUS YEARS OF UNAVAILABLE DATA. DUE TO THIS,
HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AS SOME
SIGNIFICANT EXTREMES MAY BE MISSING FROM THE DATA. MORE CONSISTENT
MODERN RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998 AND CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT.

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