Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
000 CXUS51 KGYX 040431 CLAPWM PWMCLAPWM 000 TTAA00 GYX 030203 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1131 PM EST SUN JAN 03 2021 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1941 TO 2020 (FOR TEMPERATURES) CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2020 (FOR PRECIPITATION) CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1882 TO 2020 (FOR SNOWFALL) WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 08/02/1975 LOW -39 02/16/1943 HIGHEST 94 07/20 93 1 94 07/21 LOWEST -4 01/21 -10 6 -2 02/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.5 55.8 2.7 55.8 AVG. MINIMUM 40.3 37.2 3.1 38.1 MEAN 49.4 46.5 2.9 46.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 13 4.6 8.4 4 DAYS MAX <= 32 23 42.1 -19.1 42 DAYS MIN <= 32 134 145.8 -11.8 146 DAYS MIN <= 0 3 7.7 -4.7 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 66.45 2005 MINIMUM 25.27 1941 TOTALS 41.48 47.25 -5.77 52.40 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.13 -0.02 0.14 DAYS >= .01 112 130.9 -18.9 145 DAYS >= .10 70 79.4 -9.4 89 DAYS >= .50 26 30.1 -4.1 39 DAYS >= 1.00 14 11.5 2.5 12 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.51 06/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 150.1 1956 TOTALS 53.3 61.9 -8.6 71.0 SINCE 7/1 20.1 15.1 5.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 46 27.6 18.4 51 DAYS >= 1.0 11 15.9 -4.9 20 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 12 12/18 24 HR TOTAL 17.6 12/17 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6269 7106 -837 6934 SINCE 7/1 2307 2611 -304 2485 COOLING TOTAL 681 360 321 474 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 05/31/1961 LATEST 09/14/1963 EARLIEST 10/08 LATEST 05/02 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/090 DATE 02/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/190 DATE 09/30 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.53 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 18 HEAVY RAIN 19 RAIN 45 LIGHT RAIN 124 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 7 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 11 LIGHT SNOW 32 FOG 143 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 37 HAZE 54 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE YEAR BEGAN WITH MILD WEATHER AND A GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SNOW PACK. A FEW STORMS BROUGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IN MID JANUARY, WITH THE BIGGEST STORM DROPPING 6 INCHES ON JANUARY 16. SOME COLDER AIR MOVED IN BEHIND THESE STORMS WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF 4 BELOW ZERO RECORDED ON JANUARY 21. THEN THE MILD WEATHER RETURNED A FEW DAYS LATER ALONG WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN ON JANUARY 25. THE MILD WEATHER CONTINUED INTO FEBRUARY UNTIL A SNOWSTORM BROUGHT MORE THAN 5 INCHES OF SNOW ON FEBRUARY 6. A FEW BRIEF PERIODS OF COLD WEATHER WERE SEEN IN MID FEBRUARY, INCLUDING TWICE MORE REACHING THE ZERO DEGREE MARK, HOWEVER THE COLD WEATHER NEVER LASTED LONG. MILD WEATHER AND MORE HEAVY RAIN ON FEBRUARY 27 WASHED MUCH OF THE SNOW COVER AWAY. EVEN WARMER WEATHER IN EARLY MARCH INCLUDING 61 DEGREES ON MARCH 3 ENSURED THAT THE LAST TRACE OF WINTER SNOW PACK DISAPPEARED BY THE MORNING OF MARCH 5. JUST A FEW DAYS LATER THE TEMPERATURE SOARED ALL THE WAY TO 70 DEGREES ON MARCH 9, THE EARLIEST 70 DEGREE READING ON RECORD. ANOTHER SNOWSTORM DROPPED MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON MARCH 25 AND 26, BUT WITH MILD WEATHER RETURNING IT DIDN`T STICK AROUND LONG. RAIN A FEW DAYS LATER WASHED IT ALL AWAY. MORE FREQUENT STORMY WEATHER WAS OBSERVED IN THE FIRST PART OF SPRING. A NEW STORM SYSTEM WOULD BRING RAIN OR WINTRY WEATHER JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK. NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN