Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
825 CXUS51 KGYX 032331 CCB CLMCON PWMCLMCON 000 TTAA00 GYX 022055 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 355 PM EST FRI FEB 02 2024 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 69 01/06/2007 LOW -35 01/08/1878 HIGHEST 50 01/10 51 -1 52 01/01 LOWEST 0 01/18 -11 11 9 01/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 34.5 31.6 2.9 38.4 AVG. MINIMUM 19.7 12.9 6.8 24.1 MEAN 27.1 22.3 4.8 31.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 12 16.8 -4.8 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 29.9 -1.9 29 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 6.2 -5.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.09 1979 MINIMUM 0.40 1970 TOTALS 6.58 2.80 3.78 5.79 DAILY AVG. 0.21 0.09 0.12 0.19 DAYS >= .01 13 11.2 1.8 17 DAYS >= .10 10 6.3 3.7 12 DAYS >= .50 7 2.1 4.9 4 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.4 1.6 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.25 01/09 TO 01/10 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 46.7 1935 TOTALS 25.1 17.1 8.0 28.0 SINCE 7/1 29.0 34.7 -5.7 33.8 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 3 DAYS >= TRACE 12 8.1 4.9 13 DAYS >= 1.0 6 4.2 0.8 7 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 9 01/29 24 HR TOTAL 8.6 01/06 TO 01/07 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1166 1325 -159 1038 SINCE 7/1 3403 3934 -531 3393 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/100 DATE 01/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/110 DATE 01/10 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 12 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE THEME FOR WETTER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS THAT DOMINATED IN 2023 CONTINUED INTO JANUARY FOR THE CONCORD AREA. THERE WAS NO SNOW ON THE GROUND TO START THE MONTH, BUT THAT CHANGED WHEN LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON THE 6TH AND 7TH DELIVERING 8.6 INCHES OF SNOW. THE FRESH SNOW WAS QUICKLY ERODED WHEN TWO STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TRACKED WEST OF NEW ENGLAND ON THE 10TH AND THE 13TH. THE STORM ON THE 10TH INITIALLY STARTED AS SNOW, BUT CHANGED OVER TO HEAVY RAIN AND ALSO BROUGHT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS PEAKING AT 46 MPH. ALONG THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST, THE STRONG ONSHORE WINDS BROUGHT A SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE RESULTING IN MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING. AFTER A SECOND ROUND OF RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ON THE 13TH, THE SNOWPACK HAD ALL DISAPPEARED. COLDER AIR ARRIVED BEHIND THE STORM ON THE 13TH THAT BROUGHT A PERIOD OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH AND A LIGHT SNOW EVENT ON THE 16TH. TEMPERATURES THEN RAN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH WITH MULTIPLE SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENTS THAT ALLOWED THE MONTH TO END WITH 8 INCHES OF SNOW DEPTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 27.1 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1932 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 31.9 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 10.6 DEGREES IN 1977. A TOTAL OF 6.58 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.78 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 2ND WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 9TH INTO THE 10TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 2.25 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1979 WHEN A TOTAL OF 8.09 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.40 INCHES IN 1970. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST JANUARYS ON RECORD. MOST PRECIPITATION IN JANUARY (SINCE 1868)... RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 8.09 1979 2 6.58 2024 <=== 3 6.32 1978 4 5.87 1935 5 5.83 1958 6 5.82 1870 7 5.79 2023 8 5.71 1891 9 5.67 1936 10 5.38 1999 A TOTAL OF 25.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 8.0 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1935 WHEN A TOTAL OF 46.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THE LEAST SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS 0.9 INCHES IN 1955. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN JANUARY 2023... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS JAN 10 38 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 37 IN 1956 $$ DS/HAT