Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
943 CXUS51 KGYX 081027 CLSCON PWMCLMCON 000 TTAA00 KGYX 020027 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 527 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2020 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2020 TO 11/30/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1868 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 09/02/1953 LOW -17 11/30/1875 HIGHEST 86 09/08 88 -2 86 09/23 09/22 LOWEST 13 11/19 11 2 7 11/17 11/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 63.2 60.5 2.7 59.3 AVG. MINIMUM 38.1 37.1 1.0 36.6 MEAN 50.6 48.8 1.8 48.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 1.3 -0.3 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 33 35.0 -2.0 33 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 22.08 2005 MINIMUM 2.88 1908 TOTALS 9.32 11.14 -1.82 9.81 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.12 -0.02 0.11 DAYS >= .01 26 30.6 -4.6 36 DAYS >= .10 14 19.2 -5.2 23 DAYS >= .50 8 7.4 0.6 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 2.8 -0.8 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.44 11/30 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 25.7 2011 TOTALS 0.8 2.6 -1.8 0.3 SINCE 7/1 0.8 2.6 -1.8 0.3 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 4 1.9 2.1 6 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.0 -1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 10/30 24 HR TOTAL 0.8 10/30 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1337 1512 -175 1556 SINCE 7/1 1366 1560 -194 1576 COOLING TOTAL 50 39 11 28 SINCE 1/1 726 452 274 492 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/310 DATE 11/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/260 DATE 11/15 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DROUGHT WHICH BEGAN IN SPRING AND CONTINUED THROUGH SUMMER INTENSIFIED AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER AS A SERIES OF HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS BROUGHT DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MASSES INTO THE REGION FOR THE FIRST 4 WEEKS OF FALL. COOL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STATIONARY OVER THE REGION IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER WITH MANY COOL DAYS AND EVEN COOLER NIGHTS. THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED INTO THE 20S FOR 4 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS FROM SEPTEMBER 19 THROUGH 22. AFTER FALLING TO 27 ON SEPTEMBER 22, IT WARMED ALL THE WAY UP TO 80 DEGREES THE VERY NEXT DAY, THE FIRST OF SEVERAL 80 DEGREE DAYS AT THE END OF THAT MONTH. FINALLY SOME RAIN CAME ON SEPTEMBER 30, ACCOMPANIED BY 41 MPH WIND GUSTS. A SERIES OF FRONTS BROUGHT ALTERNATING COOLER AND WARMER CONDITIONS AS THE STORM TRACK SHIFTED TOWARD THE REGION IN OCTOBER. THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 13, WITH ANOTHER INCH AND A HALF FALLING A FEW DAYS LATER ON OCTOBER 16 AND 17. CONDITIONS TURNED COOLER IN THE LAST PART OF OCTOBER WITH THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON FALLING JUST BEFORE HALLOWEEN. THE COOL WEATHER LASTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE CONCORD SAW ONE OF ITS MOST INTENSE AND LONG LASTING LATE SEASON WARM SPELLS ON RECORD. BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 5 THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 70 DEGREES FOR 7 STRAIGHT DAYS. A COLD FRONT ON NOVEMBER 12 BROUGHT THIS STRETCH OF UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER TO AN END, WITH MORE FREQUENT STORMINESS RETURNING. THE FIRST STORM BROUGHT MORE WIND THAN RAIN ON NOVEMBER 15 WHEN WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH. THE NEXT STORM BROUGHT NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN ON NOVEMBER 23. A FEW DAYS LATER ANOTHER STORM BROUGHT AN INCH OF RAIN ON NOVEMBER 25 AND 26. ONE MORE STORM BROUGHT NEARLY AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN ON NOVEMBER 30. THE MORE FREQUENT WET WEATHER IN THE LAST HALF OF FALL HELPED TO EASE THE DROUGHT. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 50.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 53.5 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 43.7 DEGREES IN 1972. A TOTAL OF 9.32 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.82 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON NOVEMBER 30 WHEN 1.44 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST FALL WAS IN 1908 WHEN ONLY 2.88 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2005 WITH 22.08 INCHES. THERE WAS 0.8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 1.8 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ALL OF THIS SNOW FELL ON OCTOBER 30. SNOW IN FALL IS OFTEN HIT OR MISS. IN 153 YEARS OF RECORDS THERE HAVE BEEN 3 YEARS WITH NO SNOW IN FALL, MOST RECENTLY IN 2015. THERE HAVE BEEN AN ADDITIONAL 29 YEARS WHICH RECORDED ONLY A TRACE OF SNOWFALL, MOST RECENTLY IN 2010. THE SNOWIEST FALL WAS IN 2011 WHEN 25.7 INCHES FELL. AFTER A VERY LATE SNOWFALL IN SPRING AND AN EARLY SNOWFALL IN FALL, CONCORD SAW ONE OF ITS SHORTEST SNOW-FREE SEASONS ON RECORD IN 2020. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE SHORTEST SNOW-FREE SEASONS. SHORTEST PERIOD BETWEEN LAST SNOW AND FIRST SNOW (SINCE 1868)... RANK DAYS DATES 1 172 APR 20 TO OCT 10, 1925 2 173 MAY 9 TO OCT 30, 2020 <=== 3 180 APR 25 TO OCT 23, 2002 180 APR 9 TO OCT 7, 1911 180 APR 11 TO OCT 9, 1888 6 181 APR 22 TO OCT 21, 1940 7 183 APR 9 TO OCT 10, 1979 8 186 APR 23 TO OCT 27, 2011 9 189 MAY 11 TO NOV 17, 1945 189 MAY 13 TO NOV 19, 1914 189 APR 20 TO OCT 27, 1904 189 APR 10 TO OCT 17, 1868 THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN FALL 2020... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS SEP 19 28 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 30 IN 1990 AND OTHERS SEP 20 27 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 28 IN 1993, 1979 SEP 21 27 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 28 IN 1962 SEP 28 65 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 64 IN 1881 NOV 8 75 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 72 IN 1895 NOV 9 75 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 74 IN 1945 NOV 10 76 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 73 IN 1931 NOV 11 73 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2002 NOV 30 1.44 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.18 IN 1923 $$ KIMBLE