AND SOME SNOWFLAKES FELL ON MARCH 29 AND 30. A FEW DAYS LATER ANOTHER STORM BROUGHT MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN ON APRIL 2 AND 3. JUST ONE WEEK LATER RAIN CHANGED TO A STICKY WET SNOW AS THE TEMPERATURE COOLED ON APRIL 9. MORE THAN AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL WITH 3 INCHES OF SNOW BEING RECORDED. THIS ALSO BEGAN A SHIFT TOWARD COOLER WEATHER WITH THE FREQUENT STORMS CONTINUING. APRIL 13 SAW MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN. COOL WEATHER DOMINATED THE LAST HALF OF APRIL AND INTO MAY, ALTHOUGH THE LAST OFFICIAL FREEZE WAS ON APRIL 23. THE LAST BIG RAIN STORM WAS ON MAY 1 WITH NEARLY 1 INCH FALLING THAT DAY. A WEEK LATER ON MAY 9 RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AS THE TEMPERATURE COOLED. ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT ACCUMULATE TO MEASURABLE DEPTH, IT WAS A RARE SIGHT TO SEE SNOW THAT LATE IN THE SEASON AND MORE THAN 2 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST FREEZE. SUDDENLY IN MID MAY THE FREQUENT STORMY WEATHER SHUT OFF. THE PERSISTENT TROUGH WHICH BROUGHT THE COOL AND STORMY WEATHER SHIFTED TO THE EAST. INSTEAD, FREQUENT COOL, DRY AIR MASSES SPILLED DOWN OUT OF CANADA. THE LAST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WAS ON MAY 15 WHEN NEARLY HALF AN INCH FELL. BARELY ANY RAIN FELL AGAIN FOR MORE THAN A MONTH CAUSING THE RAPID ONSET OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE AREA. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME WERE FREQUENTLY WARM DURING THE DAY AND RATHER COOL AT NIGHT DUE TO THE DRY AIR MASSES WHICH DOMINATED THE PERIOD. WHILE PORTLAND SAW A FEW DAYS IN THE 80S IN LATE MAY, IT ACTUALLY DROPPED ALL THE WAY TO 37 ON JUNE 1. THE FIRST CONSISTENTLY HOT STRETCH OF WEATHER CAME IN MID JUNE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WARMED TO NEAR 90 DEGREES FROM JUNE 18 THROUGH 20. THE WARMEST WAS 93 ON JUNE 20. AS THE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY BEGAN TO CLIMB TOWARD THE END OF JUNE, FINALLY SOME DROUGHT RELIEF ARRIVED. FROM JUNE 28 THROUGH 30 MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AS A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BROUGHT FREQUENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. UNTIL THESE DROUGHT RELIEVING RAINS, PORTLAND WAS ENDURING ITS DRIEST PERIOD ON RECORD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SUCH CONSISTENTLY DRY WEATHER WAS UNPRECEDENTED FOR THE SPRING WHICH IS TYPICALLY THE RAINIEST TIME OF YEAR. THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE LEAST PRECIPITATION OBSERVED DURING THIS STRETCH OF TIME. LEAST PRECIPITATION MAY 16 THROUGH JUN 27 (SINCE 1871) RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 0.38 2020 <=== 2 1.32 1899 3 1.48 1953 4 1.58 1941 5 1.60 1895 ALTHOUGH THE DROUGHT BUSTING RAINS ENDED, MORE FREQUENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN JULY KEPT THE DROUGHT FROM WORSENING, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON JULY 4 WAS ONLY 70 DEGREES, THE COOLEST INDEPENDENCE DAY SINCE 1998. LATER IN JULY THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BECAME MORE COMMON. WHILE THERE WERE NO EXTREMELY HOT PERIODS, THE HUMID WEATHER OFTEN KEPT NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WERE IN LATE JULY WHEN PORTLAND SAW 3 STRAIGHT DAYS ABOVE 90 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2011. THE NIGHTTIME LOWS WERE EVEN MORE EXTREME AS PORTLAND DID NOT FALL BELOW 78 DEGREES ON JULY 27, THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT PORTLAND. THE SUMMER HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUED INTO AUGUST. THE ONLY BREAK FROM THE HEAT WAS ON AUGUST 4 WHEN TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. ALTHOUGH PORTLAND DID NOT SEE MUCH RAIN FROM THIS STORM, THE WIND GUSTED TO 44 MPH. