Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
573 CXUS51 KGYX 021753 CLSAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 KGYX 011736 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 145 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2020 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM 6/1/2020 TO 8/31/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 08/05/1955 LOW 36 06/09/1955 HIGHEST 94 06/20 93 1 92 07/21 07/20 LOWEST 38 06/01 44 -6 45 06/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.8 77.1 1.7 78.3 AVG. MINIMUM 59.3 57.6 1.7 58.3 MEAN 69.1 67.3 1.8 68.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 4.0 1.0 4 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) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.94 2009 MINIMUM 4.76 1949 TOTALS 9.51 10.29 -0.78 11.28 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.11 -0.01 0.12 DAYS >= .01 28 34.9 -6.9 36 DAYS >= .10 16 19.6 -3.6 19 DAYS >= .50 9 6.3 2.7 8 DAYS >= 1.00 2 2.1 -0.1 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.24 06/29 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 105 137 -32 86 SINCE 7/1 39 42 -3 10 COOLING TOTAL 507 348 159 424 SINCE 1/1 538 357 181 424 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/330 DATE 08/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/320 DATE 08/25 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE SUMMER MONTHS AT AUGUSTA WERE CHARACTERIZED BY VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS AND SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT HOW SUMMER BEGAN AS THE LOW TEMPERATURE ON JUNE 1 WAS 38 DEGREES, THE THIRD COLDEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT AUGUSTA IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS ARRIVED TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF JUNE, INCLUDING 3 STRAIGHT DAYS (JUNE 18-20) OF TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES. A PROLONGED STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER BEGAN IN MID-MAY AND EXTENDED UNTIL THE LAST THREE DAYS OF JUNE WHEN NEARLY 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. MORE FREQUENT RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED OVER THE FIRST PART OF JULY THAT HELPED EASE THE ONGOING DROUGHT BEFORE DRIER CONDITIONS RETURNED FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF COOLER WEATHER THAT BEGAN AT THE END OF JUNE, WARMER WEATHER BEGAN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION AND GENERALLY PERSISTED THROUGH THE END OF THE JULY. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED WAS 90 DEGREES ON JULY 20. UNLIKE MUCH OF THE REGION, AUGUSTA SAW ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN AUGUST WITH 4.12 INCHES. THE WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF AUGUST, INCLUDING A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 91 DEGREES ON AUGUST 11. A COLD FRONT ESSENTIALLY ENDED THE PERSISTENT SUMMER HEAT ON AUGUST 15 AND COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 69.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 6TH WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE WARMEST SUMMER WAS IN 1973 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 71.2 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 63.7 DEGREES IN 1968. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SUMMERS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER (SINCE 1948)... RANK AVE YEAR 1 71.2 1973 2 71.0 1999 3 70.3 1971 70.3 1952 5 69.6 1949 6 69.1 2020 <=== 7 68.9 1991 8 68.8 1988 68.8 1983 10 68.7 2018* *MOST RECENT OF MANY YEARS A TOTAL OF 9.51 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WHICH WAS 0.78 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL AT THE END OF JUNE WHEN FREQUENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED 1.91 INCHES FROM JUNE 28 THROUGH JUNE 30. THE DRIEST SUMMER WAS IN 1949 WHEN ONLY 4.76 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2009 WITH 18.94 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SUMMER 2020... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS JUN 1 38 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 40 IN 2009 & 1961 JUN 6 60 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 60 IN 1966 (TIED) JUL 11 67 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 2010 & OTHERS (TIED) JUL 12 70 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 70 IN 1988 (TIED) JUL 14 0.87 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.66 IN 1971 JUL 27 72 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 71 IN 1989 & OTHERS AUG 27 64 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 2006 $$ KIMBLE/WATSON