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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
612 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2020

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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM
3/1/2020 TO 5/31/2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1868 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              98   05/22/1911
 LOW              -20   03/06/1869
HIGHEST            91   05/27        90       1       85  05/26
LOWEST             13   03/16         1      12       -8  03/07
AVG. MAXIMUM     57.3              56.7     0.6     54.7
AVG. MINIMUM     33.6              32.6     1.0     33.0
MEAN             45.5              44.7     0.8     43.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      1               1.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      1               4.4    -3.4        3
DAYS MIN <= 32     46              46.2    -0.2       44
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               1.0    -1.0        3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        18.14   1983
 MINIMUM         3.61   1915
TOTALS           8.19             10.34   -2.15     9.87
DAILY AVG.       0.09              0.11   -0.02     0.11
DAYS >= .01        26              35.7    -9.7       42
DAYS >= .10        16              20.9    -4.9       25
DAYS >= .50         8               6.6     1.4        7
DAYS >= 1.00        0               2.1    -2.1        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.97   04/09

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           48.2   1956
TOTALS            8.0              13.9    -5.9      9.2
SINCE 7/1        46.5              61.4   -14.9     52.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0
DAYS >= TRACE      12               6.8     5.2       10
DAYS >= 1.0         1               3.8    -2.8        3
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         6   03/24
 24 HR TOTAL      7.0   03/23 TO 03/24

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1812              1891     -79     1939
 SINCE 7/1       6771              7150    -379     7147
COOLING TOTAL      42                18      24       14
 SINCE 1/1         42                18      24       14
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/300    DATE  05/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/290    DATE  03/13

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     58

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

&&

AFTER A WINTER THAT WAS FREQUENTLY MILD, SPRING BEGAN WITH MORE MILD
WEATHER. AFTER WARMING INTO THE 60S ON MARCH 3, IT WARMED INTO THE
70S ON MARCH 9. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME CONCORD WOULD SEE 70 DEGREES
FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS. THE LAST OF THE WINTER SNOW COVER MELTED BY
THE MORNING OF MARCH 11, BUT IF RESIDENTS THOUGHT THIS WAS THE LAST
OF THE SNOW THIS SEASON THEY WERE IN FOR A FEW MORE SURPRISES. A
LATE SEASON WINTER STORM BROUGHT 7 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE CITY ON
MARCH 23 AND 24. THE MILD SPRING WEATHER MELTED THIS SNOW FAIRLY
QUICKLY. A FEW MORE STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW IN
LATE MARCH AND EARLY APRIL. BY THE MIDDLE OF APRIL A NEW WEATHER
PATTERN WHICH FAVORED PERSISTENT TROUGHS IN THE EASTERN US BROUGHT
COOL CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. THIS COOL WEATHER LASTED FOR MUCH OF
THE MONTH WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. CONCORD FINALLY SAW
ANOTHER WARM DAY ON MAY 3 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 79 DEGREES,
BUT THE COOL WEATHER QUICKLY RETURNED. IN FACT, A STORM SYSTEM
BROUGHT RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ON THE MORNING OF MAY 9, WITH 0.4
INCHES ACCUMULATING. THIS WAS THE THIRD LATEST SNOWFALL ON RECORD AT
CONCORD, AND THE FIRST MAY SNOWFALL IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS. IT
REMAINED COOL FOR ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE SOME MILD WEATHER
ARRIVED. WHILE NEW ENGLAND DEALT WITH PERSISTENT TROUGHS AND COOL
WEATHER, WARM AIR WAS BUILDING OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY.
OCCASIONALLY SOME OF THIS WARM AIR SPILLED INTO NEW ENGLAND. THE
TEMPERATURE WARMED INTO THE 80S ON MAY 21 AND 22 BEFORE A COLD FRONT
COOLED THINGS OFF AGAIN. A LONGER STRETCH OF SUMMER-LIKE WARMTH
ARRIVED AT THE END OF MAY INCLUDING A HIGH OF 91 ON MAY 27.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 45.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS
0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2012 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.6 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 38.7 DEGREES
IN 1956.

A TOTAL OF 8.19 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 2.15 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS ON APRIL 9 AND 10 WHEN
0.99 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 1915 WHEN ONLY
3.61 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 18.14 INCHES.

THERE WAS 8.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 5.9 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW CAME ON MARCH 23 AND 24 WHEN 7.0 INCHES FELL. THE
SNOWIEST SPRING WAS IN 1956 WHEN 48.2 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE LEAST
SNOWY WAS IN 2010 WITH ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2020...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
MAR 3   62   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      62 IN 1880 (TIED)
APR 27  40   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      42 IN 1993 AND OTHERS
MAY 9   42   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      43 IN 1966
MAY 9   0.4  - MOST SNOWFALL                 TRACE IN 1977 AND 1966
MAY 29  70   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       64 IN 1987

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