Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
210 CXUS51 KGYX 031243 CLSAUG PWMCLSAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 020432 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1132 PM EST FRI DEC 01 2023 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 09/09/2002 LOW 4 11/22/2018 11/27/1978 11/28/1951 HIGHEST 90 09/05 85 5 84 09/10 09/07 09/12 LOWEST 18 11/21 16 2 18 11/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.0 58.2 2.8 61.7 AVG. MINIMUM 44.4 40.6 3.8 42.9 MEAN 52.7 49.4 3.3 52.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.5 1.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 2.3 -1.3 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 25 23.8 1.2 20 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 23.76 2005 MINIMUM 6.48 1984 TOTALS 10.28 12.54 -2.26 15.60 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.14 -0.03 0.17 DAYS >= .01 23 33.8 -10.8 28 DAYS >= .10 15 20.1 -5.1 20 DAYS >= .50 9 8.1 0.9 11 DAYS >= 1.00 2 3.3 -1.3 6 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.28 10/07 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1200 1463 -263 1177 SINCE 7/1 1207 1496 -289 1178 COOLING TOTAL 110 40 70 46 SINCE 1/1 585 427 158 656 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/330 DATE 09/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/330 DATE 09/16 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.45 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 14 LIGHT RAIN 26 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 FOG 47 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 20 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 52.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 3.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SECOND WARMEST FALL ON RECORD. THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2021 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.8 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 45.2 DEGREES IN 1974. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST FALLS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FALL (SINCE 1948)... RANK TEMP YEAR 1 52.9 2021 2 52.7 2023 <=== 3 52.6 2017 4 52.5 1999 5 52.3 2022 6 52.0 1971 7 51.9 2011 8 51.6 1961 9 51.3 2016 51.3 2001 THE FIRST FREEZE OF FALL OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 31ST WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 29 DEGREES. THIS OCCURRED 17 DAYS LATER THAN THE NORMAL FIRST FREEZE DATE OF OCTOBER 14TH. A TOTAL OF 10.28 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 2.26 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 1984 WHEN 6.48 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 23.76 INCHES IN 2005. $$ DS