Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 062226 CLSAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 KGYX 011133 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 525 PM EST FRI MAR 6 2020 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON, FROM 12/1/2019 TO 2/29/2020... 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 67 12/06/2001 LOW -23 02/02/1962 HIGHEST 54 01/11 56 -2 57 12/21 12/14 LOWEST -9 02/15 -9 0 -2 02/27 02/01 01/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 34.0 31.0 3.0 30.4 AVG. MINIMUM 18.6 14.7 3.9 14.1 MEAN 26.3 22.8 3.5 22.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 39 49.0 -10.0 55 DAYS MIN <= 32 87 84.7 2.3 89 DAYS MIN <= 0 6 10.7 -4.7 8 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.78 1974 MINIMUM 3.23 1980 TOTALS 7.99 8.28 -0.29 8.54 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.10 DAYS >= .01 29 30.8 -1.8 26 DAYS >= .10 17 17.8 -0.8 16 DAYS >= .50 5 4.8 0.2 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.8 -0.8 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.72 12/14 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3504 3795 -291 3827 SINCE 7/1 5073 5381 -308 5524 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/090 DATE 02/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/280 DATE 12/15 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE FIRST WEEK OF WINTER BEGAN WITH SOME COLD WEATHER, A CONTINUATION OF THE WEATHER PATTERN THAT HAD BROUGHT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN NOVEMBER. THIS BEGAN TO CHANGE IN MID DECEMBER. THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 50 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 9 AND 10 WITH RAIN FALLING. MORE RAIN AND 50 DEGREE TEMPERATURES CAME ON DECEMBER 13 AND 14, THIS TIME WITH NEARLY 2 INCHES FALLING. SOME COLD WEATHER RETURNED AFTER THIS STORM, BUT IT WARMED BACK UP AGAIN BEFORE CHRISTMAS. A WINTER STORM BROUGHT SNOW JUST BEFORE NEW YEARS BUT THE MILD TEMPERATURES CONTINUED. A NEW WEATHER PATTERN WAS EMERGING THAT FEATURED PERSISTENT WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF ARCTIC COLD. THE NEXT PERIOD OF WARMER WEATHER PEAKED WITH TWO MORE DAYS IN THE 50S ON JANUARY 11 AND 12. SOME COLDER WEATHER ARRIVED IN MID JANUARY ALONG WITH MORE SNOW. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 3 BELOW ZERO ON JANUARY 18. IT DIDN`T LAST LONG, THOUGH, AS WARMER TEMPERATURES AND MORE RAIN CAME JUST A FEW DAYS LATER. ANOTHER WINTER STORM BROUGHT SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN ON FEBRUARY 6 AND 7 WITH ARCTIC AIR ARRIVING BEHIND THE STORM. THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT 3 BELOW ZERO ON FEBRUARY 9, BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY IT WARMED ABOVE FREEZING AS THE MILD WEATHER RETURNED. MORE SNOW FELL ON FEBRUARY 13 WITH ARCTIC COLD RETURNING JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE`S DAY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 9 BELOW ZERO ON FEBRUARY 15. IT AGAIN DIDN`T LAST LONG WITH THE TEMPERATURE WARMING INTO THE 40S THE VERY NEXT DAY. THE TEMPERATURE PEAKED AT 52 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 25 WITH MORE RAIN FALLING AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 26.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST WINTER WAS IN 2001-02 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 28.6 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 17.3 DEGREES IN 1958-59. A TOTAL OF 7.99 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.29 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON DECEMBER 13 AND 14 WHEN 1.80 INCHES FELL, MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN. THE DRIEST WINTER WAS IN 1979-80 WHEN ONLY 3.23 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN WINTER 2019-20... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS DEC 10 39 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 38 IN 1966, 1952 DEC 14 54 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 50 IN 2006, 1973 DEC 15 53 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 52 IN 2008, 1975 JAN 11 54 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 54 IN 1983 (TIED) $$ KIMBLE