Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 032035 CLSMHT PWMCLMMHT 000 TTAA00 KGYX 021609 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 435 PM EDT TUE SEP 3 2019 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM 6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 97 07/20 97 0 95 08/29 08/06 07/03 LOWEST 45 06/04 44 1 50 06/05 06/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.0 80.3 2.7 83.5 AVG. MINIMUM 62.2 60.1 2.1 63.5 MEAN 72.6 70.2 2.4 73.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 13 9.5 3.5 21 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 7.68 11.22 -3.54 17.07 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.12 -0.03 0.19 DAYS >= .01 28 33.5 -5.5 36 DAYS >= .10 17 20.2 -3.2 25 DAYS >= .50 7 7.1 -0.1 9 DAYS >= 1.00 0 2.4 -2.4 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.75 06/06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 28 76 -48 28 SINCE 7/1 2 18 -16 0 COOLING TOTAL 754 556 198 815 SINCE 1/1 775 586 189 917 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/350 DATE 06/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/350 DATE 06/29 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && JUNE SAW A GRADUAL TRANSITION FROM THE COOL AND FREQUENTLY WET PATTERN THAT HAD DOMINATED MUCH OF THE SPRING TO WARMER AND MORE HUMID SUMMER-LIKE CONDITIONS. AN ACTIVE JET STREAM KEPT STORM SYSTEMS TRACKING NEAR THE REGION BRINGING RAIN EVERY FEW DAYS. CLOUDS AND RAIN OFTEN KEPT THE TEMPERATURE COOL, BUT EVENTUALLY THE PATTERN SHIFTED AND WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR MOVED INTO THE AREA. THE FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY CAME ON JUNE 28 WITH MANY MORE COMING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THE TEMPERATURE AGAIN TOPPED 90 DEGREES FOR 4 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM JULY 3 TO 6. ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT BROUGHT TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW DEGREES, THE HEAT RETURNED IN MID JULY. THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 90 AGAIN FOR 3 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM JULY 19 TO 21, PEAKING AT 97 ON JULY 20. THE HUMIDITY ACCOMPANYING THIS HEAT WAS EXTREME, AND THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT EVEN FALL BELOW 80 DEGREES THAT NIGHT. ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT BROUGHT A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE HEAT, THE HOT WEATHER RETURNED WITH ONE MORE STRETCH OF 3 STRAIGHT DAYS ABOVE 90 DEGREES FROM JULY 28 TO 30. THE HEAT GRADUALLY DIMINISHED THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF COOL, DRY CANADIAN AIR MOVED IN. JUST AS THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WOULD BEGIN TO BUILD, A COLD FRONT WOULD BRING THUNDERSTORMS AND A FRESH COOL, DRY AIR MASS. DESPITE SEVERAL DAYS OF THUNDERSTORMS, MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL MISSED MANCHESTER AND THE SUMMER FINISHED MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 72.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SUMMER RECORDED WAS JUST LAST YEAR WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 73.6 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 64.9 DEGREES IN 1946. A TOTAL OF 7.68 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WHICH WAS 3.54 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE WETTEST SUMMER WAS IN 1938 WHEN 20.32 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS IN 2016 WHEN ONLY 5.21 INCHES WAS RECORDED. 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