Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
703 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023
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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 96 08/12/2016
08/09/2001
08/08/2001
LOW 46 08/31/2002
HIGHEST 82 08/10 90 -8 94
08/21
LOWEST 53 08/02 50 3 56
08/23
AVG. MAXIMUM 75.2 78.2 -3.0 80.7
AVG. MINIMUM 59.3 58.9 0.4 62.1
MEAN 67.2 68.6 -1.4 71.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.4 -1.4 1
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 8.19 2011
MINIMUM 0.16 1996
TOTALS 8.58 3.84 4.74 4.25
DAILY AVG. 0.28 0.12 0.16 0.14
DAYS >= .01 16 11.1 4.9 11
DAYS >= .10 10 6.3 3.7 9
DAYS >= .50 6 2.3 3.7 2
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 3.63 08/08
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 0.0
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 10 21 -11 3
SINCE 7/1 12 31 -19 3
COOLING TOTAL 87 131 -44 209
SINCE 1/1 347 357 -10 550
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- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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SIMILAR TO JUNE AND JULY A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED TO
DOMINATE THE NORTHEAST US THROUGH MUCH OF AUGUST. THIS ALLOWED FOR
FRONTAL SYSTEMS TO FREQUENTLY CROSS THE REGION BRINGING BOUTS OF
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF WHICH BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL. DURING
THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH THE NAO REMAINED NEGATIVE WHILE THE PNA
REMAINED POSITIVE WITH THESE TELECONNECTIONS FAVORING A TROUGH JUST
WEST OF NEW ENGLAND. THE NAO DID TREND TOWARDS NEUTRAL AT TIMES,
WHICH ALLOWED THE TROUGH AXIS TO SHIFT NEAR OVERHEAD OF THE GRAY
AREA AND SOMETIMES EAST OF NEW ENGLAND. THIS EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE
TROUGH AXIS ALLOWED FOR COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS TO BUILD
INTO THE AREA BRINGING PERIODS OF DRY WEATHER WITH TEMPERATURES
TRENDING BELOW NORMAL. TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, TROPICAL
ACTIVITY INCREASED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN WITH TROPICAL STORMS
TRACKING OFFSHORE OF THE EAST COAST. A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS THAT
CROSSED FROM THE WEST HELPED TO PUSH THESE SYSTEM OFFSHORE WHILE
AREA BEACHES DID SEE INCREASED SWELLS.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 67.2 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
1.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 5TH COOLEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE
COOLEST AUGUST WAS IN 2008 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 66.0
DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS 72.2 DEGREES IN 2001. THE FOLLOWING TABLE
LISTS THE COOLEST AUGUSTS AT GRAY.
COOLEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN AUGUST (SINCE 1996)...
RANK TEMP YEAR
1 66.0 2008
2 66.8 2006
3 66.9 2000
4 67.0 2014
5 67.2 2023 <===
A TOTAL OF 8.58 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 4.74 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE NEXT WETTEST
AUGUST ON RECORD WAS IN 2011 WHEN 8.11 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.
THE DRIEST WAS 0.16 INCHES IN 1996. THE FOLLOWING TABLES LISTS THE
WETTEST AUGUSTS ON RECORD AT GRAY.
MOST PRECIPITATION IN AUGUST (SINCE 1996)...
RANK PRECIP YEAR
1 8.58 2023 <===
2 8.19 2011
3 7.08 2014
4 7.00 2004
5 6.78 6.78
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