Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 051008 CLSAUG PWMCLSAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 020934 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 608 AM EDT SUN SEP 05 2021 ................................... ...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 ................................................................ 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 ................................................................ 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. && 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) $$ KIMBLE