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

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 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             61   01/08/2008
 LOW             -22   01/15/1957
                       01/14/1957
HIGHEST           51   01/10         48       3       52  01/01
                                                          01/13
LOWEST             6   01/20         -8      14        7  01/22
AVG. MAXIMUM    32.3               28.8     3.5     36.1
AVG. MINIMUM    19.2               12.1     7.1     23.0
MEAN            25.7               20.4     5.3     29.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    15               20.4    -5.4       13
DAYS MIN <= 32    29               30.1    -1.1       29
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                5.4    -5.4        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.01   1979
 MINIMUM        0.33   2004
TOTALS          4.04               2.62    1.42     4.21
DAILY AVG.      0.13               0.08    0.05     0.14
DAYS >= .01       11               10.1     0.9       19
DAYS >= .10        8                5.5     2.5       11
DAYS >= .50        2                1.6     0.4        2
DAYS >= 1.00       1                0.6     0.4        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.99   01/09 TO 01/10


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1213               1381    -168     1093
 SINCE 7/1      3409               4044    -635     3289
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/120    DATE  01/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/120    DATE  01/10

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.56

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 1
RAIN                      2     LIGHT RAIN                 2
FREEZING RAIN             1     LT FREEZING RAIN           2
HEAVY SNOW                4     SNOW                       5
LIGHT SNOW               15     FOG                       12
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     7     HAZE                       5

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

&&

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 25.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
5.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 6TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE
WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 2023 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 29.5 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 10.4 DEGREES IN 1994. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST JANUARYS ON RECORD.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN JANUARY (SINCE 1948)...
RANK   TEMP   YEAR
1      29.5   2023
2      27.5   2006
3      26.9   2002
4      26.8   1990
5      26.7   2017
6      25.7   2024 <===
7      25.6   2020
8      25.5   1956
       25.5   1953
10     25.3   2021

A TOTAL OF 4.04 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.42 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 9TH INTO THE
10TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 1.99 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD
WAS IN 1979 WHEN A TOTAL OF 9.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE
DRIEST WAS 0.33 INCHES IN 2004.

NO RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN JANUARY AT AUGUSTA.

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