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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1135 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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)
RECORD
 HIGH              MM   MM
 LOW                3   02/13/2012
                        02/12/2012
                        01/01/2000
HIGHEST            45   02/15        50      -5       49
LOWEST              6   02/08                 7        3
                        02/05
AVG. MAXIMUM     32.2              33.5    -1.3     37.1
AVG. MINIMUM     18.7              15.9     2.8     19.8
MEAN             25.5              24.7     0.8     28.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     13              11.3     1.7        6
DAYS MIN <= 32     28              26.7     1.3       27
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               1.5    -1.5        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM           MM   MM
TOTALS           4.15              3.31    0.84     1.24
DAILY AVG.       0.15              0.12    0.03     0.04
DAYS >= .01        12               9.4     2.6        9
DAYS >= .10         8               6.5     1.5        3
DAYS >= .50         3               2.3     0.7        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.7    -0.7        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.23   02/08 TO 02/09              0.83

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             MM   MM
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
TOTALS           49.3              16.5    32.8      5.3
SINCE 7/1        79.8              59.1    20.7     52.1
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      8                12      -4        4
DAYS >= TRACE      16               6.8     9.2        9
DAYS >= 1.0         6               4.1     1.9        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        18   02/28                          6
                        02/25
                        02/10
 24 HR TOTAL     23.5   02/08 TO 02/09               3.0

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1100              1128     -28     1052
 SINCE 7/1       4921              5158    -237     4532
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THIS FEBRUARY WILL BE MOST REMEMBERED FOR THE BLIZZARD OF 2013 WHICH
GAVE GRAY ITS BIGGEST SNOWSTORM ON RECORD.

THE STORM DUMPED OVER TWO FEET (26.8 INCHES) OF SNOW ON GRAY. THIS
TOPPED THE PREVIOUS BIGGEST SNOWSTORM OF 18.0 INCHES ON DECEMBER 25TH
AND 26TH OF 2002.

THIS WASN`T THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM IN FEBRUARY. FROM LATE ON
THE 23RD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 25TH GRAY PICKED UP
A FOOT OF SNOW (12.1 INCHES). THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SIX INCH (5.9
INCHES) SNOWSTORM ON THE 27TH.

FOR THE MONTH GRAY RECORDED 49.3 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS SET A NEW
RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY...TOPPING THE OLD RECORD OF 45.5
INCHES SET IN 2008. THIS IS THE 2ND SNOWIEST MONTH EVER IN GRAY...
FALLING WELL SHORT OF THE RECORD 58.3 INCHES SET IN MARCH 2001. IT
SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN GRAY HAS ONLY 18 YEARS OF WEATHER RECORDS.

GRAY ALSO HAD A WETTER THAN NORMAL FEBRUARY WITH ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION (COMBINED RAINFALL AND MELTED SNOWFALL). THE 4.15
INCHES WAS 0.84 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL
WITH THE THREE SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENTS. A TOTAL OF 1.37 INCHES WAS
MEASURED WITH THE BLIZZARD ON THE 8TH AND 9TH, 1.00 INCHES WAS
MEASURED WITH THE STORM ON THE 23RD THROUGH THE 25TH AND 0.77 INCHES
WAS MEASURED WITH THE SNOW ON THE 27TH AND MIXED RAIN AND SNOW ON
THE 28TH.

WITH ALL THE HARSH WINTER WEATHER GRAY STILL MANAGED TO HAVE A
WARMER THAN NORMAL FEBRUARY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 25.5 DEGREES
WAS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND WAS THE 8TH WARMEST IN 18 YEARS.

THE TEMPERATURE NEVER DROPPED BELOW ZERO IN FEBRUARY WITH A MONTHLY
LOW OF JUST 6 DEGREES...WHICH HAPPENED ON THE 5TH AND 8TH DAYS OF
THE MONTH. THE HIGH FOR THE MONTH WAS 45 DEGREES ON THE 15TH AND WAS
ONE OF SEVEN DAYS IN FEBRUARY WITH HIGHS OF 40 OR WARMER.

$$

SJC