Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
500 PM EDT MON APR 03 2023
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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 86 03/31/1998
LOW -4 03/09/2007
03/07/2007
03/06/2007
HIGHEST 53 03/21 62 -9 67
LOWEST 17 03/01 4 13 5
AVG. MAXIMUM 42.1 41.3 0.8 44.2
AVG. MINIMUM 27.6 24.6 3.0 25.3
MEAN 34.9 32.9 2.0 34.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 5.3 -5.3 6
DAYS MIN <= 32 30 25.7 4.3 24
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.4 -0.4 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.93 2010
MINIMUM 1.19 2006
TOTALS 2.73 4.01 -1.28 3.21
DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.13 -0.04 0.10
DAYS >= .01 9 11.4 -2.4 13
DAYS >= .10 6 6.6 -0.6 9
DAYS >= .50 2 2.8 -0.8 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.93 03/04
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 58.3 2001
TOTALS 24.5 16.2 8.3 5.8
SINCE 7/1 81.2 79.3 1.9 44.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 13
DAYS >= TRACE 14 6.3 7.7 12
DAYS >= 1.0 5 3.4 1.6 3
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 25 03/05 10
24 HR TOTAL 11.3 03/04
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 927 994 -67 931
SINCE 7/1 5446 6067 -621 5803
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 SNOWY PATTERN THAT SET IN AT THE END OF FEBRUARY CONTINUED INTO
THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. THIS PATTERN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
NEGATIVE PHASE OF THE NAO THAT HELPED TO KEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS
FROM TRACKING TO THE WEST OF NEW ENGLAND. INSTEAD, LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEMS TRACKED FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND KEEPING THE GRAY AREA ON THE COLDER AND SNOWIER SIDE OF THE
SYSTEMS. AS ONE SYSTEM EXITED ON THE 1ST ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM CROSSED
ON THE 2ND BRINGING LIGHT SNOW. A MORE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM TRACKED
ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE ON THE 4TH THAT BROUGHT
11.3 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE GRAY AREA AND WOULD BE THE GREATEST
SNOWFALL OF THE MONTH. THEREAFTER, THE ACTIVE PATTERN TRANSITIONED
TO A DRY ONE UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING
A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IMPACTED
NEW ENGLAND FROM LATE ON THE 13TH UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE 15TH.
DESPITE THIS SYSTEM BEING A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A
FAVORABLE TRACK FOR SNOW AS IT CROSSED THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE,
THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS DISPLACED FAR TO THE
NORTHWEST OVER VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE GRAY AREA RECEIVED 7.3
INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM WHILE THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND VERMONT RECEIVED UPWARDS OF 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW. THE REST OF THE
MONTH WAS RELATIVELY QUIET WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING A COUPLE
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, EXCEPT FOR A TREND TO BELOW NORMAL DURING THE
FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 34.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD WAS IN 2012
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 40.3 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN
2014 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 25.1 DEGREES.
A TOTAL OF 2.73 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.28 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 4TH WHEN A
LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.93 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST MARCH ON RECORD
WAS IN 2006 WHEN ONLY 1.19 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST
WAS 8.93 INCHES IN 2010.
A TOTAL OF 24.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 8.3 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL AND THE 5TH SNOWIEST MARCH ON RECORD. THE SNOWIEST MARCH WAS
IN 2001 WHEN 58.3 INCHES FELL. THE LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH WAS IN 2021
WHEN ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED.
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