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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
525 PM EST FRI MAR 6 2020

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON, FROM
12/1/2019 TO 2/29/2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              67   12/06/2001
 LOW              -23   02/02/1962
HIGHEST            54   01/11        56      -2       57  12/21
                        12/14
LOWEST             -9   02/15        -9       0       -2  02/27
                                                          02/01
                                                          01/14
AVG. MAXIMUM     34.0              31.0     3.0     30.4
AVG. MINIMUM     18.6              14.7     3.9     14.1
MEAN             26.3              22.8     3.5     22.2
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     39              49.0   -10.0       55
DAYS MIN <= 32     87              84.7     2.3       89
DAYS MIN <= 0       6              10.7    -4.7        8

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        17.78   1974
 MINIMUM         3.23   1980
TOTALS           7.99              8.28   -0.29     8.54
DAILY AVG.       0.09              0.09    0.00     0.10
DAYS >= .01        29              30.8    -1.8       26
DAYS >= .10        17              17.8    -0.8       16
DAYS >= .50         5               4.8     0.2        5
DAYS >= 1.00        1               1.8    -0.8        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.72   12/14

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    3504              3795    -291     3827
 SINCE 7/1       5073              5381    -308     5524
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    29/090    DATE  02/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    44/280    DATE  12/15

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.

&&

THE FIRST WEEK OF WINTER BEGAN WITH SOME COLD WEATHER, A
CONTINUATION OF THE WEATHER PATTERN THAT HAD BROUGHT VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES IN NOVEMBER. THIS BEGAN TO CHANGE IN MID DECEMBER. THE
TEMPERATURE TOPPED 50 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 9 AND 10 WITH RAIN
FALLING. MORE RAIN AND 50 DEGREE TEMPERATURES CAME ON DECEMBER 13
AND 14, THIS TIME WITH NEARLY 2 INCHES FALLING. SOME COLD WEATHER
RETURNED AFTER THIS STORM, BUT IT WARMED BACK UP AGAIN BEFORE
CHRISTMAS. A WINTER STORM BROUGHT SNOW JUST BEFORE NEW YEARS BUT THE
MILD TEMPERATURES CONTINUED. A NEW WEATHER PATTERN WAS EMERGING THAT
FEATURED PERSISTENT WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH BRIEF
PERIODS OF ARCTIC COLD. THE NEXT PERIOD OF WARMER WEATHER PEAKED
WITH TWO MORE DAYS IN THE 50S ON JANUARY 11 AND 12. SOME COLDER
WEATHER ARRIVED IN MID JANUARY ALONG WITH MORE SNOW. THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 3 BELOW ZERO ON JANUARY 18. IT DIDN`T LAST LONG,
THOUGH, AS WARMER TEMPERATURES AND MORE RAIN CAME JUST A FEW DAYS
LATER. ANOTHER WINTER STORM BROUGHT SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN
ON FEBRUARY 6 AND 7 WITH ARCTIC AIR ARRIVING BEHIND THE STORM. THE
TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT 3 BELOW ZERO ON FEBRUARY 9, BUT THE VERY
NEXT DAY IT WARMED ABOVE FREEZING AS THE MILD WEATHER RETURNED. MORE
SNOW FELL ON FEBRUARY 13 WITH ARCTIC COLD RETURNING JUST IN TIME FOR
VALENTINE`S DAY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 9 BELOW ZERO ON
FEBRUARY 15. IT AGAIN DIDN`T LAST LONG WITH THE TEMPERATURE WARMING
INTO THE 40S THE VERY NEXT DAY. THE TEMPERATURE PEAKED AT 52 DEGREES
ON FEBRUARY 25 WITH MORE RAIN FALLING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 26.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS
3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST WINTER WAS IN 2001-02 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 28.6 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 17.3 DEGREES
IN 1958-59.

A TOTAL OF 7.99 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.29 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON DECEMBER 13 AND 14
WHEN 1.80 INCHES FELL, MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN. THE DRIEST WINTER
WAS IN 1979-80 WHEN ONLY 3.23 INCHES WAS RECORDED.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN WINTER 2019-20...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
DEC 10  39   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       38 IN 1966, 1952
DEC 14  54   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      50 IN 2006, 1973
DEC 15  53   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      52 IN 2008, 1975
JAN 11  54   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      54 IN 1983 (TIED)

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KIMBLE



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