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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
355 PM EST FRI FEB 02 2024

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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             69   01/06/2007
 LOW             -35   01/08/1878
HIGHEST           50   01/10         51      -1       52  01/01
LOWEST             0   01/18        -11      11        9  01/22
AVG. MAXIMUM    34.5               31.6     2.9     38.4
AVG. MINIMUM    19.7               12.9     6.8     24.1
MEAN            27.1               22.3     4.8     31.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    12               16.8    -4.8        7
DAYS MIN <= 32    28               29.9    -1.9       29
DAYS MIN <= 0      1                6.2    -5.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        8.09   1979
 MINIMUM        0.40   1970
TOTALS          6.58               2.80    3.78     5.79
DAILY AVG.      0.21               0.09    0.12     0.19
DAYS >= .01       13               11.2     1.8       17
DAYS >= .10       10                6.3     3.7       12
DAYS >= .50        7                2.1     4.9        4
DAYS >= 1.00       2                0.4     1.6        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.25   01/09 TO 01/10

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          46.7   1935

TOTALS          25.1               17.1     8.1     28.0
SINCE 7/1       29.0               34.7    -5.7     33.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     3
DAYS >= TRACE     12                8.1     4.9       13
DAYS >= 1.0        6                4.2     0.8        7
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        9   01/29
 24 HR TOTAL     8.6   01/06 TO 01/07

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1166               1325    -159     1038
 SINCE 7/1      3403               3934    -531     3393
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    29/100    DATE  01/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    46/110    DATE  01/10

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.61

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     75

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 3
RAIN                      4     LIGHT RAIN                 7
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           2
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       4
LIGHT SNOW               12     FOG                       18
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     7     HAZE                       4

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

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THE THEME FOR WETTER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS THAT
DOMINATED IN 2023 CONTINUED INTO JANUARY FOR THE CONCORD AREA. THERE
WAS NO SNOW ON THE GROUND TO START THE MONTH, BUT THAT CHANGED WHEN
LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON THE 6TH AND 7TH
DELIVERING 8.6 INCHES OF SNOW. THE FRESH SNOW WAS QUICKLY ERODED
WHEN TWO STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TRACKED WEST OF NEW ENGLAND ON
THE 10TH AND THE 13TH. THE STORM ON THE 10TH INITIALLY STARTED AS
SNOW, BUT CHANGED OVER TO HEAVY RAIN AND ALSO BROUGHT STRONG
SOUTHEAST WINDS PEAKING AT 46 MPH. ALONG THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST,
THE STRONG ONSHORE WINDS BROUGHT A SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE AT THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE RESULTING IN MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING. AFTER A
SECOND ROUND OF RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ON THE 13TH, THE
SNOWPACK HAD ALL DISAPPEARED. COLDER AIR ARRIVED BEHIND THE STORM ON
THE 13TH THAT BROUGHT A PERIOD OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH
THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH AND A LIGHT SNOW EVENT ON THE 16TH.
TEMPERATURES THEN RAN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH WITH
MULTIPLE SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENTS THAT ALLOWED THE MONTH
TO END WITH 8 INCHES OF SNOW DEPTH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 27.1 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
4.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1932
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 31.9 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 10.6
DEGREES IN 1977.

A TOTAL OF 6.58 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.78 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 2ND WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 9TH INTO THE 10TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 2.25
INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1979 WHEN A TOTAL
OF 8.09 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.40 INCHES IN
1970. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST JANUARYS ON RECORD.

MOST PRECIPITATION IN JANUARY (SINCE 1868)...
RANK   PRECIP   YEAR
1       8.09    1979
2       6.58    2024 <===
3       6.32    1978
4       5.87    1935
5       5.83    1958
6       5.82    1870
7       5.79    2023
8       5.71    1891
9       5.67    1936
10      5.38    1999

A TOTAL OF 25.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 8.0 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1935 WHEN A TOTAL OF
46.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THE LEAST SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS
0.9 INCHES IN 1955.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN JANUARY 2023...
DATE    RECORD                                 PREVIOUS
JAN 10    38   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       37 IN 1956

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