Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 181547 CLSMHT PWMCLSMHT 000 TTAA00 GYX 021759 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 159 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2022 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 95 05/22 90 5 94 05/26 LOWEST 7 03/01 9 -2 9 03/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.6 58.2 2.4 61.0 AVG. MINIMUM 40.3 37.5 2.8 39.0 MEAN 50.4 47.9 2.5 50.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.3 0.7 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 3.1 -2.1 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 19 29.6 -10.6 26 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 9.10 10.16 -1.06 8.39 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.11 -0.01 0.09 DAYS >= .01 30 34.6 -4.6 25 DAYS >= .10 22 20.3 1.7 18 DAYS >= .50 5 6.7 -1.7 6 DAYS >= 1.00 2 2.2 -0.2 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.43 05/15 TO 05/16 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 5.5 1.7 SINCE 7/1 41.8 47.7 DAYS >= TRACE 5 6 DAYS >= 1.0 1 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 5 03/10 T 03/03 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1392 1615 -223 1421 SINCE 7/1 5475 6124 -649 5597 COOLING TOTAL 76 38 38 62 SINCE 1/1 76 38 38 62 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/320 DATE 03/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/330 DATE 03/12 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.65 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 56 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 15 LIGHT RAIN 41 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 6 FOG 36 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 13 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SPRING STARTED OFF COOLER THAN NORMAL AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE REGION WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW EVENTS THROUGH THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MARCH. THE COOL WEATHER QUICKLY TURNED MILD BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, ALTHOUGH THIS MILD WEATHER WAS INTERRUPTED BY ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSING ON MARCH 8TH. THIS SET THE STAGE FOR THE GREATEST SNOWFALL OF THE SPRING SEASON ON MARCH 9TH WHEN AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BRINGING 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW. A WARMING TREND THEN FOLLOW THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MARCH AND PEAKED ON THE 18TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 74 DEGREES. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED INTO THE FINAL WEEK OF MARCH BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED LATE ON THE 27TH. THIS COLD FRONT BROUGHT A SHOT OF COLD AIR ON THE 28TH WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 31 DEGREES AND WAS THE LAST TIME THE HIGH TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW FREEZING DURING THE SPRING. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY REBOUNDED THROUGH THE END OF MARCH AND STAYED CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF APRIL. DURING APRIL THERE WAS AN ACTIVE PACIFIC JET STREAM WITH SEVERAL SYSTEMS CROSSING THE CONUS BRINGING BOUTS OF RAIN TO MANCHESTER. ALSO DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL THE NAO STAYED PREDOMINANTLY NEGATIVE. THE COMPETING INFLUENCES OF MILD PACIFIC AIR FLOODING THE CONUS WHILE BLOCKING OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE -NAO HELPED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES STEADY WITHOUT ANY WARMS SPELLS OR COLD SNAPS FOR MUCH OF APRIL INTO EARLY MAY. THE LAST FREEZE OF THE SEASON OCCURRED ON APRIL 18TH WHEN THE LOW DROPPED TO 32 DEGREES. THE RELATIVELY WET PATTERN IN APRIL GAVE WAY TO A WARM AND RELATIVELY DRY PATTERN AFTER THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MAY. THE MANCHESTER AREA WENT 10 DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FROM MAY 5TH TO MAY 14TH WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMBED WELL ABOVE NORMAL PEAKING ON THE 14TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 91 DEGREES. THIS WARM AND DRY PATTERN WAS THE RESULT OF AN ANOMALOUS RIDGE THAT DEVELOPED OVER NEW ENGLAND FOR MUCH OF MAY. A COUPLE OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS THEN CROSSED THE AREA BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND KNOCKING TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR FEW DAYS BEFORE WARMTH RETURNED WITH THE WARMEST DAY OF THE SEASON OCCURRING ON THE 22ND WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 95 DEGREES. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REDEVELOPED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MAY BRINGING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CLOSE OUT THE SPRING SEASON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SPRING WAS 50.4 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2012 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.4 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 40.4 DEGREES IN 1967. A TOTAL OF 9.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.06 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON MAY 15TH TO THE 16TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 1.43 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2015 WHEN ONLY 3.71 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS 18.24 INCHES IN 1953. HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885 BUT WITHIN THIS RECORD THERE REMAINS NUMEROUS YEARS OF UNAVAILABLE DATA. DUE TO THIS, HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AS SOME SIGNIFICANT EXTREMES MAY BE MISSING FROM THE DATA. MORE CONSISTENT MODERN RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998 AND CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT. $$ DS/HAT