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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
905 PM EDT FRI NOV 2 2012

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              MM   MM
 LOW               30   10/13/2012
                        10/31/2011
                        10/29/2011
HIGHEST            72   10/06        75      -3       84
                        10/02
LOWEST             30R  10/13        29       1       30
AVG. MAXIMUM     59.8              58.0     1.8     58.3
AVG. MINIMUM     44.1              40.1     4.0     43.7
MEAN             52.0              49.1     2.9     51.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      1               4.1    -3.1        4
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM           MM   MM
TOTALS           4.68              5.14   -0.46     6.54
DAILY AVG.       0.15              0.17   -0.02     0.21
DAYS >= .01        17              11.2     5.8       15
DAYS >= .10         9               6.9     2.1       10
DAYS >= .50         4               3.4     0.6        5
DAYS >= 1.00        1               2.0    -1.0        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.54   10/29 TO 10/30              1.29

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             MM   MM
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
TOTALS              T               0.1    -0.1     12.9
SINCE 7/1           T               0.1    -0.1     12.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= TRACE       1               0.1     0.9        3
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.1    -0.1        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             9
 24 HR TOTAL        T   10/12 TO 10/12              12.9

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     397               496     -99      435
 SINCE 7/1        579               700    -121      553
COOLING TOTAL       0                 2      -2        8
 SINCE 1/1        491               389     102      514
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE MAIN WEATHER HIGHLIGHT FOR GRAY THIS OCTOBER WAS IMPACT OF
SUPERSTORM HURRICANE SANDY. THE STORM PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH
WINDS THAT CAUSED DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY RECORDED A PEAK WIND
GUST OF 55 MPH FROM THE STORM ON THE 29TH. GRAY RECEIVED 1.75 INCHES
OF RAIN FROM THE STORM ON THE 29TH AND 30TH.

OCTOBER WAS A MILD MONTH IN GRAY WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 3RD WARMEST OCTOBER IN THE BRIEF 18 YEAR
HISTORY OF WEATHER RECORDS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GRAY.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 72 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON
THE 2ND AND AGAIN ON THE 6TH. GRAY ALSO TOPPED 70 DEGREES ON THE 5TH
WITH A HIGH OF 71.

IN CONTRAST THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 50 DEGREES WHICH
HAPPENED ON THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM THE 12TH THROUGH THE 14TH.

THE LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30 DEGREES ON THE 13TH. THIS
WAS THE ONLY DAY TO HAVE A LOW OF 32 OR COLDER. THE WARMEST LOW FOR
THE MONTH WAS 57 DEGREES ON THE 3RD AND AGAIN ON THE 30TH.

FOR THE MONTH GRAY HAD 4.68 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WHICH WAS 0.46
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 11TH WETTEST OCTOBER IN 18 YEARS.

THE MONTH STARTED OUT WET WITH RAIN ON 13 OF THE FIRST 20 DAYS OF
THE MONTH. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A DRY SPELL OF EIGHT DAYS THAT
LASTED FROM THE 21ST THROUGH THE 28TH. THE MONTH ENDED WITH RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE SANDY ON THE LAST THREE DAYS.

GRAY RECORDED A TRACE OF SNOW IN OCTOBER WHICH FELL ON THE 12TH.
THIS IS THE 12TH TIME GRAY HAS REPORTED SNOW IN OCTOBER OVER THE
PAST 14 YEARS AND CONTRASTS WITH THE RECORD SETTING 12.9 INCHES THAT
FELL JUST LAST YEAR FROM AN EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM IN LATE OCTOBER.

$$

SJC