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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1115 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2012

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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               39   09/28/2012
HIGHEST            83   09/07        87      -4       82
LOWEST             39R  09/28        39       0       41
AVG. MAXIMUM     68.1              70.0    -1.9     71.3
AVG. MINIMUM     50.4              50.7    -0.3     54.0
MEAN             59.3              60.4    -1.1     62.7
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.3    -0.3        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM           MM   MM
TOTALS           3.86              4.19   -0.33     4.39
DAILY AVG.       0.13              0.14   -0.01     0.15
DAYS >= .01        13              10.1     2.9       10
DAYS >= .10         9               6.4     2.6        6
DAYS >= .50         4               2.8     1.2        5
DAYS >= 1.00        0               1.3    -1.3        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.24   09/04 TO 09/05              1.51

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             MM   MM
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1         0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= TRACE       0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   09/30 TO 09/30               0.0

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     181               168      13      106
 SINCE 7/1        182               204     -22      118
COOLING TOTAL      15                28     -13       45
 SINCE 1/1        491               387     104      506
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

GRAY MAINE HAD A COOLER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL SEPTEMBER THIS
YEAR.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 59.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.1 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 3RD COOLEST SEPTEMBER IN THE BRIEF
17 YEAR HISTORY OF WEATHER RECORDS AT THE GRAY SITE.

THE HIGH FOR THE MONTH WAS 83 DEGREES ON THE 7TH... THE ONLY
DAY TO TOP THE 80 DEGREE MARK. THERE WERE 12 DAYS WITH HIGHS
OF 70 OR WARMER...ALL OCCURRING OVER THE FIRST HALF OF THE
MONTH.

THE COLDEST HIGH WAS 51 DEGREES ON THE 28TH. THE LAST THREE
DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE THE ONLY DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S.

THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 39 DEGREES ON THE 28TH... THE ONLY
DAY TO DROP BELOW 40 DEGREES. THE WARMEST LOW WAS 62 DEGREES
ON THE 8TH. THERE WERE TWO OTHER DAYS WITH LOWS OF 60 OR
WARMER AND THEY OCCURRED ON THE 5TH AND 6TH WITH LOWS RIGHT AT
60 DEGREES.

GRAY MEASURED 3.86 INCHES OF RAIN IN SEPTEMBER WHICH WAS 0.33
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 10TH WETTEST IN 17 YEARS OF
RECORDS.

THE MOST RAINFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.24 INCHES ON THE
4TH AND 5TH. ANOTHER WET PERIOD IN SEPTEMBER FELL ON THE LAST
THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH WITH A THREE DAY TOTAL OF 1.49 INCHES
OF RAIN.

THE DRIEST PERIOD IN SEPTEMBER WAS AN EIGHT DAY PERIOD FROM
THE 10TH THROUGH THE 17TH WITH NO PRECIPITATION.

$$

SJC