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY RETURNED QUICKLY. PORTLAND SAW ANOTHER HEAT WAVE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 90 DEGREES FOR 3 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM AUGUST 11 THROUGH 13. A COLD FRONT ON AUGUST 15 BROUGHT A BREAK FROM THE HEAT. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A FEW MORE HOT DAYS IN LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL, THE PERSISTENT HEAT WAS OVER. SUMMER 2020 WAS THE WARMEST ON RECORD AT PORTLAND, DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY THE WARM NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE MOST WARM LOW TEMPERATURES AT PORTLAND. WARM LOW TEMPERATURES (SINCE 1941) DAYS 70+ DAYS 65+ RANK DAYS YEAR DAYS YEAR 1 9 2020 <=== 36 2020 <=== 2 8 2018 28 2018 3 5 2001 23 1969 4 5 1988 22 2010 5 4 2013 22 1999 6 4 2011 22 1988 7 4 2002 20 1973 8 4 1973 19 2019 9 3 1991 18 2016 10 3 1969* 18 2005 * MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE YEARS MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FELL ON AUGUST 29, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FOR A WHILE AS DROUGHT CONDITIONS INTENSIFIED AGAIN FOR SEPTEMBER. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS BROUGHT DRY, CONTINENTAL AIR MASSES INTO THE REGION. THIS OFTEN BROUGHT WARM DAYS AND OCCASIONALLY COOL NIGHTS. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE WAS 34 ON SEPTEMBER 21. FINALLY AFTER 4 WEEKS OF DRY WEATHER A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT ALMOST HALF AN INCH OF RAIN ON SEPTEMBER 30 ALONG WITH 53 MPH WINDS. THIS BEGAN A SHIFT IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE MORE FREQUENT STORMINESS RETURNING. FREQUENT FRONTAL SYSTEMS BROUGHT A TOPSY TURVY TEMPERATURE PATTERN WITH OCCASIONAL WARMTH REPLACED BY COLD. THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 9. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM BROUGHT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 13, WITH ANOTHER INCH RECORDED ON OCTOBER 17. MORE CONSISTENT COLD WEATHER AT THE END OF OCTOBER BROUGHT THE FIRST SNOWFLAKES ON OCTOBER 30 AND A LOW OF 21 DEGREES ON HALLOWEEN. WHILE THE COOL WEATHER PERSISTED INTO THE FIRST PART OF NOVEMBER, A RIDGE OF HIGH BROUGHT ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE AND LONG LASTING LATE SEASON WARM SPELLS ON RECORD. BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 5TH, PORTLAND SAW THE TEMPERATURE TOP 60 DEGREES ON 7 OUT OF 8 DAYS, INCLUDING 3 DAYS TOPPING 70 DEGREES. THE HIGH OF 74 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 7 TIED AS THE WARMEST NOVEMBER TEMPERATURE ON RECORD. A COLD FRONT ON NOVEMBER 12 BROUGHT THIS UNUSUAL LATE SEASON WARMTH TO AN END AND BROUGHT THE COLD WEATHER BACK INTO THE AREA. BY THE 18TH THE TEMPERATURE BARELY MADE IT ABOVE FREEZING WITH A HIGH OF 33 DEGREES AND SNOWFLAKES FALLING. THE MORE FREQUENT STORMY WEATHER RETURNED IN MID NOVEMBER. MORE THAN HALF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL ON NOVEMBER 15 AND 16, BUT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. THE NEXT STORM ON NOVEMBER 23 BROUGHT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW FELL THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING WITH ONLY 0.1 MEASURED. ANOTHER POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN AND 52 MPH WIND GUSTS ON NOVEMBER 30 INTO DECEMBER 1. AFTER A BRIEF STRETCH OF MILD WEATHER, ANOTHER STORM BROUGHT A HEAVY WET SNOWFALL ON DECEMBER 5 AND 6 ALONG WITH 49 MPH WINDS. WHILE THE SNOW ACCUMULATED TO A LITTLE MORE THAN AN INCH, MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED. COOL WEATHER AFTER THE STORM KEPT THE SNOW AROUND FOR A WHILE. A LONGER STRETCH OF COLD WEATHER WAS OBSERVED IN MID DECEMBER WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR 7 STRAIGHT DAYS. A MAJOR WINTER STORM BROUGHT NEARLY 18 INCHES OF SNOW TO PORTLAND IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 12 HOURS ON DECEMBER 17. THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT 3 DEGREES A FEW DAYS LATER ON DECEMBER 19. WARMER WEATHER RETURNED JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND BY CHRISTMAS MORNING ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT RAIN STORM HAD ARRIVED. MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FELL ALONG WITH 46 MPH WINDS ON CHRISTMAS DAY, WASHING AWAY ALL OF THE EARLIER SNOWFALL. MILD WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 49.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT THE PORTLAND JETPORT. UNTIL THIS YEAR, THE WARMEST YEAR WAS 49.2 DEGREES IN 2012 AND 2010. THE COOLEST YEAR WAS 43.3 DEGREES IN 1962. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR EACH MONTH OF 2020 INCLUDING DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BY MONTH IN 2020 MONTH MAXIMUM MINIMUM AVERAGE NOTES JANUARY 38.0 (+6.8) 21.7 (+8.3) 29.8 (+7.5) 4TH WARMEST FEBRUARY 38.3 (+3.7) 21.4 (+5.0) 29.8 (+4.3) 7TH WARMEST MARCH 48.0 (+5.9) 29.9 (+5.0) 39.0 (+5.5) 4TH WARMEST APRIL 50.4 (-2.9) 34.5 (-0.2) 42.5 (-1.5) MAY 64.9 (+1.4) 43.9 (-0.3) 54.4 (+0.5) JUNE 76.1 (+2.9) 45.3 (+2.7) 66.2 (+2.8) 3RD WARMEST JULY 81.8 (+3.0) 65.6 (+6.2) 73.7 (+4.6) ALL TIME WARMEST AUGUST 81.8 (+4.1) 61.3 (+3.1) 71.6 (+3.6) 3RD WARMEST SEPTEMBER 73.3 (+3.3) 53.4 (+3.1) 63.4 (+3.3) 7TH WARMEST OCTOBER 58.5 (-0.2) 40.5 (+1.6) 49.5 (+0.7) NOVEMBER 52.1 (+4.1) 32.1 (+1.2) 42.1 (+2.7) 8TH WARMEST DECEMBER 38.9 (+1.6) 23.6 (+3.2) 31.2 (+2.4) ANNUAL 58.5 (+2.7) 40.3 (+3.1) 49.4 (+2.9) ALL TIME WARMEST THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 49.4 WAS THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR PORTLAND. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURES AT PORTLAND. WARMEST ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1941). RANK AVE YEAR 1 49.4 2020 <=== 2 49.2 2012 49.2 2010 4 48.5 2006 5 48.4 2016 6 48.3 1998 7 48.1 1990 8 48.0 1999 9 47.9 1991 10 47.8 2011 THE GROWING SEASON, AS DEFINED AS THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE FREEZING, LASTED FOR 169 DAYS IN 2020 FROM APRIL 23 THROUGH OCTOBER 9. THIS IS 10 DAYS LONGER THAN THE NORMAL OF 159 DAYS. THE LONGEST GROWING SEASON WAS 197 DAYS IN 2014. THE SHORTEST WAS ONLY 110 DAYS IN 1961. THE LAST SPRING FREEZE ON APRIL 23 THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST ON RECORD. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE EARLIEST LAST SPRING FREEZE DATES AT PORTLAND. DATE OF LAST SPRING FREEZE (SINCE 1941)... RANK DATE YEAR 1 APR 14 1983 2 APR 15 1973 APR 15 1976 4 APR 19 1990 5 APR 20 2014 APR 20 1991 APR 20 1970 8 APR 22 1953 9 APR 23 2020 <=== APR 23 2018 APR 23 2011 APR 23 1994 A TOTAL OF 41.48 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 5.77 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE DRIEST YEAR SINCE 2004. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL AT THE END OF JUNE WHEN PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED 3.03 INCHES FROM JUNE 28 THROUGH 30. PORTLAND SAW 6 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FROM LATE MAY THROUGH EARLY FALL LEADING TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS. THE WETTEST MONTH WAS DECEMBER WHEN MULTIPLE STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW. THE DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 1941 WHEN ONLY 25.27 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2005 WITH 66.45 INCHES MEASURED. