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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
0425 PM EST FRI MAR 01 2024

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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             74   02/21/2018
 LOW             -37   02/16/1943
HIGHEST           60   02/10         54       6       55  02/15
                       02/27
                                                          02/16
                                                          02/20
LOWEST             8   02/18         -8      16      -15  02/04
AVG. MAXIMUM    41.1               34.8     6.3     37.9
AVG. MINIMUM    19.4               14.7     4.7     15.5
MEAN            30.2               24.7     5.5     26.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     1               11.0   -10.0        7
DAYS MIN <= 32    28               27.1     0.9       27
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                4.1    -4.1        3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        8.96   2008
 MINIMUM        0.03   1987
TOTALS          0.54               2.75   -2.21     1.48
DAILY AVG.      0.02               0.10   -0.08     0.05
DAYS >= .01        7               10.0    -3.0       11
DAYS >= .10        3                6.2    -3.2        4
DAYS >= .50        0                1.8    -1.8        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.5    -0.5        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.23   02/23 TO 02/23

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          59.0   1893
TOTALS           4.9               16.9   -12.0     10.3
SINCE 7/1       34.6               51.6   -17.0     29.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     5
DAYS >= TRACE      9                7.6     1.4       12
DAYS >= 1.0        3                4.1    -1.1        4
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        8   02/01
 24 HR TOTAL     1.8   02/15

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1003               1127    -124     1067
 SINCE 7/1      4406               5138    -732     3403
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/300    DATE  02/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/300    DATE  02/29

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER        0.34

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 0
RAIN                      0     LIGHT RAIN                 3
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           1
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                8     FOG                       13
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     5     HAZE                       1

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

&&

FEBRUARY FEATURED A RETURN TO QUIETER WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
REGION AFTER AN ACTIVE STRETCH DURING THE FALL SEASON THAT THEN
PERSISTED THROUGH JANUARY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED ANCHORED
TO OUR WEST THROUGH MUCH OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH WITH THE
FIRST MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION NOT ARRIVING UNTIL THE 9TH. A WEAK
SYSTEM THEN TRACKED OVER THE REGION ON THE 15TH AND INTO THE 16TH,
BRINGING A TOTAL OF 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW. MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS THEN
FOLLOWED UNTIL THE 23RD WHEN A FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSED, BRINGING
ANOTHER PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOWFALL. THIS WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY MAINLY
DRY WEATHER AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES UNTIL A STRONG COLD
FRONT CROSSED LATE ON THE 28TH, BRINGING STRONG WINDS AND ANOTHER
ROUND OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.2 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
5.5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND THE 6TH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD.
THE WARMEST WAS IN 1877 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 32.3
DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 12.1 DEGREES IN 2015. THE FOLLOWING TABLE
LISTS THE WARMEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD.

WARMEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD (SINCE 1868)
RANK    TEMP    YEAR
1       32.3    1877
2       30.9    2018
        30.9    1998
4       30.8    1981
5       30.5    1984
6       30.2    2024  <===
7       30.1    2017
        30.1    2012
        30.1    1925
10      29.6    1954

A TOTAL OF 0.54 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FELL,
WHICH WAS 2.21 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 4TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON
RECORD. THE DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1987 WHEN ONLY 0.03
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS 8.96 INCHES IN
2008. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DRIEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON
RECORD.

DRIEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD (SINCE 1868)
RANK    PRECIP  YEAR
1       0.03    1987
2       0.40    1877
3       0.47    1901
4       0.54    2024  <===
5       0.56    1895
6       0.67    1978
7       0.78    1980
8       0.80    1994
9       0.85    1907
10      0.87    1930

A TOTAL OF 4.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 12.0 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THE LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1877 WHEN ONLY
A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST WAS 59.0 INCHES IN
1893.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN FEBRUARY 2024...
DATE        RECORD                          PREVIOUS
02/10       60 -WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE    55 IN 1955 AND 1876

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