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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1146 AM EDT TUE SEP 3 2019

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...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM
6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2019 /FOR TEMPERATURES/
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2019 /FOR PRECIPITATION/
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2019 /FOR SNOWFALL/

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             103   08/02/1975
 LOW               33   08/31/1965
                        06/04/1944
HIGHEST            94   07/21        93       1       93  08/28
                                                          08/06
                                                          08/07
LOWEST             47   08/26        42       5       46  06/09
                        06/09                             06/04
                        06/04                             06/05
AVG. MAXIMUM     77.8              76.6     1.2     78.3
AVG. MINIMUM     58.8              57.1     1.7     59.4
MEAN             68.3              66.9     1.4     68.9
DAYS MAX >= 90      4               3.9     0.1        6
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        22.31   2009
 MINIMUM         4.10   1999
TOTALS          12.85             10.54    2.31    10.72
DAILY AVG.       0.14              0.11    0.03     0.12
DAYS >= .01        32              32.1    -0.1       29
DAYS >= .10        23              18.7     4.3       17
DAYS >= .50        11               6.4     4.6        9
DAYS >= 1.00        2               2.4    -0.4        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.91   08/21

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            0.0
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1         0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0
DAYS >= TRACE       0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     106               151     -45      101
 SINCE 7/1         13                45     -32        6
COOLING TOTAL     433               321     112      481
 SINCE 1/1        436               328     108      496
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    28/320    DATE  06/22
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/330    DATE  06/22

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70


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

&&

AS OFTEN HAPPENS IN NEW ENGLAND, SPRING-LIKE WEATHER CONTINUED WELL
INTO JUNE. THE ACTIVE JET STREAM PATTERN THAT BROUGHT FREQUENT STORM
SYSTEMS THROUGH THE REGION CONTINUED TO BRING RENEWED RAINFALL EVERY
FEW DAYS. THE FREQUENT CLOUDS AND RAIN ALSO KEPT TEMPERATURES COOL.
THINGS BEGAN TO TURN AROUND IN LATE JUNE AND EARLY JULY WHEN WARM
AND HUMID AIR ARRIVED AND THE FREQUENT STORMINESS ENDED. PORTLAND
SAW 10 STRAIGHT DAYS AT 80 DEGREES OR WARMER AT THE BEGINNING OF
JULY. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE IN THIS STRETCH WAS 91 DEGREES ON JULY
6. A RAINY DAY ON JULY 11 BROUGHT A BREAK FROM THE HEAT AS THE
TEMPERATURE DIDN`T GET OUT OF THE 60S. EVENTUALLY, THOUGH, THE HOT
AND HUMID WEATHER DID RETURN. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF THIS WARM
STRETCH WAS 94 DEGREES ON JULY 21. A COLD FRONT BROUGHT SOME RAIN
AND COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR ABOUT A WEEK, BUT THE HEAT ARRIVED AGAIN
WITH ANOTHER 90 DEGREE DAY ON JULY 31. THE THREE PERIODS OF WARM
WEATHER ENDED UP COMBINING TO MAKE JULY 2019 THE WARMEST MONTH ON
RECORD AT PORTLAND. ALTHOUGH WARM WEATHER CONTINUED INTO AUGUST,
MOST OF THE AIR MASSES AFFECTING THE REGION CAME OUT OF CANADA WHICH
BROUGHT LESS HUMIDITY. JUST AS WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WOULD ARRIVE
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WOULD BRING A FEW SHOWERS AND A RETURN TO COOLER
AND DRIER CONDITIONS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OF THE SUMMER
CAME ON AUGUST 21 WHEN A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY LED TO NEARLY 2
INCHES OF RAIN FALLING. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF COOL WEATHER, A WARM
FRONT WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM OFFSHORE TROPICAL STORM ERIN
BROUGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER RAINFALL ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 28
INTO THE MORNING OF THE MORNING OF AUGUST 29.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 68.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS
1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED FOR THE 9TH WARMEST SUMMER ON
RECORD. THE WARMEST SUMMER WAS 68.9 DEGREES IN 2018 AND 2016. THE
COOLEST WAS 63.7 DEGREES IN 1964. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE
WARMEST SUMMERS AT PORTLAND.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER (SINCE 1941)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     68.9  2018
      68.9  2016
3     68.7  2010
      68.7  1988
5     68.6  1999
6     68.5  2012
      68.5  1991
      68.5  1973
9     68.3  2019  <===
      68.3  1994

A TOTAL OF 12.85 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WHICH WAS 2.31 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL AND THE WETTEST SUMMER SINCE 2014.  THE MOST FREQUENT
RAINFALL FELL IN JUNE, BUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN AUGUST WITH
AUGUST 21 RECORDING THE MOST AT 1.91 INCHES.  THE WETTEST SUMMER WAS
IN 2009 WHEN 22.31 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1999 WHEN
ONLY 4.10 INCHES WAS RECORDED.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SUMMER 2019...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
JUN 3   3    - SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE    4 IN 1990, 1944
JUL 20  71   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       70 IN 2013, 1991, 1949
JUL 21  76   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       72 IN 2011
JUL 21  85   - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE   85 IN 2011, 1977 (TIED)
AUG 17  6    - SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE    7 IN 1965, 1951
AUG 21  1.91 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        1.81 IN 1904

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