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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1055 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2013

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST            72   04/19        79      -7       83
LOWEST             24   04/06        26      -2       26
AVG. MAXIMUM     53.5              53.6    -0.1     57.1
AVG. MINIMUM     34.3              34.9    -0.6     35.9
MEAN             43.9              44.3    -0.4     46.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.3    -0.3        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     11               9.6     1.4       11
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS           1.79              4.38   -2.59     5.16
DAILY AVG.       0.06              0.15   -0.09     0.17
DAYS >= .01        10              11.1    -1.1       10
DAYS >= .10         5               6.7    -1.7        4
DAYS >= .50         0               2.9    -2.9        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               1.2    -1.2        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.47   04/01 TO 04/01              4.01

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS            0.6               4.8    -4.2      0.2
SINCE 7/1        92.9              83.8     9.1     65.1
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= TRACE       3               2.2     0.8        5
DAYS >= 1.0         0               1.0    -1.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         T   04/13                          T
 24 HR TOTAL      0.6   04/12 TO 04/12               0.2

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     625               624       1      547
 SINCE 7/1       6501              6775    -274     5846
COOLING TOTAL       0                 1      -1        1
 SINCE 1/1          0                 1      -1        9
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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 VERY SNOWY WINTER GRAY MAINE ENJOYED A MUCH DRIER THAN
NORMAL APRIL, WITH LESS THAN HALF THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION, ALONG
WITH NEAR SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES.

APRIL 2013 WAS THE 12TH WARMEST IN THE BRIEF 18 YEAR HISTORY OF
WEATHER RECORDS IN GRAY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 43.9 DEGREES WAS
0.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY REAL EXTREMES IN
TEMPERATURES. THE HIGH FOR THE MONTH WAS 72 DEGREES (ON THE 19TH)
AND THE LOW WAS 24 DEGREES (ON THE 6TH).

BESIDES THE ONE DAY OVER 70 GRAY MAINE HAD SEVEN OTHER DAYS WITH
HIGHS OF 60 OR WARMER...INCLUDING THE LAST FOUR DAYS AND SIX OF THE
LAST SEVEN DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE COLDEST HIGH FOR THE MONTH 36
DEGREES ON THE 12TH...ONE OF THREE DAYS NOT TO REACH 40 DURING
APRIL.

THERE WERE 11 DAYS WITH LOWS OF 32 OR COLDER WITH THREE DAYS
EXPERIENCING LOWS IN THE 40S...THE WARMEST BEING 45 DEGREES ON THE
19TH.

GRAY HAD JUST 1.79 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION (RAINFALL PLUS MELTED
SNOWFALL) IN APRIL. THIS WAS 2.59 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND WAS THE
3RD DRIEST APRIL IN THE PAST 18 YEARS. THE MOST PRECIPITATION IN ANY
ONE DAY WAS JUST UNDER HALF AN INCH (0.47 INCHES) ON THE 1ST DAY OF
THE MONTH.

THE WETTEST PERIOD IN APRIL WAS FROM THE 9TH THROUGH THE 14TH WITH
AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION ON EACH DAY AND A SIX DAY TOTAL OF
1.01 INCHES. THERE WERE TWO DRY PERIODS WITH NO PRECIPITATION. THIS
INCLUDED SIX DAYS FROM THE 3RD THROUGH THE 8TH AND THE LAST FIVE
DAYS OF THE MONTH. OVER THE LAST TEN DAYS OF APRIL GRAY RECORDED
JUST 0.07 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.

GRAY HAD JUST 0.6 INCHES OF SNOW IN APRIL. THIS WAS 4.2 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL AND THE 7TH LEAST SNOWIEST APRIL IN 18 YEARS. THERE WERE JUST
THREE DAYS WITH SNOW IN APRIL. THIS INCLUDED THE 0.6 INCHES ON THE
12TH PLUS A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE 2ND AND ON THE 13TH.

$$

SJC