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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
159 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2022

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM
3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             94   05/22/1992
 LOW             -11   03/01/1982
HIGHEST           92   05/14         85       7       92  05/26
LOWEST             1   03/01          3      -2        3  03/02
AVG. MAXIMUM    57.0               53.3     3.7     55.7
AVG. MINIMUM    36.8               34.1     2.7     35.1
MEAN            46.9               43.7     3.2     45.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                0.4     0.6        1
DAYS MAX <= 32     5                6.2    -1.2        7
DAYS MIN <= 32    25               38.1   -13.1       29
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.6    -0.6        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       20.21   1983
 MINIMUM        4.57   1965
TOTALS         10.02              10.30   -0.28     7.20
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.11   -0.00     0.08
DAYS >= .01       35               36.0    -1.0       30
DAYS >= .10       20               20.8    -0.8       15
DAYS >= .50        8                6.8     1.2        7
DAYS >= 1.00       3                1.9     1.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.21   03/19 TO 03/20


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1672               1971    -299     1794
 SINCE 7/1      6243               7190    -947     6561
COOLING TOTAL     35                 11      24       14
 SINCE 1/1        35                 10      25       14
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/360    DATE  04/04
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/290    DATE  03/08

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.44

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     62

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     HEAVY RAIN                 8
RAIN                     17     LIGHT RAIN                38
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       3
LIGHT SNOW               10     FOG                       38
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    16     HAZE                       9

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

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SPRING STARTED OFF COOLER THAN NORMAL AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT
CROSSED THE REGION ALTHOUGH BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH
TEMPERATURES WARMED WELL ABOVE NORMAL. TEMPERATURES RETURNED CLOSER
TO NORMAL DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH BEFORE A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE BROUGHT WARMING TREND THAT PEAKED ON MARCH 18TH WHEN THE
HIGH REACHED 68 DEGREES. THIS WARM WEATHER WAS DISRUPTED BY THE
PASSAGE A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT TRACKED FROM THE GREAT
LAKES ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ON MARCH 19-20 BRINGING THE AUGUSTA AREA
THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EVENT OF THE SPRING. COOLER, BUT STILL
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT
CROSSED LATE ON THE 27TH. THIS COLD FRONT BROUGHT A SHOT OF COLD AIR
ON THE 28TH WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 32 DEGREES AND
WAS THE LAST DAY OF SPRING WHERE THE HIGH STAYED BELOW FREEZING.
TEMPERATURES SLOWLY REBOUNDED THROUGH THE END OF MARCH AND STAYED
CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF APRIL. DURING APRIL THERE WAS AN
ACTIVE PACIFIC JET STREAM WITH SEVERAL SYSTEMS CROSSING THE CONUS
BRINGING BOUTS OF RAIN TO AUGUSTA. ALSO DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL
THE NAO STAYED PREDOMINANTLY NEGATIVE. THE COMPETING INFLUENCES OF
MILD PACIFIC AIR FLOODING THE CONUS WHILE BLOCKING OVER THE NORTH
ATLANTIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE -NAO HELPED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES STEADY
WITHOUT ANY WARMS SPELLS OR COLD SNAPS FOR MUCH OF APRIL INTO EARLY
MAY. THE RELATIVELY WET PATTERN IN APRIL GAVE WAY TO A DRY AND WARM
PATTERN AFTER THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MAY. THE AUGUSTA AREA WENT 10
DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FROM MAY 5TH TO MAY 14TH WHILE
TEMPERATURES CLIMBED WELL ABOVE NORMAL PEAKING ON THE 14TH WHEN THE
HIGH REACHED 92 DEGREES. THIS WARM AND DRY PATTERN WAS THE RESULT OF
AN ANOMALOUS RIDGE THAT DEVELOPED OVER NEW ENGLAND. THIS RIDGE BROKE
DOWN A LITTLE DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY WITH A FEW COLD FRONTS
CROSSING THE REGION BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND KNOCKED
TEMPERATURES DOWN CLOSER TO NORMAL. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
REDEVELOPED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MAY BRINGING WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS TO CLOSE OUT THE SPRING SEASON.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SPRING WAS 46.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 3.2
DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND THE 5TH WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE
WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS 49.0 DEGREES IN 2010. THE COLDEST WAS
37.9 DEGREES IN 1956. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SPRINGS
ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SPRING (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     49.0  2010
2     47.6  2012
3     47.1  1999
4     47.0  1991
5     46.9  2022 <===
6     46.5  1998
7     46.3  1973
8     46.2  1981
9     45.8  2000
      45.8  1977

A TOTAL OF 10.02 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.28 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON MARCH 19TH TO THE
20TH WHEN A LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 1.21 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE
DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 1965 WHEN ONLY 4.57 INCHES WAS
MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 20.21 INCHES.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2022...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
MAR 7   37    - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE      37 IN 1979 (TIED)
MAY 14  92    - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE     87 IN 1961
MAY 22  59    - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE      59 IN 1992 (TIED)

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