Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 041643 CLSAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 KGYX 021745 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1243 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2019 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2019 TO 5/31/2019... 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 94 05/22/1992 LOW -11 03/01/1982 HIGHEST 75 05/20 85 -10 88 05/02 LOWEST 4 03/08 3 1 7 03/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 50.2 52.9 -2.7 53.3 AVG. MINIMUM 33.6 34.2 -0.6 34.8 MEAN 41.9 43.5 -1.6 44.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 6.2 0.8 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 38 36.8 1.2 42 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 20.21 1983 MINIMUM 4.57 1965 TOTALS 9.96 10.85 -0.89 8.41 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.12 -0.01 0.09 DAYS >= .01 43 36.3 6.7 32 DAYS >= .10 24 21.0 3.0 19 DAYS >= .50 4 7.1 -3.1 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 2.1 -1.1 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.18 04/27 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2108 1983 125 1913 SINCE 7/1 7632 7326 306 6899 COOLING TOTAL 0 9 -9 9 SINCE 1/1 0 9 -9 9 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/310 DATE 04/03 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/310 DATE 04/03 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && WINTER-LIKE CONDITIONS CONTINUED INTO THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SPRING. COLD AND OCCASIONALLY SNOWY WEATHER WAS DOMINANT. A STORM ON MARCH 4 BROUGHT SNOW FOLLOWED BY THE LAST STRONG ARCTIC AIR MASS OF THE SEASON. THE NEXT 3 DAYS DID NOT WARM ABOVE FREEZING. GRADUALLY, THOUGH, THE COLD GAVE WAY TO WARMER TEMPERATURES. AFTER MORE COOL AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS IN EARLY APRIL, THINGS TURNED A BIT WARMER. THE FIRST 70 DEGREE READING OF THE YEAR WAS OBSERVED ON APRIL 13. THIS WARMER WEATHER ONLY LASTED ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THINGS TURNED COOL AND SHOWERY AGAIN. THE EMERGING WEATHER PATTERN BECAME A BATTLE BETWEEN BUILDING WARMTH OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN US AND LINGERING COLD OVER CANADA AND THE GULF OF MAINE. WITH THE JET STREAM NEARBY, NEW QUICK-MOVING STORM SYSTEMS WOULD BRING FREQUENT SHOWERS. WHEN WINDS WERE ONSHORE, COOL AND OFTEN WET WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. OCCASIONALLY COLDER AIR MASSES WOULD DROP IN FROM CANADA. ONE SUCH AIR MASS BROUGHT COLD WEATHER IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON MAY 14 ONLY MADE IT TO 43 DEGREES WITH RAIN FALLING. SOME WARMER WEATHER DID EVENTUALLY SPILL IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 75 DEGREES ON MAY 20 WITH 9 OUT OF 10 DAYS TOPPING 60 DEGREES FROM MAY 18 TO 27. THEN A COLD FRONT BROUGHT A RETURN TO COOLER CONDITIONS AT THE END OF MAY. OVERALL THE SPRING WAS REMEMBERED FOR BEING CLOUDY AND COOL WITH FREQUENT PRECIPITATION. ALTHOUGH TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL, THE 43 DAYS OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION GAVE IT A RAINY REPUTATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS 41.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND THE COOLEST SPRING SINCE 2014. THE COOLEST SPRING WAS IN 1956 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 37.9 DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS IN 2010 AT 49.0 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 9.96 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.89 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST FELL ON APRIL 26 AND 27 WHEN 1.67 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 1965 WHEN ONLY 4.57 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 20.21 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2019... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS APR 20 54 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 51 IN 1976 MAY 14 43 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 47 IN 2017 $$ KIMBLE