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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
608 AM EDT SUN SEP 05 2021

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM
6/1/2021 TO 8/31/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            100   08/05/1955
 LOW              36   06/09/1955
HIGHEST           94   06/28         93       1       94  06/20
                       06/29
                       06/30
LOWEST            46   06/12         44       2       38  06/01
AVG. MAXIMUM    78.3               77.8     0.5     78.8
AVG. MINIMUM    59.8               57.7     2.1     59.3
MEAN            69.0               67.7     1.3     69.1
DAYS MAX >= 90     8                4.0     4.0        5
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       18.94   2009
 MINIMUM        4.76   1949
TOTALS          8.44              10.62   -2.18     9.51
DAILY AVG.      0.09               0.12   -0.03     0.10
DAYS >= .01       37               35.6     1.4       28
DAYS >= .10       16               19.9    -3.9       16
DAYS >= .50        5                6.5    -1.5        9
DAYS >= 1.00       2                2.3    -0.3        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.41


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     87                122     -35      105
 SINCE 7/1        48                 28      20       39
COOLING TOTAL    482                377     105      507
 SINCE 1/1       496                387     109      538
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    23/320    DATE  08/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    36/160    DATE  06/21

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.41

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     75

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              9     HEAVY RAIN                10
RAIN                     15     LIGHT RAIN                49
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     FOG                       58
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    20     HAZE                      10

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

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AFTER A COLD AND WET MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, A WARMING TREND BEGAN.
ONLY A WEEK INTO JUNE AND THE FIRST SUMMER HEAT ARRIVED. THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 92 ON JUNE 7. ALTHOUGH A FEW COLD FRONTS BROUGHT
SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT, THE WARM AND HUMID AIR KEPT RETURNING. A
HEAT WAVE AT THE END OF JUNE BROUGHT 4 MORE 90 DEGREE DAYS. JUNE
FINISHED AS THE 2ND WARMEST AND 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD. JUST AS THE
SUMMER`S NEXT HOLIDAY WEEKEND ARRIVED, THE WEATHER TURNED COLD AND
RAINY AGAIN. NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER INDEPENDENCE DAY
WEEKEND WITH THE TEMPERATURE IN THE 50S AND 60S. A FEW DAYS LATER,
THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ELSA BROUGHT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF
RAIN ON JULY 9. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS BROUGHT COOL CANADIAN AIR
MASSES INTO THE REGION FOR MOST OF JULY, WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FREQUENTLY ACCOMPANYING THE FRONTAL PASSAGES. THE
UNUSUALLY COOL AND WET MIDSUMMER CONDITIONS MADE JULY THE 5TH
COOLEST AND 5TH WETTEST ON RECORD. THIS PATTERN BEGAN TO CHANGE IN
AUGUST AS THE WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS RETURNED. THE FIRST STRETCH
OF HOT WEATHER PEAKED AT 91 DEGREES ON AUGUST 12. THE REMNANTS OF
TROPICAL STORM FRED TRACKED THROUGH NEW ENGLAND ON AUGUST 19
BRINGING THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OF THE MONTH. HOT WEATHER
RETURNED AT THE END OF AUGUST, WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE REACHING
92 ON AUGUST 26. THE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAT AND LACK OF SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL MADE AUGUST THE 2ND WARMEST AND 6TH DRIEST ON RECORD.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 69.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND THE 7TH WARMEST ON RECORD. JUNE AND AUGUST WERE VERY WARM
WHILE JULY WAS VERY COOL. THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 1973
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 71.2 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 63.7
DEGREES IN 1968. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SUMMERS ON
RECORD AT AUGUSTA.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  AVE  YEAR
1    71.2  1973
2    71.0  1999
3    70.3  1971
     70.3  1952
5    69.6  1949
6    69.1  2020
7    69.0  2021  <===
8    68.9  1991
9    68.8  1988
     68.8  1983

A TOTAL OF 8.44 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 2.18 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF THIS RAIN FELL IN JULY
WHILE JUNE AND AUGUST WERE VERY DRY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON JULY
8 AND 9 WHEN 2.44 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST SUMMER WAS IN 1949
WHEN ONLY 4.76 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2009 WITH
18.94 INCHES.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SUMMER 2021...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
JUN 4   61   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       59 IN 1960
JUN 6   89   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      85 IN 1968 AND OTHERS
JUN 6   67   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       60 IN 2020, 1966
JUN 7   92   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      92 IN 1999 (TIED)
JUN 7   64   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       61 IN 1999
JUN 24  48   - COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE       48 IN 1958 (TIED)
JUN 28  94   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      93 IN 1991
JUN 29  94   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      90 IN 1997, 1965
JUN 29  72   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       71 IN 1999
JUN 30  71   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       67 IN 1973
JUL 4   57   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      57 IN 1992 (TIED)
JUL 4   1.18 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        1.18 IN 1973 (TIED)
JUL 9   2.39 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        1.59 IN 1997
JUL 18  0.87 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        0.71 IN 1995
JUL 25  67   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      68 IN 2015, 1964
AUG 13  71   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       68 IN 1984 AND OTHERS
AUG 18  68   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       68 IN 2009 AND OTHERS (TIED)
AUG 19  68   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       68 IN 2009, 1973 (TIED)
AUG 20  69   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       67 IN 1971
AUG 24  69   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       68 IN 1972
AUG 25  70   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       70 IN 1972 (TIED)

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