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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1257 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             67   12/06/2001
 LOW             -15   12/29/2017
                       12/31/1962
                       12/28/2017
HIGHEST           58   12/18         53       5       54  12/03
                                                          12/23
LOWEST             5   12/08          0       5       12  12/25
AVG. MAXIMUM    39.4               34.7     4.7     38.7
AVG. MINIMUM    26.3               19.8     6.5     25.2
MEAN            32.8               27.2     5.6     32.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     8               13.4    -5.4        9
DAYS MIN <= 32    22               28.1    -6.1       26
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.9    -0.9        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       12.58   1973
 MINIMUM        0.89   1980
TOTALS          7.78               3.44    4.34     4.37
DAILY AVG.      0.25               0.11    0.14     0.14
DAYS >= .01       13               12.3     0.7        8
DAYS >= .10       10                7.2     2.8        6
DAYS >= .50        4                2.1     1.9        2
DAYS >= 1.00       2                0.8     1.2        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.11   12/17 TO 12/18


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    989               1170    -181     1018
 SINCE 7/1      2196               2667    -471     2196
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1       585                427     158      656
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/160    DATE  12/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    68/160    DATE  12/19

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.57

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     77

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 3
RAIN                      7     LIGHT RAIN                 9
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                6     FOG                       19
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     7     HAZE                       0

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 32.8 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
5.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SECOND WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.
THE WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD WAS IN 2015 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 34.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN 1989 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 11.0 DEGREES.

A TOTAL OF 7.78 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 4.34 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE THIRD WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE WETTEST
DECEMBER WAS IN 1973 WHEN 12.58 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE
DRIEST WAS 0.89 INCHES IN 1980.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN DECEMBER 2023...
DATE    RECORD                                 PREVIOUS
DEC 11  1.66  - GREATEST PRECIPITATION       1.55 IN 1993
DEC 18   58   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      52 IN 2000
DEC 18   46   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       39 IN 1996
DEC 18  2.59  - GREATEST PRECIPITATION       1.54 IN 1954
DEC 28   34   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       34 IN 2014 (TIED)

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