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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
535 AM EDT FRI SEP 10 2021

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
6/1/2021 TO 8/31/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             99   07/22/2011
 LOW              37   06/01/2009
HIGHEST           95   06/28         93       2       92
                       06/29
LOWEST            47   07/05         44       3       37
AVG. MAXIMUM    78.0               76.9     1.1     78.0
AVG. MINIMUM    60.4               57.6     2.8     59.7
MEAN            69.2               67.2     2.0     68.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     8                3.8     4.2        5
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       21.77   2009
TOTALS         12.99              12.30    0.69    12.83
DAILY AVG.      0.14               0.13    0.01     0.14
DAYS >= .01       43               36.5     6.5       28
DAYS >= .10       20               21.0    -1.0       17
DAYS >= .50        6                8.0    -2.0        7
DAYS >= 1.00       4                3.1     0.9        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.84   07/09 TO 07/09               3.77

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           0.0
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        0.0                0.0     0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0
DAYS >= TRACE      0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   0
 24 HR TOTAL     0.0                                 0.0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     84                139     -55      111
 SINCE 7/1        48                 31      17       40
COOLING TOTAL    492                348     144      491
 SINCE 1/1       510                357     153      521
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

AFTER A COLD AND WET MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, A WARMING TREND BEGAN.
JUST A WEEK INTO JUNE AND THE FIRST HEAT OF SUMMER BEGAN. THE
TEMPERATURE PEAKED AT 93 ON JUNE 7. ALTHOUGH A FEW COLD FRONTS
BROUGHT SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT, THE WARM AND HUMID AIR KEPT
RETURNING. ANOTHER HEAT WAVE AT THE END OF THE JUNE FEATURED 4
STRAIGHT DAYS ABOVE 90 DEGREES, PEAKING AT 95 DEGREES ON JUNE 28 AND
29. THIS WAS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF
JUNE. IT WAS THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY, AS WELL AS THE DRIEST. BUT JUST AS THE
SUMMER`S NEXT HOLIDAY WEEKEND ARRIVED, THE WEATHER TURNED COLD AND
RAINY AGAIN. NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE INDEPENDENCE DAY
WEEKEND WITH THE TEMPERATURE HOLDING IN THE 50S AND 60S. THE LOW OF
47 DEGREES ON JULY 5 WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE
MONTH OF JULY. AFTER A BRIEF WARM UP, THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM
ELSA TRACKED NEAR THE AREA, DROPPING NEARLY 3 MORE INCHES OF RAIN ON
JULY 9. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS BROUGHT COOL CANADIAN AIR MASSES
INTO THE REGION FOR MOST OF JULY. FREQUENT ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED THE FRONTAL PASSAGES AS WELL. THE
UNUSUALLY COOL AND AND WET MIDSUMMER CONDITIONS BROUGHT THE WETTEST
JULY ON RECORD AND ONE OF THE COOLEST AS WELL. THIS PATTERN BEGAN TO
CHANGE IN AUGUST WITH WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS RETURNING. THE FIRST
HOT STRETCH PEAKED AT 90 ON AUGUST 13. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL
STORM FRED BROUGHT SOME RAIN ON AUGUST 19, AND A FEW DAYS LATER
TROPICAL STORM HENRI MADE LANDFALL IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON AUGUST
22 BRINGING MORE LIGHT RAIN. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS RETURNED ONE
MORE TIME AT THE END OF AUGUST WITH THE HEAT PEAKING AT 90 DEGREES
ON AUGUST 26.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 69.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND TIED FOR THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE TITLE OF
WARMEST SUMMER IS ALSO SHARED WITH 2016 AND 1999 WHICH WERE ALSO
69.2 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 65.5 DEGREES IN 2009 AND 2000. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SUMMERS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY.

RANK  AVE  YEAR
1    69.2  2021  <===
     69.2  2016
     69.2  1999
4    69.1  2001
5    69.0  2010

A TOTAL OF 12.99 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.69 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF THIS RAIN FELL DURING THE
VERY WET JULY, WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING ON JULY 8 AND 9 WHEN
2.89 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST SUMMER WAS IN 2009 WHEN 21.77
INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1999 WITH ONLY 6.92 INCHES.

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