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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
612 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2020

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM
9/1/2020 TO 11/30/2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              96   09/09/2002
 LOW                4   11/22/2018
                        11/27/1978
                        11/28/1951
HIGHEST            83   09/10        85      -2       83  09/23
LOWEST             19   11/25        16       3       10  11/14
                        11/19
AVG. MAXIMUM     59.4              57.3     2.1     56.3
AVG. MINIMUM     41.2              40.2     1.0     39.4
MEAN             50.3              48.8     1.5     47.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.4    -0.4        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      2               2.4    -0.4        5
DAYS MIN <= 32     26              23.9     2.1       26
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        23.76   2005
 MINIMUM         6.48   1984
TOTALS          13.68             12.46    1.22    11.27
DAILY AVG.       0.15              0.14    0.01     0.12
DAYS >= .01        33              33.3    -0.3       42
DAYS >= .10        18              20.7    -2.7       22
DAYS >= .50         7               8.4    -1.4        7
DAYS >= 1.00        4               3.2     0.8        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    2.41   10/13

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1361              1507    -146     1559
 SINCE 7/1       1400              1548    -148     1569
COOLING TOTAL      43                31      12       21
 SINCE 1/1        581               388     193      445
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/160    DATE  11/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/160    DATE  11/16

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72


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

&&

A SERIES OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS BROUGHT DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MASSES
INTO NEW ENGLAND FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL WEEKS OF FALL LEADING TO A
LONG PERIOD WITHOUT RAINFALL. COOL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STATIONARY
OVER THE REGION FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN MID SEPTEMBER LEADING TO COOL
DAYS AND EVEN COOLER NIGHTS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE IN THIS STRETCH
WAS 34 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 21. WARMER CONDITIONS RETURNED IN LATE
SEPTEMBER. FINALLY SOME RAIN FELL ON SEPTEMBER 30 WITH NEARLY AN INCH
OF RAIN AND 49 MPH WINDS. A SERIES OF FRONTAL BOUNDARIES BROUGHT
ALTERNATING WARMER AND COOLER CONDITIONS AS THE STORM TRACK
GRADUALLY SHIFTED CLOSER TO THE AREA. THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON
CAME ON OCTOBER 12. MORE FREQUENT STORM SYSTEMS BEGAN BRINGING
RAINFALL THAT QUICKLY EASED THE SUMMER DROUGHT. THE FIRST BROUGHT
MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 13. ANOTHER BROUGHT 2 MORE
INCHES OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 16 AND 17. CONDITIONS TURNED COOLER IN
LATE OCTOBER WITH THE FIRST FLAKES OF THE SEASON OBSERVED JUST
BEFORE HALLOWEEN. THE COOL WEATHER LASTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE
AN INTENSE AND LONG LATE SEASON WARM SPELL BEGAN. BEGINNING ON
NOVEMBER 5 THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 60 DEGREES FOR 8 STRAIGHT DAYS
INCLUDING 2 DAYS IN THE 70S. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 73 ON
NOVEMBER 7. A COLD FRONT ON NOVEMBER 12 BROUGHT THIS UNUSUAL WARMTH
TO AN END WITH COOLER CONDITIONS AND MORE FREQUENT STORMINESS
RETURNING. THE FIRST STORM BROUGHT MORE WIND THAN RAIN ON NOVEMBER
15 AND 16 WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 56 MPH. ANOTHER STORM BROUGHT MORE
THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON NOVEMBER 23. ONE MORE STORM CAME ON
NOVEMBER 30 WITH ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN AND 55 MPH WINDS.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 50.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 52.6 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 45.2 DEGREES IN 1974.

A TOTAL OF 13.68 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.22 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON OCTOBER 13 WHEN 2.44 INCHES
WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST FALL WAS IN 2005 WHEN 23.76 INCHES WAS
RECORDED. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1984 WITH ONLY 6.48 INCHES.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN FALL 2020...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
SEP 28  64   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       62 IN 2008
SEP 29  63   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       62 IN 1967, 1959
OCT 13  2.41 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        2.05 IN 1983
OCT 17  1.50 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        1.01 IN 2019
OCT 28  37   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      38 IN 1965
OCT 30  36   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      37 IN 1966
NOV 3   36   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      36 IN 1962 (TIED)
NOV 6   66   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      65 IN 1959
NOV 7   73   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      66 IN 1975
NOV 7   55   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       55 IN 2008 (TIED)
NOV 8   66   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      66 IN 2011 (TIED)
NOV 9   69   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      68 IN 1975
NOV 10  69   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      64 IN 1948
NOV 11  71   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      65 IN 2002
NOV 12  63   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      62 IN 2012
NOV 23  2.38 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        1.45 IN 1953

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