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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1011 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2021

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON,
FROM 3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021...

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
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             95   05/18/2017
 LOW              -4   03/09/2007
                       03/07/2007
                       03/06/2007
HIGHEST           92   05/26         86       6       88
LOWEST             5   03/02          6      -1       12
AVG. MAXIMUM    55.6               52.8     2.8     53.4
AVG. MINIMUM    35.6               34.2     1.4     34.6
MEAN            45.6               43.5     2.1     44.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                0.4     0.6        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     3                5.6    -2.6        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    33               36.6    -3.6       40
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.4    -0.4        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       23.27   2005
TOTALS          7.92              11.97   -4.05    10.54
DAILY AVG.      0.09               0.13   -0.04     0.12
DAYS >= .01       28               36.7    -8.7       26
DAYS >= .10       15               21.9    -6.9       17
DAYS >= .50        7                8.3    -1.3       10
DAYS >= 1.00       1                3.0    -2.0        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.06   03/28 TO 03/28               1.67

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          58.8   2001
TOTALS           0.9               20.9   -20.0     16.1
SINCE 7/1       42.6               84.0   -41.4     70.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     1
DAYS >= TRACE     11                8.5     2.5       17
DAYS >= 1.0        0                4.4    -4.4        3
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        8   03/01                           7
 24 HR TOTAL     0.9   04/16 TO 04/16                7.6

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1775               1986    -211     1936
 SINCE 7/1      6553               7060    -507     6906
COOLING TOTAL     18                 10       8       30
 SINCE 1/1        18                  9       9       30
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

SPRING BEGAN WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT SOME RAIN
FOLLOWED BY COLD WEATHER. THE COLD LASTED ABOUT A WEEK FOLLOWED BY A
WEEK OF MORE MILD WEATHER. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT BROUGHT THE
LAST INTENSE ARCTIC BLAST OF THE SEASON ON MARCH 15, BUT IT DIDN`T
LAST LONG AS MILD WEATHER RETURNED JUST A FEW DAYS LATER. THE LAST
OF THE WINTER SNOW PACK MELTED BY THE MORNING OF MARCH 28. SEVERAL
STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT RAIN AT THE END OF MARCH AND BEGINNING OF
APRIL WITH RAIN OBSERVED ON 6 OUT OF 8 DAYS. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON
MARCH 28 WHEN MORE THAN 1 INCH WAS MEASURED. THE WEATHER TURNED DRY
AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL WITH SOME MILD WEATHER AS
WELL. THE WARMEST WAS 75 ON APRIL 10. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE
AREA BROUGHT RAIN AND WET SNOW ON APRIL 16, THE LAST SNOW OF THE
SEASON. THIS WAS THE START OF A WETTER PERIOD WITH MORE FREQUENT
FRONTAL SYSTEMS BRINGING ALTERNATING WARMER AND COOLER WEATHER ALONG
WITH OCCASIONAL PRECIPITATION.  THIS LASTED INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF
MAY BEFORE THINGS BEGAN TO DRY OUT YET AGAIN. THE LAST FREEZE OF THE
SEASON WAS ON APRIL 23. VERY LITTLE RAIN FELL FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS
DURING THE MIDDLE OF MAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S AND
EVEN THE 80S. THE HOTTEST WAS 92 ON MAY 26 JUST BEFORE A COLD FRONT
BROUGHT THE WARM WEATHER TO AN END. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS A COOL
AND WET ONE WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 45.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 49.3 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 40.8 DEGREES IN 2014.

A TOTAL OF 7.92 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 4.05 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL AND THE 2ND DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FELL ON APRIL 29 AND 30 WHEN 1.50 INCHES WAS MEASURED.
THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 2015 WITH ONLY 7.08 INCHES RECORDED. THE
WETTEST WAS IN 2005 WITH 23.27 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE
DRIEST SPRINGS ON RECORD AT GRAY.

LEAST PRECIPITATION IN SPRING (SINCE 1996)...
RANK  PRECIP  YEAR
1      7.08   2015
2      7.92   2021  <===
3      8.52   2018
4      8.99   2013
5      9.37   2016

ONLY 0.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL WHICH WAS 20.0 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND
THE LEAST SNOWY SPRING ON RECORD. ALL OF THIS SNOW FELL ON APRIL 16.
UNTIL THIS YEAR, THE LEAST SNOWY SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN 1.0 INCHES
WAS RECORDED. THE SNOWIEST WAS IN 2001 WITH 58.8 INCHES. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LEAST SNOWY SPRINGS ON RECORD AT GRAY.

LEAST SNOW IN SPRING (SINCE 1996)...
RANK  PRECIP  YEAR
1      0.9    2021  <===
2      1.0    2010
3      3.2    2006
4      7.1    2003
5      7.3    2004

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