Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
271 CXUS51 KGYX 042012 CCA CLSGYX PWMCLMGYX 000 TTAA00 KGYX 021745 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 407 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2019 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2019 TO 5/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 05/18/2017 LOW -4 03/09/2007 03/07/2007 03/06/2007 HIGHEST 78 05/26 86 -8 88 LOWEST 1 03/07 6 -5 10 AVG. MAXIMUM 50.7 53.5 -2.8 52.7 AVG. MINIMUM 33.6 34.5 -0.9 34.8 MEAN 42.2 44.0 -1.8 43.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 5.7 -0.7 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 37 36.1 0.9 41 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.5 -0.5 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 23.27 2005 TOTALS 12.57 12.45 0.12 8.52 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.14 0.00 0.09 DAYS >= .01 47 36.1 10.9 34 DAYS >= .10 29 22.2 6.8 18 DAYS >= .50 11 8.8 2.2 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 3.2 -2.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.86 04/26 TO 04/27 2.16 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 58.8 2001 TOTALS 18.4 24.7 -6.3 27.0 SINCE 7/1 79.1 83.8 -4.7 96.9 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 5 DAYS >= TRACE 17 8.4 8.6 24 DAYS >= 1.0 6 4.9 1.1 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 20 03/11 17 24 HR TOTAL 5.7 03/03 TO 03/04 9.2 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2085 1940 145 1938 SINCE 7/1 7487 7098 389 6829 COOLING TOTAL 0 11 -11 10 SINCE 1/1 0 11 -11 10 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && WINTER-LIKE CONDITIONS CONTINUED THROUGH THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF METEOROLOGICAL SPRING. COLD AND SNOW WAS COMMON WITH 5.7 INCHES RECORDED ON MARCH 3 AND 4. EVEN COLDER AIR POURED IN BEHIND THIS STORM, THE LAST STRONG ARCTIC AIR MASS OF THE SEASON. THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT RISE TO FREEZING FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT 4 MORE INCHES OF SNOW ON MARCH 10. THIS BROUGHT THE TOTAL SNOW ON THE GROUND TO 20 INCHES ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 11, THE HIGHEST OF THE SNOW SEASON. THE WORST OF THE COLD FINALLY GAVE WAY AND THE WINTER SNOW PACK GRADUALLY BEGAN TO MELT OFF. MORE COLD AND LIGHT SNOW IN APRIL KEPT THE SNOW AROUND FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS. FINALLY A FEW WEEKS OF WARMER WEATHER ARRIVED. THE TEMPERATURE WARMED TO 71 DEGREES ON APRIL 13, THE FIRST 70 DEGREE READING OF THE SEASON. THE LAST OF THE SNOW FINALLY MELTED OFF A FEW DAYS LATER BY THE MORNING OF APRIL 18. THIS WARMER PERIOD ENDED WITH A STORM SYSTEM BRINGING 1.95 INCHES OF RAIN ON APRIL 26 AND 27 AND BRINGING A RETURN TO COOLER WEATHER. ALTHOUGH SOME MILDER WEATHER MADE A BRIEF APPEARANCE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, THE COLD RETURNED AGAIN. THE COLDEST DAY OF THIS STRETCH WAS ON MAY 14 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE ONLY MADE IT TO 42 DEGREES FOR A HIGH WITH RAIN FALLING. SOME WARMER WEATHER SPILLED INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING THE LAST HALF OF MAY. THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 60 DEGREES 9 OUT OF 10 DAYS FROM MAY 18 THRU 27 INCLUDING 4 DAYS ABOVE 70. BUT THE COLD RETURNED AGAIN TO END THE MONTH. OVERALL THE SPRING WAS REMEMBERED FOR BEING CLOUDY AND COOL WITH FREQUENT PRECIPITATION. ALTHOUGH TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR NORMAL, MEASURABLE RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED ON 47 DAYS THIS SPRING. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS 42.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND THE COOLEST SPRING SINCE 2014. THE COOLEST SPRING WAS IN 2014 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 40.8 DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS IN 2010 AT 49.3 DEGREES. THE LAST FREEZE THIS SPRING CAME ON APRIL 11, THE EARLIEST IN THE SHORT 23-YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE EARLIEST DATES OF THE LAST SPRING FREEZE. EARLIEST DATES OF THE LAST SPRING FREEZE (SINCE 1996)... RANK DATE YEAR 1 APR 11 2019 2 APR 15 2009 APR 15 2007 APR 15 1996 5 APR 16 1997 A TOTAL OF 12.57 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.12 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CAME ON APRIL 26 AND 27 WHEN 1.95 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST SPRING WAS IN 2005 WHEN 23.27 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS IN 2015 WITH ONLY 7.08 INCHES. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR NORMAL THIS SPRING, MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON 47 DAYS, THE MOST IN THE SHORT 23-YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE MOST RAINY DAYS IN SPRING. MOST DAYS IN SPRING WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (SINCE 1996)... RANK DAYS YEAR 1 47 2019 <=== 2 45 2000 3 44 2005 4 43 2011 5 42 2017 THERE WAS 18.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 6.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WAS ON MARCH 3 AND 4 WHEN 5.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THE SNOWIEST SPRING WAS IN 2001 WHEN 58.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THE LEAST SNOWY WAS IN 2010 WHEN ONLY 1.0 INCHES WAS MEASURED. SNOWFALL FOR THE 2018-19 SEASON TOTALED 79.1 INCHES WHICH WAS 4.7 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW CAME ON FEBRUARY 12 AND 13 WHEN 9.0 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WAS MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST SEASON WAS IN 2007-08 WHEN 134.0 INCHES FELL. THE LEAST SNOWY HAD ONLY 50.4 INCHES IN 2005-06. $$ KIMBLE