Climatological Report (Monthly)
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000 CXUS51 KGYX 030328 CLMCON PWMCLMCON 000 TTAA00 GYX 021942 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 342 PM EDT SUN JUL 02 2023 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 101 06/04/1919 LOW 30 06/12/1972 HIGHEST 94 06/02 91 3 91 06/26 LOWEST 45 06/06 38 7 41 06/20 06/09 06/11 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.4 77.8 -2.4 76.3 AVG. MINIMUM 54.2 53.7 0.5 52.1 MEAN 64.8 65.8 -1.0 64.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 2.8 -0.8 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.10 1944 MINIMUM 0.10 1913 TOTALS 4.62 3.77 0.85 3.24 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.13 0.02 0.11 DAYS >= .01 14 12.8 1.2 14 DAYS >= .10 10 7.4 2.6 8 DAYS >= .50 3 2.5 0.5 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.9 1.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.24 06/28 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 64.5 67.7 -3.2 44.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 80 71 9 73 SINCE 7/1 6247 6981 -734 6469 COOLING TOTAL 84 94 -10 55 SINCE 1/1 93 116 -23 111 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/250 DATE 06/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/240 DATE 06/14 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 76 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && JUNE GLOOM WAS THE THEME FOR THE MONTH IN THE CONCORD AREA. THERE WERE 14 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AND AN ADDITIONAL FOUR DAYS WITH A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION. WHEN IT WASN`T RAINING IT WAS OFTEN CLOUDY WITH THE FREQUENCY OF MID DAY OVERCAST SKIES NEARLY TWICE THAT AS THE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE AND THIS JUNE EXPERIENCED A HIGHER FREQUENCY OF OVERCAST SKIES THAN ANY JUNE ON RECORD. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE 21 DAYS WITH FOG BEING REPORTED. AS A RESULT TEMPERATURES AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL MOSTLY DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES RELEGATED TO THE 60S AND 70S. THE PRIMARY CULPRIT OF THIS DREARY WEATHER WAS A SERIES OF UPPER LOWS THAT SLOWLY MEANDERED THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. WITH JET STREAM WINDS WEAKER THAN NORMAL THESE UPPER LOWS WERE SLOW TO EXIT INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC. DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH THE HUMIDITY ALSO STARTED TO BUILD INTO NEW ENGLAND AND THIS INCREASE IN MOISTURE LED TO SEVERAL DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THESE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EVENTS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE FLASH FLOODING EVENTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF MAINE WHILE THE CONCORD AREA WAS SPARED FROM THESE EVENTS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 64.8 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 1.0 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. THE COOLEST JUNE ON RECORD WAS IN 1903 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 58.8 DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS IN 1876 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 70.3 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 4.62 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.85 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL FROM THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 28TH WHEN 1.24 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD WAS IN 1944 WHEN 10.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.10 INCHES IN 1913. NO RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE AT CONCORD. $$ DS

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