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

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             66   01/06/2007
 LOW             -15   01/15/2004
HIGHEST           48   01/10         50      -2       52
LOWEST             7   01/20         -5      12       10
AVG. MAXIMUM    31.7               29.8     1.9     35.3
AVG. MINIMUM    19.8               14.2     5.6     23.2
MEAN            25.7               22.0     3.7     29.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    16               18.6    -2.6       14
DAYS MIN <= 32    30               30.0     0.0       28
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                4.2    -4.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        6.70   1999
 MINIMUM        0.04   2004
TOTALS          7.03               3.55    3.48     6.28
DAILY AVG.      0.23               0.11    0.12     0.20
DAYS >= .01       11               10.9     0.1       18
DAYS >= .10       10                6.6     3.4       14
DAYS >= .50        4                2.2     1.8        5
DAYS >= 1.00       2                0.9     1.1        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.09   01/09 TO 01/10

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          45.8   2015
TOTALS          25.9               20.6     5.3     32.0
SINCE 7/1       30.5               42.7   -12.2     40.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     3
DAYS >= TRACE     15                8.7     6.3       16
DAYS >= 1.0        6                5.0     1.0        8
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       11   01/29                          15
 24 HR TOTAL     9.0   01/07 TO 01/07

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1209               1333    -124     1103
 SINCE 7/1      3503               3949    -446     3410
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 25.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
3.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 7TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE
WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 2023 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 29.2 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 12.9 DEGREES IN 2004.

A TOTAL OF 7.03 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.48 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 9TH INTO THE 10TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 3.09
INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS 0.40 INCHES IN 2004.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS HE WETTEST JANUARYS ON RECORD.

GREATEST PRECIPITATION IN JANUARY (SINCE 1995)...
RANK   PRECIP   YEAR
1       7.03    2024 <===
2       6.70    1999
3       6.07    1996
4       5.71    2023
5       4.99    2019

A TOTAL OF 25.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 5.3 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL AND THE 8TH SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
FELL ON THE 9TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 9.0 INCHES FELL. THE SNOWIEST
JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 2015 WHEN A TOTAL OF 45.8 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL. THE LEAST SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS 3.1 INCHES IN 2004.

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