Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
500 PM EDT MON APR 03 2023
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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 85 03/31/1998
LOW -11 03/01/1982
HIGHEST 54 03/27 60 -6 68 03/18
LOWEST 15 03/01 3 12 1 03/01
AVG. MAXIMUM 43.4 40.6 2.8 44.4
AVG. MINIMUM 28.0 23.4 4.6 26.3
MEAN 35.7 32.0 3.7 35.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 1 5.8 -4.8 5
DAYS MIN <= 32 26 25.9 0.1 21
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.71 1953
MINIMUM 0.59 1965
TOTALS 1.94 3.21 -1.27 3.75
DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.10 -0.04 0.12
DAYS >= .01 10 11.0 -1.0 13
DAYS >= .10 6 6.5 -0.5 8
DAYS >= .50 1 2.1 -1.1 3
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.63 03/04
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 902 1023 -121 911
SINCE 7/1 5292 6243 -951 5482
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/360 DATE 03/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/010 DATE 03/14
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 0
RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 3
FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0
HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 4
LIGHT SNOW 12 FOG 13
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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THE SNOWY PATTERN THAT SET IN ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AT THE END
OF FEBRUARY CONTINUED INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. THIS PATTERN WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEGATIVE PHASE OF THE NAO THAT HELPED TO KEEP
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS FROM TRACKING TO THE WEST OF NEW ENGLAND.
INSTEAD, LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TRACKED FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND KEEPING THE AUGUSTA AREA ON THE
COLDER AND SNOWIER SIDE OF THE SYSTEMS. AS ONE SYSTEM EXITED ON THE
1ST ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM CROSSED ON THE 2ND BRINGING LIGHT SNOW. A
MORE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM TRACKED ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
COASTLINE ON THE 4TH THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS
CENTRAL MAINE. THEREAFTER, THE ACTIVE PATTERN TRANSITIONED TO A DRY
ONE UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING SEVERAL
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IMPACTED NEW
ENGLAND FROM LATE ON THE 13TH UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE 15TH. DESPITE
THIS SYSTEM BEING A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A FAVORABLE
TRACK FOR SNOW AS IT CROSSED THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE, THE AXIS OF
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS DISPLACED FAR TO THE NORTHWEST OVER
VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THEREFORE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MAINE
INCLUDING THE AUGUSTA AREA RECEIVED LITTLE PRECIPITATION FROM THIS
SYSTEM WHILE PORTIONS OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE SAW UPWARDS OF 1
TO 2 FEET OF SNOW. THE REST OF THE MONTH WAS RELATIVELY QUIET WITH
TEMPERATURES RUNNING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, EXCEPT FOR A TREND
TO BELOW NORMAL DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 35.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
3.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 7TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. THE
WARMEST MARCH WAS IN 2010 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 39.4
DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN 2014 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
24.5 DEGREES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD.
WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MARCH (SINCE 1948)...
RANK TEMP YEAR
1 39.4 2010
2 38.9 2012
3 38.7 2000
4 38.0 1073
5 37.9 1977
6 36.0 1079
7 35.7 2023 <===
35.7 1999
9 35.5 2020
10 35.4 2022
A TOTAL OF 1.94 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.27 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 4TH WHEN A
LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.64 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST MARCH ON
RECORD WAS IN 1965 WHEN ONLY 0.59 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE
WETTEST WAS 9.71 INCHES IN 1953.
NO RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED AT AUGUSTA IN MARCH.
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