Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
723 CXUS51 KGYX 080001 CLSAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 KGYX 041800 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 701 PM EST SAT DEC 7 2019 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2019 TO 11/30/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2019 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 09/23 85 -2 90 09/03 LOWEST 10 11/14 16 -6 4 11/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.3 57.3 -1.0 54.6 AVG. MINIMUM 39.4 40.2 -0.8 39.3 MEAN 47.8 48.8 -1.0 46.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 2.4 2.6 6 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 23.9 2.1 29 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 23.76 2005 MINIMUM 6.48 1984 TOTALS 11.27 12.46 -1.19 14.30 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.14 -0.02 0.16 DAYS >= .01 42 33.3 8.7 38 DAYS >= .10 22 20.7 1.3 23 DAYS >= .50 7 8.4 -1.4 12 DAYS >= 1.00 4 3.2 0.8 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.16 10/23 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1559 1507 52 1693 SINCE 7/1 1569 1548 21 1697 COOLING TOTAL 21 31 -10 69 SINCE 1/1 445 388 57 557 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/360 DATE 11/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/060 DATE 10/17 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE FALL BEGAN WITH A SERIES OF COOL, DRY AIR MASSES MOVING OUT OF CANADA. THIS BROUGHT MANY COOL DAYS AND EVEN COOLER NIGHTS. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THIS STRETCH WAS 37 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 19. BUT AS SOON AS THE COOL WEATHER REACHED ITS MOST INTENSE, THE WARM WEATHER RETURNED. HEAT BUILDING OVER THE SOUTHEAST US SPILLED INTO NEW ENGLAND AND AUGUSTA SAW THE TEMPERATURE REACH THE UPPER 70S OR LOW 80S FOR THE NEXT 4 STRAIGHT DAYS. AFTER THIS LATE SEASON WARM UP, THE TREND OF COOL, DRY, CANADIAN AIR MASSES RETURNED FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THIS PERIOD WAS 32 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 6. THIS WAS THE EARLIEST FALL FREEZE SINCE 2004. SOON, THOUGH, THE WEATHER PATTERN BEGAN TO CHANGE. A LARGE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY WITH NEW ENGLAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS TROUGH. THIS MEANT WARM, MOIST AIR MOVED INTO THE AREA WITH CLOUDS AND MORE FREQUENT RAINFALL. THIS HAD THE EFFECT OF BRINGING MANY COOL DAYS AND WARM NIGHTS. SEVERAL MORE INTENSE STORM SYSTEMS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING IN LATE OCTOBER. THE FIRST WAS ON OCTOBER 17 WHEN MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FELL ALONG WITH 48 MPH WINDS WHICH CAUSED SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE. THE NEXT BROUGHT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN A WEEK LATER ON OCTOBER 23, AND ANOTHER 1 INCH FELL ON OCTOBER 27. THE LAST OF THIS SERIES OF STORMS ARRIVED ON HALLOWEEN, OCTOBER 31, WITH WINDS PICKING UP AGAIN TO 47 MPH AFTER THE STORM DEPARTED ON NOVEMBER 1. THIS WAS ALSO THE LAST WARM DAY OF THE FALL WITH THE TEMPERATURE REACHING 67 DEGREES BEFORE SEVERAL COLD AIR MASSES BROUGHT AN EARLY WINTER CHILL. THE MORE INTENSE COLD ARRIVED ON NOVEMBER 7 WITH MOST OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS SEEING TEMPERATURES 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THIS STRETCH WAS 10 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 14. GRADUALLY THE TEMPERATURE DRIFTED BACK TOWARD NORMAL WITH THE LAST FEW STORM SYSTEMS BRINGING MORE RAIN THAN SNOW. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 47.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COOLEST FALL WAS IN 1974 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 45.2 DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS 52.6 DEGREES IN 2017. A TOTAL OF 11.27 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.19 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CAME ON OCTOBER 23 WHEN 2.16 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST FALL WAS IN 1984 WHEN ONLY 6.48 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2005 WITH 23.76 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN FALL 2019... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS SEP 23 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 62 IN 2011 & OTHERS OCT 17 1.01 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.95 IN 1977 OCT 31 54 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 52 IN 2004 NOV 8 33 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 33 IN 1992 (TIED) NOV 12 31 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 32 IN 2004, 1985 & 1968 NOV 12 16 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 20 IN 1981 NOV 13 23 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 32 IN 1990 NOV 13 11 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 13 IN 1986 NOV 14 10 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 13 IN 1986 NOV 17 13 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 13 IN 1967 (TIED) NOV 24 1.06 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.98 IN 1959 $$ KIMBLE