Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
261 CXUS51 KGYX 081112 CLSAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 KGYX 020027 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 612 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2020 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2020 TO 11/30/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 09/09/2002 LOW 4 11/22/2018 11/27/1978 11/28/1951 HIGHEST 83 09/10 85 -2 83 09/23 LOWEST 19 11/25 16 3 10 11/14 11/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.4 57.3 2.1 56.3 AVG. MINIMUM 41.2 40.2 1.0 39.4 MEAN 50.3 48.8 1.5 47.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 2.4 -0.4 5 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 23.9 2.1 26 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 23.76 2005 MINIMUM 6.48 1984 TOTALS 13.68 12.46 1.22 11.27 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.14 0.01 0.12 DAYS >= .01 33 33.3 -0.3 42 DAYS >= .10 18 20.7 -2.7 22 DAYS >= .50 7 8.4 -1.4 7 DAYS >= 1.00 4 3.2 0.8 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.41 10/13 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1361 1507 -146 1559 SINCE 7/1 1400 1548 -148 1569 COOLING TOTAL 43 31 12 21 SINCE 1/1 581 388 193 445 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/160 DATE 11/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/160 DATE 11/16 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && A SERIES OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS BROUGHT DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MASSES INTO NEW ENGLAND FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL WEEKS OF FALL LEADING TO A LONG PERIOD WITHOUT RAINFALL. COOL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STATIONARY OVER THE REGION FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN MID SEPTEMBER LEADING TO COOL DAYS AND EVEN COOLER NIGHTS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE IN THIS STRETCH WAS 34 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 21. WARMER CONDITIONS RETURNED IN LATE SEPTEMBER. FINALLY SOME RAIN FELL ON SEPTEMBER 30 WITH NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN AND 49 MPH WINDS. A SERIES OF FRONTAL BOUNDARIES BROUGHT ALTERNATING WARMER AND COOLER CONDITIONS AS THE STORM TRACK GRADUALLY SHIFTED CLOSER TO THE AREA. THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON CAME ON OCTOBER 12. MORE FREQUENT STORM SYSTEMS BEGAN BRINGING RAINFALL THAT QUICKLY EASED THE SUMMER DROUGHT. THE FIRST BROUGHT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 13. ANOTHER BROUGHT 2 MORE INCHES OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 16 AND 17. CONDITIONS TURNED COOLER IN LATE OCTOBER WITH THE FIRST FLAKES OF THE SEASON OBSERVED JUST BEFORE HALLOWEEN. THE COOL WEATHER LASTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE AN INTENSE AND LONG LATE SEASON WARM SPELL BEGAN. BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 5 THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 60 DEGREES FOR 8 STRAIGHT DAYS INCLUDING 2 DAYS IN THE 70S. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 73 ON NOVEMBER 7. A COLD FRONT ON NOVEMBER 12 BROUGHT THIS UNUSUAL WARMTH TO AN END WITH COOLER CONDITIONS AND MORE FREQUENT STORMINESS RETURNING. THE FIRST STORM BROUGHT MORE WIND THAN RAIN ON NOVEMBER 15 AND 16 WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 56 MPH. ANOTHER STORM BROUGHT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON NOVEMBER 23. ONE MORE STORM CAME ON NOVEMBER 30 WITH ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN AND 55 MPH WINDS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 50.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.6 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 45.2 DEGREES IN 1974. A TOTAL OF 13.68 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.22 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON OCTOBER 13 WHEN 2.44 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST FALL WAS IN 2005 WHEN 23.76 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1984 WITH ONLY 6.48 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN FALL 2020... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS SEP 28 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 62 IN 2008 SEP 29 63 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 62 IN 1967, 1959 OCT 13 2.41 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 2.05 IN 1983 OCT 17 1.50 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.01 IN 2019 OCT 28 37 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 38 IN 1965 OCT 30 36 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 37 IN 1966 NOV 3 36 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 36 IN 1962 (TIED) NOV 6 66 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 1959 NOV 7 73 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 66 IN 1975 NOV 7 55 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 55 IN 2008 (TIED) NOV 8 66 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 66 IN 2011 (TIED) NOV 9 69 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 68 IN 1975 NOV 10 69 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 64 IN 1948 NOV 11 71 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 2002 NOV 12 63 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 62 IN 2012 NOV 23 2.38 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.45 IN 1953 $$ KIMBLE