Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 031949 CLSAUG PWMCLSAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 012010 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 309 PM EST MON MAR 01 2021 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2020 TO 2/28/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 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 67 12/06/2001 LOW -23 02/02/1962 HIGHEST 60 12/25 56 4 54 01/11 12/14 LOWEST -3 01/31 -9 6 -9 02/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 33.4 31.0 2.4 34.0 AVG. MINIMUM 20.2 14.7 5.5 18.6 MEAN 26.8 22.8 4.0 26.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 43 49.0 -6.0 39 DAYS MIN <= 32 84 84.7 -0.7 87 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 10.7 -9.7 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.78 1974 MINIMUM 3.23 1980 TOTALS 10.15 8.28 1.87 7.99 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.09 0.02 0.09 DAYS >= .01 32 30.8 1.2 29 DAYS >= .10 14 17.8 -3.8 17 DAYS >= .50 5 4.8 0.2 5 DAYS >= 1.00 4 1.8 2.2 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.11 12/05 TO 12/06 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3367 3795 -428 3504 SINCE 7/1 4767 5343 -576 5073 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/340 DATE 12/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/330 DATE 12/06 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HEAVY SNOW 5 SNOW 10 LIGHT SNOW 32 FOG 44 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 12 HAZE 15 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE WINTER SEASON BEGAN JUST AS A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WAS EXITING THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE TEMPERATURE WAS A BALMY 59 DEGREES TO START DECEMBER, STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 46 MPH BROUGHT IN COOLER AIR. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM ON DECEMBER 5 BROUGHT 2.11 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. A COLD FRONT BROUGHT A SHIFT TOWARD MUCH COLDER WEATHER IN MID DECEMBER WITH THE TEMPERATURE STAYING BELOW FREEZING FOR 6 STRAIGHT DAYS. IN THE MIDST OF THIS COLD STRETCH CAME ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT 6 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 16 BEFORE A GRADUAL WARM UP BEGAN. CHRISTMAS DAY WAS WARM 60 DEGREES WITH 2.06 INCHES OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 48 MPH. MILD WEATHER CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. MOST DAYS SAW THE TEMPERATURE WARM INTO THE MID 30S TO LOW 40S, BUT FREQUENTLY CLOUDY WEATHER MEANT THAT THE TEMPERATURE RARELY FELL LOWER THAN THE 20S. THE WARMEST WEATHER WAS IN MID JANUARY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 43 DEGREES ALONG WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL. SOME COOLER WEATHER WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH A FEW LIGHT SNOWFALLS IN THE LAST PART OF JANUARY. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WAS ON FEBRUARY 1 AND 2 BRINGING SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA. A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS SPILLED INTO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES IN EARLY FEBRUARY, AND NEW ENGLAND FOUND ITSELF ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THIS AIR MASS. THIS BROUGHT CONSISTENTLY COLD WEATHER AND A FEW WINTER STORMS, BUT SPARED THE REGION THE MORE BRUTAL COLD. THE TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW FREEZING FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO WEEKS WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT 2 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 12. SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN FELL ON THE 16TH. FINALLY MORE MILD WEATHER RETURNED FOR THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 26.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST WINTER WAS IN 2001-02 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 28.6 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN 1958-59 WHEN IT WAS 17.3 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 10.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.87 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST FELL IN DECEMBER WHEN SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON DECEMBER 5 AND 6 WHEN 2.11 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST WINTER WAS IN 1979-80 WHEN ONLY 3.23 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1973-74 WITH 17.78 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN WINTER 2020/21... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS DEC 1 44 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 40 IN 1991 DEC 5 2.08 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.12 IN 1950 DEC 25 60 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 56 IN 2015 DEC 25 50 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 41 IN 1964 DEC 25 2.06 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.86 IN 1979 DEC 30.9 - WARMEST AVERAGE MONTLY TEMPERATURE TIED 7TH 1990 DEC 6.12 - GREATEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RANKED 7TH JAN 16 1.22 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.94 IN 1959 JAN 25.6 - WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE TIED 5TH...2020 $$ BECKER