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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
955 PM EST FRI DEC 03 2021

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM
9/1/2021 TO 11/30/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             96   09/09/2002
 LOW               4   11/22/2018
                       11/27/1978
                       11/28/1951
HIGHEST           81   09/18         85      -4       83  09/10
LOWEST            19   11/30         16       3       19  11/25
                                                          11/19
AVG. MAXIMUM    61.2               58.2     3.0     59.4
AVG. MINIMUM    44.5               40.6     3.9     41.2
MEAN            52.9               49.4     3.5     50.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.5    -0.5        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                2.3    -2.3        2
DAYS MIN <= 32    18               23.8    -5.8       26
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       23.76   2005
 MINIMUM        6.48   1984
TOTALS         13.43              12.54    0.89    13.68
DAILY AVG.      0.15               0.14    0.01     0.15
DAYS >= .01       39               33.8     5.2       33
DAYS >= .10       25               20.1     4.9       18
DAYS >= .50        7                8.1    -1.1        7
DAYS >= 1.00       4                3.3     0.7        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.78   10/30 TO 10/31


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1129               1463    -334     1361
 SINCE 7/1      1177               1496    -319     1400
COOLING TOTAL     46                 40       6       43
 SINCE 1/1       542                427     115      581
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/030    DATE  10/26
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    48/030    DATE  10/26

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.47

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     71

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              6     HEAVY RAIN                12
RAIN                     18     LIGHT RAIN                44
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                2     FOG                       47
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    17     HAZE                       2

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

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UNSETTLED AND COOL CONDITIONS DOMINATED THE FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER
WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA BRINGING MODERATE RAIN ON THE 1ST
AND 2ND. TEMPERATURES THEN TRENDED ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE MIDDLE
TO LATTER PART OF THE MONTH AS WARMER AND HUMID AIRMASSES CROSSED
THE AREA WITH A COOL DOWN TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH. THESE WARM AND
HUMID AIRMASSES LED TO SEVERAL DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTRIBUTING
TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH. OCTOBER ON THE WHOLE WAS
WARM AND RELATIVELY DRY FOR MUCH OF THE MONTH. THE AUGUSTA AREA
EXPERIENCED TWO MULTI DAY STRETCHES WHERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ROSE
TO 70 DEGREES OR HIGHER WITH THE LONGEST STRETCH OF HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S OCCURING FROM 11TH TO THE 14TH. IN ADDITION
TO WARM HIGH TEMPERATURES, OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES RAN ABOVE
NORMAL WITH THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH BEING 37 DEGREES ON
THE 24TH AND 29TH. PRECIPITATION EVENTS WERE SPARSE THROUGH THE
FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH BEFORE THE WEATHER PATTERN TURNED MORE
ACTIVE TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BROUGHT RAIN AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ON
THE 26TH WITH WIND GUSTS TOPPING OUT AT 48 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKED OVER THE AREA ON THE 30TH TO THE 31ST
BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN THE GREATEST
PRECIPITATION EVENT OF THE FALL SEASON WITH A TOTAL OF 2.82 INCHES
OF RAIN. NOVEMBER WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION IN THE AUGUSTA AREA. AFTER A STORMY END TO OCTOBER THE
WEATHER PATTERN TURNED QUIET OVER NEW ENGLAND FOR THE FIRST PART OF
NOVEMBER. PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE KEPT THE AUGUSTA AREA MOSTLY DRY
THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK AND A HALF WITH SOME MILD SUNNY DAYS AND COLD
CLEAR NIGHTS. THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON CAME DURING THIS PERIOD
WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 30 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER THE PATTERN TURNED
MORE ACTIVE AS A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKED FROM THE GREAT
LAKES THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. THE PATTERN REMAINED RELATIVELY ACTIVE
THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH WITH FRONTAL PASSAGES BRINGING SEVERAL
TEMPERATURE SWINGS. AFTER A MILD THANKSGIVING A COLD FRONT CROSSED
THE AREA BRINGING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 52.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 3.5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND ALSO THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD. THE
PREVIOUS WARMEST FALL WAS IN 2017 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 52.6
DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 45.2 DEGREES IN 1974. THE FOLLOWING TABLE
LISTS THE WARMEST FALLS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FALL (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  AVE  YEAR
1    52.9  2021  <===
2    52.6  2017
3    52.5  1999
4    52.0  1971
5    51.9  2011
6    51.6  1961
7    51.3  2016
     51.3  2001
9    50.9  2015
10   50.6  1982

THE FIRST FREEZE OF THIS FALL OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 3RD WHEN THE LOW
TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 30 DEGREES. THIS OCCURRED 19 DAYS LATER THAN
THE NORMAL FIRST FREEZE DATE OF OCTOBER 16TH AND IS THE SECOND
LATEST FREEZE ON RECORD. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LATEST FALL
FREEZES ON RECORD.

LATEST FIRST FALL FREEZE (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  DATE   YEAR
1     NOV 7  2017
2     NOV 3  2021  <===
3     NOV 2  2014
4     OCT 31 1971
      OCT 31 1968
6     OCT 30 1966
7     OCT 29 2007
8     OCT 28 2011
9     OCT 26 2013
10    OCT 25 1949

A TOTAL OF 13.43 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.89 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON OCTOBER 30-31 WHEN A TOTAL
OF 2.82 INCHES WERE RECORDED. THE WETTEST FALL ON RECORD WAS 23.76
INCHES IN 2005. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1984 WITH 6.48 INCHES.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN FALL 2021...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
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

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