Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
238 CXUS51 KGYX 012125 CLMCON PWMCLMCON 000 TTAA00 GYX 011623 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 0425 PM EST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 74 02/21/2018 LOW -37 02/16/1943 HIGHEST 60 02/10 54 6 55 02/15 02/27 02/16 02/20 LOWEST 8 02/18 -8 16 -15 02/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 41.1 34.8 6.3 37.9 AVG. MINIMUM 19.4 14.7 4.7 15.5 MEAN 30.2 24.7 5.5 26.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 11.0 -10.0 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 27.1 0.9 27 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 4.1 -4.1 3 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.96 2008 MINIMUM 0.03 1987 TOTALS 0.54 2.75 -2.21 1.48 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.10 -0.08 0.05 DAYS >= .01 7 10.0 -3.0 11 DAYS >= .10 3 6.2 -3.2 4 DAYS >= .50 0 1.8 -1.8 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.23 02/23 TO 02/23 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 59.0 1893 TOTALS 4.9 16.9 -12.0 10.3 SINCE 7/1 34.6 51.6 -17.0 29.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 5 DAYS >= TRACE 9 7.6 1.4 12 DAYS >= 1.0 3 4.1 -1.1 4 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 8 02/01 24 HR TOTAL 1.8 02/15 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1003 1127 -124 1067 SINCE 7/1 4406 5138 -732 3403 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/300 DATE 02/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/300 DATE 02/29 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.34 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 8 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && FEBRUARY FEATURED A RETURN TO QUIETER WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION AFTER AN ACTIVE STRETCH DURING THE FALL SEASON THAT THEN PERSISTED THROUGH JANUARY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED ANCHORED TO OUR WEST THROUGH MUCH OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH WITH THE FIRST MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION NOT ARRIVING UNTIL THE 9TH. A WEAK SYSTEM THEN TRACKED OVER THE REGION ON THE 15TH AND INTO THE 16TH, BRINGING A TOTAL OF 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW. MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS THEN FOLLOWED UNTIL THE 23RD WHEN A FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSED, BRINGING ANOTHER PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOWFALL. THIS WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY MAINLY DRY WEATHER AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES UNTIL A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED LATE ON THE 28TH, BRINGING STRONG WINDS AND ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.2 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 5.5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND THE 6TH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE WARMEST WAS IN 1877 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 32.3 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 12.1 DEGREES IN 2015. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD. WARMEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD (SINCE 1868) RANK TEMP YEAR 1 32.3 1877 2 30.9 2018 30.9 1998 4 30.8 1981 5 30.5 1984 6 30.2 2024 <=== 7 30.1 2017 30.1 2012 30.1 1925 10 29.6 1954 A TOTAL OF 0.54 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 2.21 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 4TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1987 WHEN ONLY 0.03 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS 8.96 INCHES IN 2008. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DRIEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD. DRIEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD (SINCE 1868) RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 0.03 1987 2 0.40 1877 3 0.47 1901 4 0.54 2024 <=== 5 0.56 1895 6 0.67 1978 7 0.78 1980 8 0.80 1994 9 0.85 1907 10 0.87 1930 A TOTAL OF 4.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 12.0 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1877 WHEN ONLY A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST WAS 59.0 INCHES IN 1893. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN FEBRUARY 2024... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS 02/10 60 -WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 55 IN 1955 AND 1876 $$ HAT