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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
545 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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)

HIGHEST            92   05/31        86       6       84
LOWEST             36   05/06        35       1       38
AVG. MAXIMUM     65.3              65.1     0.2     65.3
AVG. MINIMUM     44.2              44.7    -0.5     48.4
MEAN             54.8              54.9    -0.1     56.9
DAYS MAX >= 90      1               0.2     0.8        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)

TOTALS           5.10              3.90    1.20     5.24
DAILY AVG.       0.16              0.13    0.03     0.17
DAYS >= .01        16              13.5     2.5       18
DAYS >= .10        12               8.2     3.8        9
DAYS >= .50         3               2.8     0.2        4
DAYS >= 1.00        2               0.7     1.3        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.28   05/24 TO 05/25              1.20

SNOWFALL (INCHES)

TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        92.9              83.8     9.1     65.1
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= TRACE       0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0                                  0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0                                0.0

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     329               323       6      258
 SINCE 7/1       6830              7098    -268     6104
COOLING TOTAL      17                10       7       14
 SINCE 1/1         17                11       6       23
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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 NEARLY NORMAL MONTH TEMPERATURE WISE BUT WAS WETTER
THAN NORMAL BY MORE THAN AN INCH. THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE MONTH WAS
THE RECORD SETTING HEAT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH.

MAY 31ST SAW THE TEMPERATURE SOAR TO 92 DEGREES IN GRAY. THIS IS THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN GRAY IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THE
OLD RECORD WAS 91 DEGREES SET ON THREE DIFFERENT DATES...MOST
RECENTLY ON MAY 26, 2010. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WEATHER RECORDS AT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GRAY ONLY GO BACK 18
YEARS.

THE 92 DEGREE HEAT WAS JUST TWO DAYS AFTER GRAY STRUGGLED WITH
CHILLY RAINY WEATHER AND A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF JUST 55 DEGREES ON
THE 29TH.

THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 36 DEGREES ON THE 6TH...WITH THE
TEMPERATURE NEVER GETTING TO FREEZING OR COLDER THE ENTIRE MONTH.
FOR THE MONTH THERE WERE EIGHT DAYS WITH LOWS IN THE 30S.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MAY WAS 54.8 DEGREES... JUST ONE TENTH OF
A DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. THIS TIED TWO OTHER YEARS AS THE 10TH WARMEST
MAY IN 18 YEARS.

GRAY RECORDED OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN MAY. THE 5.10 INCHES WAS
1.20 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 5TH WETTEST MAY IN 18 YEARS.

THE MONTH STARTED OUT DRY WITH ONLY A TRACE OF RAINFALL DURING THE
FIRST WEEK. THE MONTH ALSO SAW A LONG STRETCH OF EIGHT DAYS, FROM
THE 19TH THROUGH THE 26TH, WITH RAIN. THIS WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY BACK
TO BACK DAYS WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN... 1.03 INCHES ON THE 24TH
AND 1.12 INCHES ON THE 25TH.

GRAY HAD NO SNOW IN MAY. THIS WAS THE 16TH TIME IN 18 YEARS WITH NO
SNOW IN MAY. THE OTHER TWO YEARS HAD JUST A TRACE.

$$

SJC