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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
325 PM EST SUN FEB 3 2013

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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               -7   01/24/2013
                        01/23/2013
                        01/01/2000
HIGHEST            57   01/14        50       7       51
LOWEST             -7R  01/24        -5      -2       -3
                        01/23
AVG. MAXIMUM     31.2              29.4     1.8     31.6
AVG. MINIMUM     15.0              12.6     2.4     16.7
MEAN             23.1              21.0     2.1     24.2
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     14              19.3    -5.3       15
DAYS MIN <= 32     29              30.5    -1.5       30
DAYS MIN <= 0       3               4.3    -1.3        2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM           MM   MM
TOTALS           1.15              3.53   -2.38     3.82
DAILY AVG.       0.04              0.11   -0.07     0.12
DAYS >= .01         7              11.1    -4.1       15
DAYS >= .10         4               6.9    -2.9       10
DAYS >= .50         0               2.2    -2.2        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.8    -0.8        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.45   01/16 TO 01/16              1.12

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             MM   MM
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
TOTALS            6.5              21.2   -14.7     22.4
SINCE 7/1        30.5              42.6   -12.1     46.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      6                 7      -1        4
DAYS >= TRACE      12               9.3     2.7       12
DAYS >= 1.0         2               5.3    -3.3        8
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10   01/03                         11
                        01/02
                        01/01
 24 HR TOTAL      4.4   01/16 TO 01/16               7.4

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1291              1364     -73     1258
 SINCE 7/1       3821              4030    -209     3480
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.

&&

GRAY, MAINE HAD A WARMER THAN NORMAL JANUARY WITH MUCH LESS
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL THAN NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 23.1 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE EIGHT WARMEST
JANUARY IN THE BRIEF 18 YEAR HISTORY OF WEATHER RECORDS AT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GRAY.

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN JANUARY WAS 57 DEGREES
ON THE 14TH. THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A STRETCH OF 13 DAYS,
FROM THE 5TH THROUGH THE 17TH, WITH EACH DAY RECORDING ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER FROM THE 21ST
THROUGH THE 28TH WITH EACH DAY AVERAGING COLDER THAN NORMAL.
THE LOW FOR THE MONTH OCCURRED DURING THIS TIME WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE REACHED 7 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 23RD AND 24TH.
THESE WERE THE ONLY TWO DAYS TO HAVE THE TEMPERATURE DROP
BELOW ZERO.

THE END OF THE MONTH RETURNED TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS...HIGHLIGHTED BY THE ONLY OTHER 50
DEGREE DAY. ON THE 31ST THE TEMPERATURE REACHED A HIGH OF 53.

GRAY MEASURED 1.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION (COMBINED RAINFALL
AND MELTED SNOWFALL) IN JANUARY. THIS WAS 2.38 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL AND WAS THE SECOND DRIEST JANUARY IN 18 YEARS. THE
DRIEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS 0.40 INCHES IN 2004.

THE 1.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN JANUARY ALSO TIED APRIL
OF 2001 AS THE 7TH DRIEST MONTH EVER AT THE GRAY OBSERVATION
SITE. THE DRIEST MONTH ON RECORD WAS 0.16 INCHES IN AUGUST
OF 1996.

MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE
MONTH WHEN 0.65 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION
IN ANY ONE DAY WAS 0.45 INCHES ON THE 16TH. THIS WAS ALSO THE
DAY WHEN GRAY HAD ITS BIGGEST SNOWFALL IN JANUARY WITH 4.4
INCHES.

THE NEXT BIGGEST SNOWFALL WAS 2.1 INCHES ON THE 28TH AND 29TH.
THE REST OF THE MONTH RECORDED JUST TRACES OF SNOWFALL ON
NINE DIFFERENT DAYS.

THE 6.5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL IN JANUARY WAS 15.1 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL AND WAS THE SECOND LEAST SNOWIEST JANUARY IN 18
YEARS OF SNOWFALL RECORDS. THE LEAST SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD
WAS 3.1 INCHES IN 2004.

$$

SJC