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CONCORD CLIMATE DATA FOR THE SPRING OF 2013
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1155 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

THIS IS A SEASONAL SUMMARY FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL SPRING
(MARCH...APRIL...MAY) OF 2013 FOR CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

CONCORD HAD A SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL AND MUCH DRIER
THAN NORMAL SPRING THIS YEAR.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL SPRING
(MARCH, APRIL AND MAY) WAS 45.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS JUST
0.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIED 1925 AND 1951 AS THE
49TH WARMEST SPRING IN THE PAST 145 YEARS.

THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD OCCURRED JUST LAST YEAR
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 49.7 DEGREES. THE COLDEST
SPRING WAS IN 1956 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 38.7 DEGREES.

MARCH WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL BY 0.2 DEGREES
WHILE BOTH APRIL (BY 0.2 DEGREES) AND MAY (BY 0.9
DEGREES) WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL.

TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM A LOW OF 8 DEGREES ON MARCH 18TH
TO A HIGH OF 94 ON MAY 31ST. THE 94 DEGREE HIGH ON MAY 31ST
BROKE THE OLD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 93 DEGREES SET
IN 1937 AND 1987. THE 94 DEGREES FELL SHORT OF THE ALL TIME
MAY RECORD OF 98 DEGREES SET ON MAY 22, 1911.

MAY 31ST WAS THE FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY SINCE CONCORD REACHED
92 DEGREES ON AUGUST 5, 2012...A SPAN OF NINE MONTH AND 26
DAYS.

CONCORD HAD A THREE MONTH TOTAL OF 7.67 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION (COMBINED RAINFALL AND MELTED SNOWFALL). THIS
WAS 2.67 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 101ST WETTEST
(OR THE 46TH DRIEST) SPRING IN 146 YEARS. THE WETTEST SPRING
ON RECORD IS 18.14 INCHES IN 1983 AND THE DRIEST IS 3.61
INCHES IN 1915.

CONCORD DID NOT HAVE ANY DAYS WITH AN INCH OR MORE OF
PRECIPITATION. NORMALLY CONCORD CAN EXPECT TWO SUCH DAYS
EACH SPRING. THE WETTEST PERIOD RAN FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE
DAYS FROM MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 26TH. DURING THIS PERIOD
CONCORD MEASURED 3.21 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...NEARLY AS
MUCH AS MARCH AND APRIL COMBINED (3.60 INCHES).

CONCORD PICKED UP 16.2 INCHES OF SNOW THIS SPRING. THIS WAS
2.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL MAKING THIS THE 54TH SNOWIEST SPRING
IN 146 YEARS. THE SNOWIEST SPRING WAS 48.2 INCHES IN 1956
AND THE LEAST SNOWIEST WAS A TRACE IN 2010.

ALMOST ALL OF THE SNOW (16.0 INCHES) FELL IN MARCH. APRIL
HAD JUST 0.2 INCHES AND MAY SAW NO SNOW. THE BIGGEST SPRING
SNOWSTORM WAS 11.2 INCHES ON MARCH 19TH AND 20TH.

SPRING OF 2013 IN CONCORD BY THE NUMBERS...

                           MAR.        APR.       MAY   SPRING 2013
...TEMPERATURES...

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        32.9       45.3       56.7          45.0
30 YEAR NORMAL             33.1       45.1       55.8          44.7
DEPARTURE             MINUS 0.2   PLUS 0.2   PLUS 0.9      PLUS 0.3
RANK (1 THROUGH 145)       61ST       56TH       55TH          49TH
     (1 = WARMEST)                  (TIED)     (TIED)        (TIED)

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE          59         77         94           94 - MAY 31ST
LOWEST TEMPERATURE            8         19         29            8 - MARCH 18TH

...PRECIPITATION...

