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CXUS51 KGYX 060430
CLMCON

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1130 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2013 /SINCE 1869 FOR TEMPERATURE/

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              67   02/22/1997
 LOW              -37   02/16/1943
HIGHEST            48   02/15        54      -6       52  02/22
LOWEST             -2   02/10        -8       6        6  02/13
AVG. MAXIMUM     33.3              34.9    -1.6     40.4
AVG. MINIMUM     17.0              13.8     3.2     19.8
MEAN             25.2              24.3     0.9     30.1
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     12              10.2     1.8        2
DAYS MIN <= 32     28              26.7     1.3       29
DAYS MIN <= 0       1               3.6    -2.6        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         8.96   2008
 MINIMUM         0.03   1987
TOTALS           3.54              2.62    0.92     1.38
DAILY AVG.       0.13              0.09    0.04     0.05
DAYS >= .01        12               9.5     2.5        7
DAYS >= .10         7               5.5     1.5        2
DAYS >= .50         4               1.8     2.2        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.5    -0.5        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.42   02/08 TO 02/09

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           59.0   1893
TOTALS           43.6              12.3    31.3      3.0
SINCE 7/1        67.2              47.5    19.7     39.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     10
DAYS >= TRACE      13               6.5     6.5        5
DAYS >= 1.0         6               3.1     2.9        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        19   02/25
                        02/10
 24 HR TOTAL     23.5R  02/08 TO 02/09

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1110              1138     -28     1005
 SINCE 7/1       4929              5260    -331     4503
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    38/310    DATE  02/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/300    DATE  02/17

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 0
RAIN                      1     LIGHT RAIN                 3
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           1
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       5
LIGHT SNOW               13     FOG                       16
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     8     HAZE                       6

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

&&

THIS FEBRUARY WILL BE MOST REMEMBERED FOR THE BLIZZARD OF 2013.
THOUGH THE STORM DIDN`T REACH BLIZZARD PROPORTIONS IN CONCORD LIKE
IT DID IN OTHER AREAS OF NEW ENGLAND IT STILL GAVE CONCORD ITS
SECOND BIGGEST SNOWFALL ON RECORD.

EXACTLY TWO FEET OF SNOW FELL DURING THE STORM ON THE 8TH AND 9TH.
THE 24.0 INCHES FELL SHORT OF THE RECORD 27.5 INCHES FROM MARCH 11TH
THROUGH THE 13TH OF 1888 DURING THE "BLIZZARD OF `88".

THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 23.5 INCHES FROM 1 PM ON THE 8TH THROUGH 1
PM ON THE 9TH WAS THE SECOND GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL IN CONCORD.
THE OLD RECORD WAS ALSO FROM THE BLIZZARD OF `88 WHEN 24.0 INCHES
FELL OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD ON MARCH 12TH, 1888.

THE STORM DUMPED 16.2 INCHES ON THE 9TH WHICH SET A RECORD FOR THE
DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 10.0 INCHES SET IN 1969. THE 7.8 INCHES
THAT FELL ON THE 8TH DID NOT SET A RECORD FOR SNOWFALL FOR THAT DATE.

THIS WASN`T THE ONLY SNOWSTORM IN FEBRUARY. FROM LATE ON THE 23RD
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 25TH A STORM DROPPED 14.2
INCHES OF SNOW ON CONCORD. MOST OF THE SNOW, 13.1 INCHES, FELL ON
THE 24TH AND SET A RECORD FOR THE DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 11.0
INCHES SET IN 1969.

FOR THE MONTH CONCORD RECORDED 43.6 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS WAS THE 3RD
MOST FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND THE 6TH MOST SNOW FOR ANY MONTH.
THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY WAS 59.0 INCHES IN 1893. THIS WAS ALSO THE
SNOWIEST MONTH EVER. THE 2ND SNOWIEST FEBRUARY WAS 49.8 INCHES IN
1969.

SNOWFALL RECORDS IN CONCORD BEGAN ON JANUARY 1, 1868.

WITH ALL THE SNOW IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT CONCORD ALSO HAD A
WETTER THAN NORMAL FEBRUARY WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION
(COMBINED RAINFALL AND MELTED SNOWFALL). THE 3.54 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION WAS 0.92 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED 1891 AS THE 30TH
WETTEST FEBRUARY IN THE PAST 146 YEARS. THE WETTEST FEBRUARY ON
RECORD WAS 8.96 INCHES IN 2008 AND THE DRIEST WAS 0.03 INCHES IN
1987.

NEARLY AN INCH AND A HALF (1.42 INCHES) OF THE MONTHLY TOTAL WAS
MEASURED WITH THE BLIZZARD ON THE 8TH AND 9TH. ANOTHER INCH (1.09
INCHES) FELL WITH THE SNOWSTORM FROM THE 23RD THROUGH THE 25TH.

WITH ALL THE HARSH WINTER WEATHER CONCORD STILL MANAGED TO HAVE A
WARMER THAN NORMAL FEBRUARY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 25.2 DEGREES
WAS 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED THREE OTHER YEARS AS THE 43RD
WARMEST IN THE PAST 145 YEARS.

THE WARMEST FEBRUARY WAS 32.3 DEGREES IN 1877 AND THE COLDEST WAS
12.0 DEGREES IN 1934.

CONCORD HAD ONLY ONE DAY DROP BELOW ZERO DEGREES. THAT WAS ON THE
10TH WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF MINUS TWO DEGREES. THE HIGH FOR THE
MONTH WAS 48 DEGREES ON THE 15TH. ALTOGETHER THERE WERE FIVE DAYS IN
FEBRUARY WITH HIGHS OF 40 OR WARMER.

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

DATE    RECORD                            PREVIOUS RECORD
 9      0.91 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION     0.86 INCHES IN 1969
 9      16.2 - GREATEST SNOWFALL          10.0 INCHES IN 1969
24      13.1 - GREATEST SNOWFALL          11.0 INCHES IN 1969

NO RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES SET OR TIED.

$$

SJC