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR EACH MONTH OF 2020 INCLUDING DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR 2020 MONTH PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL NOTES JANUARY 3.53 (+0.15) 14.7 (-5.6) FEBRUARY 3.54 (+0.29) 9.4 (-2.7) MARCH 3.44 (-0.80) 6.1 (-6.6) APRIL 5.21 (+0.89) 3.0 (+0.2) MAY 2.14 (-1.87) T JUNE 3.39 (-0.40) 0 JULY 2.39 (-1.22) 0 AUGUST 2.18 (-0.96) 0 SEPTEMBER 0.68 (-3.01) 0 8TH DRIEST OCTOBER 4.08 (-0.79) T NOVEMBER 5.68 (+0.75) 0.1 (-1.8) DECEMBER 5.22 (+1.20) 20.0 (+6.8) ANNUAL 41.48 (-5.77) 53.3 (-8.6) THERE WERE 14 DAYS THAT RECORDED AT LEAST 1.00 INCH OF PRECIPITATION, 2.5 DAYS MORE THAN NORMAL. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DAYS WHICH RECEIVED AT LEAST 1.00 INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN 2020. DAYS WITH AT LEAST 1.00 INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN 2020 DAY PRECIPITATION JANUARY 25 1.37 FEBRUARY 27 1.45 APRIL 2 1.18 APRIL 9 1.33 APRIL 13 1.22 JUNE 29 2.51 AUGUST 29 1.28 OCTOBER 13 1.96 OCTOBER 17 1.08 NOVEMBER 23 2.32 NOVEMBER 30 1.46 DECEMBER 5 1.99 DECEMBER 17 1.40 DECEMBER 25 1.05 SNOWFALL STATISTICS ARE NORMALLY LISTED BY SEASON RATHER THAN BY CALENDAR YEAR. HOWEVER, 2020 SAW 53.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 8.6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE FIRST CALENDAR YEAR WITH BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL SINCE 2010. THE HEAVIEST SNOWSTORM WAS ON DECEMBER 17 WHEN 17.6 INCHES WAS MEASURED IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 12 HOURS. THERE WERE 11 DAYS WHICH RECORDED AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOWFALL INCLUDING 2 DAYS WITH AT LEAST 6 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DAYS WHICH RECEIVED 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOWFALL IN 2020. DAYS WITH AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN 2020 DAYS SNOWFALL JANUARY 16 6.0 DECEMBER 17 17.6 THERE WAS A CONSISTENT SNOW DEPTH FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY, ALTHOUGH THE DEPTH WAS FREQUENTLY REDUCED BY MILD TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL. THE PEAK DEPTH WAS 10 INCHES RECORDED AT THE START OF THE YEAR AND AGAIN IN MID JANUARY. THE LAST TRACE OF THE WINTER SNOW PACK MELTED BY THE MORNING OF MARCH 5, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A FEW LATE SEASON SNOWFALLS AFTER THIS POINT. SNOW RETURNED IN EARLY DECEMBER BEFORE MELTING A WEEK LATER. A MAJOR SNOWSTORM ON DECEMBER 17 LEFT 12 INCHES ON THE GROUND ON THE MORNING OF THE 18TH, THE HIGHEST DEPTH RECORDED IN 2020. HOWEVER, WARM TEMPERATURES AND RAIN BROUGHT THIS DOWN TO JUST A TRACE BY CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH NOTHING LEFT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN 2020... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS JAN 11 63 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 54 IN 2017 JAN 11 51 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 46 IN 1983 JAN 12 52 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 51 IN 2014, 1980 JAN 25 36 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 36 IN 2010 (TIED) MAR 3 61 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 55 IN 1961 MAR 3 47 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 45 IN 2002 MAR 4 36 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 35 IN 1974 MAR 9 70 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 66 IN 2016 MAR 9 54 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 53 IN 2016 MAR 20 37 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 37 IN 2012 & OTHERS (TIED) APR 3 43 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 42 IN 2000 APR 3 4 - SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE 4 IN 2004 & OTHERS (TIED) APR 9 1.33 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.28 IN 1916 APR 27 42 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 42 IN 1955 (TIED) APR 27 3 - SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE 3 