MEASURED (INCHES)          1.72       1.88       4.07          7.67
30 YEAR NORMAL             3.27       3.41       3.66         10.34
DEPARTURE            MINUS 1.55 MINUS 1.53  PLUS 0.41    MINUS 2.67
RANK (1 THROUGH 146)      115TH      116TH       39TH         101ST
     (1 = WETTEST)                  (TIED)

GREATEST RAINFALL
IN ANY 24-HOUR PERIOD      0.85       0.60       1.42          1.42 - MAY 21-22ND

...SNOWFALL DATA...

MEASURED (INCHES)          16.0        0.2        0.0          16.2
30 YEAR NORMAL             10.5        2.9        0.0          13.9
DEPARTURE              PLUS 5.5  MINUS 2.7       NONE      PLUS 2.3
RANK (1 THROUGH 146)       37TH       96TH       31ST          54TH
     (1 = SNOWIEST)                 (TIED)     (TIED)

GREATEST SNOWFALL (INCHES)
IN ANY 24-HOUR PERIOD      11.0        0.2        0.0          11.0 - MARCH 19TH

...DEGREE DAY DATA...

HEATING DEGREE DAYS         988        585        271          1844
NORMAL                      987        600        303          1891
DEPARTURE                PLUS 1   MINUS 15   MINUS 32      MINUS 47

COOLING DEGREE DAYS           0          0         21            21
NORMAL                        0          2         16            18
DEPARTURE                  NONE    MINUS 2     PLUS 5        PLUS 3

...WIND...

AVERAGE SPEED           7.4 MPH    7.3 MPH    5.4 MPH       6.7 MPH
NORMAL                  8.0 MPH    7.7 MPH    6.9 MPH       7.5 MPH
DEPARTURE             - 0.6 MPH  - 0.4 MPH  - 1.5 MPH     - 0.8 MPH

HIGHEST WIND GUST        39 MPH     41 MPH     38 MPH       41 MPH - APRIL 1ST

...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE...

HIGHEST (IN INCHES)       30.46      30.78     30.55       30.78 - APRIL 22ND
LOWEST (IN INCHES)        29.53      29.49     29.56       29.49 - APRIL 1ST

                           SPRING 2013   NORMAL     DEPARTURE
...NUMBER OF DAYS WITH...

MAX TEMPERATURE 90 OR WARMER      1         0.7      PLUS 0.3
MAX TEMPERATURE 32 OR COLDER      1         3.7     MINUS 2.7
MIN TEMPERATURE 32 OR COLDER     55        44.6     PLUS 10.4
MIN TEMPERATURE  0 OR COLDER      0         0.8     MINUS 0.8

THUNDERSTORMS                     6         3.5      PLUS 2.5
DENSE FOG (VSBY < 1/4 MI)         9         8.2      PLUS 0.8

0.01 INCH OR MORE PCPN           32        35.7     MINUS 3.7
1.00 INCH OR MORE PCPN            0         2.0     MINUS 2.0
SNOWFALL TRACE OR MORE           13         6.5      PLUS 6.5
SNOWFALL 1 INCH OR MORE           3         3.6     MINUS 0.6
SNOWFALL 6 INCHES OR MORE         1         N/A

WARMEST SPRING ... 49.7 DEGREES IN 2012
SECOND WARMEST SPRING... 49.2 DEGREES IN 1921 AND 2010
COLDEST SPRING ... 38.7 DEGREES IN 1956
WETTEST SPRING ... 18.14 INCHES IN 1983
DRIEST SPRING  ... 3.61 INCHES IN 1915
SNOWIEST SPRING ......... 48.2 INCHES IN 1956
LEAST SNOWIEST SPRING ... TRACE IN 2010

NOTE...THE METEOROLOGICAL SPRING REFERS TO MARCH - APRIL - MAY
TOTALS ONLY.

HERE IS A LIST OF DAILY RECORDS SET OR TIED DURING SPRING OF 2013...

DATE        RECORD                            PREVIOUS RECORD
MAR 19      11.0 - GREATEST SNOWFALL          6.9 INCHES IN 1971
MAY 31      94 - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE      93 DEGREES IN 1937 & 1987

NO DAILY TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN
CONCORD IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

$$

SJC