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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1102 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2021

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...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON,
FROM 3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           94   05/26         90       4       92  05/27
LOWEST             9   03/02          9       0       19  03/01
AVG. MAXIMUM    61.0               58.2     2.8     58.6
AVG. MINIMUM    39.0               37.5     1.5     39.2
MEAN            50.0               47.9     2.1     48.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     2                1.3     0.7        1
DAYS MAX <= 32     3                3.1    -0.1        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    26               29.6    -3.6       22
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.2    -0.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          8.39              10.16   -1.77     9.17
DAILY AVG.      0.09               0.11   -0.02     0.10
DAYS >= .01       25               34.6    -9.6       28
DAYS >= .10       18               20.3    -2.3       20
DAYS >= .50        6                6.7    -0.7        7
DAYS >= 1.00       1                2.2    -1.2        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.31   04/15 TO 04/16

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS           1.7                                 6.0
SINCE 7/1       47.7                                45.5
DAYS >= TRACE      6                                   7
DAYS >= 1.0        1                                   1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        T   03/03                           6  03/24

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1421               1615    -194     1521
 SINCE 7/1      5597               6124    -527     5810
COOLING TOTAL     62                 38      24       64
 SINCE 1/1        62                 38      24       64
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/300    DATE  03/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    54/300    DATE  03/02

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.58

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     53

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     HEAVY RAIN                 3
RAIN                      7     LIGHT RAIN                32
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                6     FOG                       21
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     1     HAZE                      11

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

SPRING BEGAN WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH BROUGHT
COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS. THE WIND GUSTED TO 54 MPH AND THE
TEMPERATURE FELL TO 9 DEGREES ON MARCH 2. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF COLD
WEATHER SOME MORE MILD AIR MOVED IN FOR A WEEK. ANOTHER STRONG FRONT
ON MARCH 14 BROUGHT THE LAST INTENSE ARCTIC BLAST OF THE SEASON. THE
COLD DIDN`T LAST VERY LONG WITH MILD WEATHER RETURNING JUST A FEW
DAYS LATER. SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT RAIN AT THE END OF MARCH
AND BEGINNING OF APRIL. THE HEAVIEST FELL ON MARCH 28 WHEN 0.76
INCHES WAS RECORDED. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS FOLLOWED THIS
STORM WITH GUSTS TO 51 MPH. THE WEATHER TURNED DRY AGAIN FOR THE
FIRST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL WITH SOME MILD WEATHER AS WELL. THE WARMEST
WAS 78 ON APRIL 10. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE AREA BROUGHT RAIN
AND WET SNOW ON APRIL 16 WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF SNOW
ACCUMULATING. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER RAINIER STRETCH OF
WEATHER WITH FREQUENT FRONTAL SYSTEMS BRINGING ALTERNATING WARMER
AND COOLER WEATHER AND OCCASIONAL RAINFALL. THIS LASTED INTO THE
FIRST WEEK OF MAY BEFORE THINGS BEGAN TO DRY OUT YET AGAIN.
MANCHESTER SAW NEARLY THREE WEEKS OF DRY AND INCREASINGLY WARM
WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MAY. THE TEMPERATURE WARMED THROUGH
THE 70S AND THEN THE 80S AND EVEN INTO THE 90S A FEW TIMES. THE
HOTTEST WAS 94 ON MAY 26 JUST BEFORE A COLD FRONT BROUGHT
THUNDERSTORMS AND A SHIFT TOWARD COOLER WEATHER. MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND WAS A COOL AND WET ONE WITH MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN
FALLING IN THE FINAL DAYS OF MAY.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 50.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2012 WHEN THEA AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 52.4 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1967 AT 40.4 DEGREES.

A TOTAL OF 8.39 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.77 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. OF THIS, THERE WAS 1.7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS AT THE END OF MAY WHEN 2.02 INCHES WAS
MEASURED FROM MAY 28 THROUGH MAY 31. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 2015
WHEN ONLY 3.71 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS
IN 1953 WITH 18.24 INCHES.

HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885, BUT WITHIN THIS
RECORD THERE REMAIN 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.

$$

KIMBLE