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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
500 PM EST SAT DEC 04 2021

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2021 TO
11/30/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             96   09/09/2002
 LOW               3   11/22/2018
HIGHEST           79   09/18         86      -7       81
LOWEST            17   11/30         18      -1       17
AVG. MAXIMUM    59.6               58.1     1.5     59.1
AVG. MINIMUM    44.0               41.2     2.8     41.5
MEAN            51.8               49.6     2.2     50.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.4    -0.4        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                2.3    -2.3        2
DAYS MIN <= 32    19               22.3    -3.3       19
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       26.48   2005
TOTALS         15.20              14.39    0.81    12.74
DAILY AVG.      0.17               0.16    0.01     0.14
DAYS >= .01       39               32.9     6.1       33
DAYS >= .10       24               20.1     3.9       14
DAYS >= .50        8                9.3    -1.3        7
DAYS >= 1.00       6                4.3     1.7        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.30   10/30 TO 10/31               2.35

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          23.9   1997
TOTALS           0.4                4.4    -4.0      0.1
SINCE 7/1        0.4                4.4    -4.0       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T
DAYS >= TRACE      7                2.5     4.5        7
DAYS >= 1.0        0                1.1    -1.1        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        T   11/27                                   0
 24 HR TOTAL     0.4   11/26 TO 11/27                0.1

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1202               1436    -234     1344
 SINCE 7/1      1250               1471    -221     1384
COOLING TOTAL     26                 38     -12       27
 SINCE 1/1       536                395     141      548
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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UNSETTLED AND COOL CONDITIONS DOMINATED THE FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER
WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. TEMPERATURES THEN TRENDED ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH
THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE MONTH AS WARMER AND HUMID AIRMASSES
CROSSED THE AREA WITH A COOL DOWN TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH. AFTER 1.57
INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE REMNANTS OF IDA THE REST OF SEPTEMBER WAS
CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT BOUTS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITHOUT
ANY EXTENDED PERIODS OF DRY WEATHER. OCTOBER ON THE WHOLE WAS WARM
WITH BENIGN WEATHER THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. AROUND THE MIDDLE
OF THE MONTH THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE NORTHEAST TURNED MORE
ACTIVE AND STAYED THAT WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH WITH
MULTIPLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS PASSING NEAR THE AREA. DESPITE AN
ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN, TEMPERATURES CONTINUED TO RUN ABOVE NORMAL
PARTLY DUE TO WARM OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. AS THE WEATHER TURNED
ACTIVE GRAY EXPERIENCED THREE PRECIPITATION EVENTS RESULTING IN
GREATER THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH.
NOVEMBER WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE
GRAY AREA. AFTER A STORMY END TO OCTOBER THE WEATHER PATTERN TURNED
QUIET OVER NEW ENGLAND FOR THE FIRST PART OF NOVEMBER. PERSISTENT
HIGH PRESSURE KEPT THE GRAY AREA PRECIPITATION FREE THROUGH THE
FIRST WEEK AND A HALF WITH SOME MILD SUNNY DAYS AND COLD CLEAR
NIGHTS. TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO THE FREEZING MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIS FALL ON NOVEMBER 3RD WHEN THE LOW WAS 30 DEGREES. THE PATTERN
REMAINED RELATIVELY ACTIVE THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH WITH FRONTAL
PASSAGES BRINGING SEVERAL TEMPERATURE SWINGS. AFTER A MILD
THANKSGIVING, A COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA WITH LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MAINE LEADING TO THE FIRST MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL OF 0.4 INCHES ON THE 26TH INTO THE 27TH. TEMPERATURES
REMAINED BELOW AVERAGE TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH WITH ADDITIONAL TRACES
OF SNOWFALL ON THE 28TH AND 29TH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 51.8 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES WITH 2016 FOR THE THIRD WARMEST FALL
ON RECORD. THE WARMEST FALL WAS IN 2017 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OF 53.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 47.2 DEGREES IN 2018. THE FOLLOWING
TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST FALLS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN GRAY.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FALL (SINCE 1996)...
RANK  AVE  YEAR
1    53.0  2017
2    52.4  2011
3    51.8  2021  <===
     51.8  2016
5    51.7  2015

A TOTAL OF 15.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.81 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON OCTOBER 30-31 WHEN 3.36
INCHES WERE MEASURED. THE WETTEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2005 WITH
26.48 INCHES. THE DRIEST WAS IN 2001 WITH 8.91 INCHES.

ONLY 0.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 4.0 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ALL
OF THIS SNOW FELL ON NOVEMBER 26-27. FALL SNOWFALL IS OFTEN HIT OR
MISS. IN THE 27-YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY THERE HAVE BEEN 4 YEARS WHICH RECORDED ONLY A
TRACE OF SNOW IN FALL, MOST RECENTLY IN 2006. THE SNOWIEST FALL WAS
IN 1997 WHEN 23.9 INCHES FELL.

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SCHROETER


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