Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
000 CXUS51 KGYX 041147 CLSGYX PWMCLMGYX 000 TTAA00 KGYX 020722 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 747 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2020 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2020 TO 5/31/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 05/18/2017 LOW -4 03/09/2007 03/07/2007 03/06/2007 HIGHEST 88 05/28 86 2 78 05/22 LOWEST 12 03/02 6 6 1 AVG. MAXIMUM 53.4 53.5 -0.1 50.7 AVG. MINIMUM 34.6 34.5 0.1 33.6 MEAN 44.0 44.0 0.0 42.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 5.7 -4.7 5 DAYS MIN <= 32 40 36.1 3.9 37 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.5 -0.5 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 23.27 2005 TOTALS 10.54 12.45 -1.91 12.57 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.14 -0.02 0.14 DAYS >= .01 26 36.1 -10.1 47 DAYS >= .10 17 22.2 -5.2 29 DAYS >= .50 10 8.8 1.2 11 DAYS >= 1.00 4 3.2 0.8 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.67 04/02 TO 04/03 1.86 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 58.8 2001 TOTALS 16.1 24.7 -8.6 18.4 SINCE 7/1 70.0 83.8 -13.8 79.1 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 17 8.4 8.6 17 DAYS >= 1.0 3 4.9 -1.9 6 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7 03/24 20 03/02 03/03 24 HR TOTAL 7.6 03/23 TO 03/24 5.7 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1936 1940 -4 2085 SINCE 7/1 6906 7098 -192 7487 COOLING TOTAL 30 11 19 0 SINCE 1/1 30 11 19 0 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && AFTER A WINTER THAT WAS MOSTLY MILD, SPRING BEGAN WITH MORE MILD WEATHER. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 66 DEGREES ON MARCH 9, A MARK NOT REACHED AGAIN FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS. THE MILD WEATHER AND SOME RAIN FINALLY MELTED THE LAST OF THE WINTER SNOW COVER BY THE MORNING OF MARCH 21. BUT WINTER WASN`T QUITE DONE WITH US YET. A WINTER STORM ON MARCH 23 AND 24 BROUGHT MORE THAN 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AS WE ENTERED A STORMIER WEATHER PATTERN. MORE RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW FELL AT THE END OF MARCH, WHILE NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON APRIL 2 AND 3. THE NEXT STORM BROUGHT RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW DURING THE DAY ON APRIL 9, CAUSING POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA. JUST A FEW DAYS LATER THE SNOW WAS ALL MELTED AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN FELL. GRADUALLY THE PATTERN WAS SHIFTING TOWARD PERSISTENT TROUGHS IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WHICH BROUGHT COOL CONDITIONS FOR NEW ENGLAND. MUCH OF APRIL WAS BELOW NORMAL AS WELL AS THE FIRST PART OF MAY. IN FACT, RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ON MAY 9 WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATING. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SNOW HAD BEEN MEASURED IN THE MONTH OF MAY IN THE 24-YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY. GRADUALLY WARMER AIR WAS BUILDING OVER THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY AND EVENTUALLY THIS WOULD SPILL INTO NEW ENGLAND. THIS ARRIVED BRIEFLY AT FIRST WITH 79 DEGREES ON MAY 21 AND 88 DEGREES ON MAY 22. THEN, AFTER A BRIEF COOL DOWN, A LONGER STRETCH OF SUMMER LIKE WARMTH CAME FOR THE END OF MAY. ANOTHER 4 STRAIGHT DAYS TOPPED 80 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS 44.0 DEGREES WHICH IS THE NORMAL VALUE FOR SPRING. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN IT WAS 49.3 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 40.8 DEGREES IN 2014. A TOTAL OF 10.54 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.91 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS ON APRIL 2 AND 3 WHEN 1.96 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 2015 WHEN ONLY 7.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2005 WITH 23.27 INCHES. THERE WAS 16.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 8.6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL ON MARCH 23 AND 24 WHEN 7.6 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST SPRING WAS IN 2001 WHEN 58.8 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE LEAST SNOWY WAS IN 2010 WITH ONLY 1.0 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LATEST SNOWFALLS ON RECORD AT GRAY. LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AT GRAY (SINCE 1996)... RANK SNOWFALL DATE 1 1.1 MAY 9, 2020 <=== 2 0.8 APRIL 29, 2002 3 4.2 APRIL 26, 2016 4 3.6 APRIL 25-26, 2002 5 0.7 APRIL 22, 2002 6 2.5 APRIL 21-22, 2000 $$ KIMBLE