Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 030306 CLMAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 011103 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 703 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 08/05/1955 LOW 39 08/27/1954 HIGHEST 84 08/10 90 -6 93 08/04 08/07 LOWEST 53 08/02 48 5 55 08/13 08/23 08/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.8 78.9 -2.1 81.9 AVG. MINIMUM 60.2 58.8 1.4 62.9 MEAN 68.5 68.9 -0.4 72.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.2 -1.2 4 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 9.08 1991 MINIMUM 0.19 2001 TOTALS 6.75 3.41 3.34 2.79 DAILY AVG. 0.22 0.11 0.11 0.09 DAYS >= .01 15 10.7 4.3 14 DAYS >= .10 9 5.8 3.2 7 DAYS >= .50 4 2.0 2.0 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.8 1.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.96 08/08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 7 20 -13 1 SINCE 7/1 7 28 -21 1 COOLING TOTAL 124 139 -15 238 SINCE 1/1 475 387 88 610 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/340 DATE 08/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/350 DATE 08/31 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.45 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 9 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SIMILAR TO JUNE AND JULY A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED TO DOMINATE THE NORTHEAST US THROUGH MUCH OF AUGUST. THIS TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED THE THEME FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENTS IN MAINE. 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 AUGUSTA 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 NEAR 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 68.5, WHICH WAS 0.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COOLEST AUGUST ON RECORD WAS IN 1964 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 62.2 DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS 72.9 DEGREES IN 1973. A TOTAL OF 6.75 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.34 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 3RD WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 8TH WHEN 2.96 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD WAS IN 1991 WHEN 9.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.19 INCHES IN 2001. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST AUGUSTS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA MOST PRECIPITATION IN AUGUST (SINCE 1948)... RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 9.08 1991 2 7.75 2004 3 6.75 2023 <=== 4 5.96 1955 5 5.77 2013 6 5.52 1976 7 5.41 1986 8 5.24 2011 9 5.23 2014 10 5.17 1950 THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN AUGUST 2023... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS AUG 8 2.96 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.20 IN 2008 $$ DS