IN 1973 & 1955 (TIED) MAY 28 74 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 72 IN 2015, 1959, 1944 JUN 5 65 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 62 IN 1960 JUN 5 75 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 73 IN 1949 JUN 6 63 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 60 IN 1963 JUN 20 93 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 93 IN 2012 & OTHERS (TIED) JUN 20 69 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 1941 JUN 20 81 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 80 IN 1941 JUN 29 4 - SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE 6 IN 1974 & 1973 JUL 11 68 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 1955 JUL 12 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2011, 1943 JUL 13 67 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 2010, 1943 (TIED) JUL 17 8 - SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE 9 IN 1995, 1949 JUL 20 73 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 71 IN 2019 JUL 20 84 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 83 IN 1991, 1949 JUL 27 78 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 69 IN 1989, 1979 JUL 27 86 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 80 IN 1989 JUL 28 73 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 69 IN 2006 & OTHERS JUL 28 83 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 82 IN 1949 JUL 30 69 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 2011 & OTHERS AUG 3 91 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 91 IN 2002, 1990 (TIED) AUG 3 70 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2001, 1943 (TIED) AUG 3 81 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 79 IN 2001 AUG 12 72 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 72 IN 1988 (TIED) AUG 24 66 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 66 IN 2015, 2009 (TIED) SEP 10 66 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 66 IN 1999 (TIED) SEP 28 65 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 62 IN 2008 SEP 28 68 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 67 IN 2007, 1959 SEP 29 63 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 63 IN 2015 (TIED) OCT 13 1.96 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.69 IN 1990 OCT 30 38 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 40 IN 1966 OCT 31 33 - COOLEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 33 IN 1966 (TIED) NOV 6 71 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 69 IN 2015 NOV 6 61 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 60 IN 2015 NOV 7 74 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 2015 NOV 7 62 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 58 IN 2008 NOV 10 72 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 64 IN 2009 NOV 10 36 - GREATEST TEMPERATURE RANGE 32 IN 1995, 1949 NOV 11 69 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 2002 NOV 11 53 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 52 IN 2002 NOV 11 61 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 59 IN 2002 NOV 12 65 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 1982 (TIED) NOV 18 25 - COOLEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 25 IN 1959 (TIED) NOV 23 2.32 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 2.08 IN 1874 DEC 1 44 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 43 IN 2010 DEC 1 52 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 52 IN 2001 (TIED) DEC 5 1.99 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.42 IN 1900 DEC 8 5 - SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE 5 IN 2012 (TIED) DEC 25 47 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 38 IN 2014 AND OTHERS DEC 25 51 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 49 IN 2018 $$ KIMBLE