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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1257 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023...

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
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             69   12/07/1998
 LOW             -10   12/29/2017
                       12/28/2017
                       03/03/2000
HIGHEST           57   12/18         55       2       53
LOWEST             9   12/07          3       6       10
AVG. MAXIMUM    38.5               35.2     3.3     37.3
AVG. MINIMUM    27.0               21.1     5.9     24.8
MEAN            32.8               28.2     4.6     31.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     8               12.7    -4.7       10
DAYS MIN <= 32    23               28.5    -5.5       27
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.7    -0.7        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.99   2023
 MINIMUM        1.87   1998
TOTALS          7.99R              4.59    3.40     3.90
DAILY AVG.      0.26               0.15    0.11     0.13
DAYS >= .01       12               12.7    -0.7       11
DAYS >= .10        9                8.0     1.0        5
DAYS >= .50        4                3.1     0.9        3
DAYS >= 1.00       3                1.3     1.7        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.74   12/17 TO 12/18

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          39.0   1995
TOTALS           4.5               17.7   -13.2      7.1
SINCE 7/1        4.6               22.1   -17.5      8.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     1
DAYS >= TRACE      7                7.4    -0.4        9
DAYS >= 1.0        2                4.4    -2.4        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        4   12/05                           6
                       12/06
                       12/07
 24 HR TOTAL     3.8   12/03 TO 12/04

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    992               1142    -150     1043
 SINCE 7/1      2294               2613    -319     2307
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1       429                395      34      584
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-  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 32.8 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
4.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE FOURTH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.
THE WARMEST DECEMBER WAS IN 2015 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
35.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 21.1 DEGREES IN 2017.

A TOTAL OF 7.99 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.40 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE SECOND WETTEST
DECEMBER ON RECORD WAS IN 1996 WHEN 7.85 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 1.87 INCHES IN 1998.

A TOTAL OF 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 13.2 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL AND THE FOURTH LEAST SNOWY DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE LEAST
SNOWY DECEMBER WAS IN 1999 WHEN ONLY A TRACE WAS RECORDED. THE
SNOWIEST WAS 39.0 INCHES IN 1995.

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