Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
855 CXUS51 KGYX 050044 CLSCON PWMCLSCON 000 TTAA00 GYX 012257 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 844 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2021 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/22/1911 LOW -20 03/06/1869 HIGHEST 92 05/26 90 2 91 05/27 LOWEST 7 03/02 1 6 13 03/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.4 56.8 2.6 57.3 AVG. MINIMUM 34.2 33.6 0.6 33.6 MEAN 46.8 45.2 1.6 45.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 1.2 -0.2 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 4.3 -0.3 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 39 45.9 -6.9 46 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.1 -1.1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.14 1983 MINIMUM 3.61 1915 TOTALS 7.30 10.18 -2.88 8.19 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.11 -0.03 0.09 DAYS >= .01 28 35.3 -7.3 26 DAYS >= .10 15 20.9 -5.9 16 DAYS >= .50 5 6.7 -1.7 8 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.8 -1.8 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.03 05/30 TO 05/31 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 48.2 1956 TOTALS T 16.1 -16.1 8.0 SINCE 7/1 59.0 67.7 -8.7 46.5 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 8 6.5 1.5 12 DAYS >= 1.0 0 3.6 -3.6 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7 03/03 03/04 03/05 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1681 1846 -165 1812 SINCE 7/1 6473 6909 -436 6771 COOLING TOTAL 31 23 8 42 SINCE 1/1 31 22 9 42 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/300 DATE 03/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/290 DATE 03/02 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.41 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 10 LIGHT RAIN 36 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 7 FOG 23 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SPRING BEGAN WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH BROUGHT COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS. THE WIND GUSTED TO 59 MPH ON MARCH 2 AS THE TEMPERATURE STAYED WELL BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF COLD WEATHER MORE MILD AIR MOVED IN FOR A WEEK. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT BLEW THROUGH ON MARCH 14, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST INTENSE ARCTIC BLAST OF THE SEASON. THE COLD DIDN`T LAST VERY LONG WITH MILD WEATHER RETURNING JUST A FEW DAYS LATER. THE LAST OF THE WINTER SNOW PACK MELTED BY THE MORNING OF MARCH 20. SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT RAIN AT THE END OF MARCH AND BEGINNING OF APRIL WITH RAIN FALLING ON 6 OUT OF 8 DAYS. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON MARCH 28 WHEN NEARLY AN INCH WAS RECORDED. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS OCCURRED BEHIND THIS STORM WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 54 MPH. THE WEATHER TURNED DRY AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL WITH SOME MILD WEATHER AS WELL. THE WARMEST WAS 79 ON APRIL 10. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE AREA BROUGHT RAIN AND SNOW ON APRIL 16, ALTHOUGH THE SNOW DID NOT ACCUMULATE IN THE CITY ITSELF. THIS WAS THE START OF ANOTHER RAINIER STRETCH OF WEATHER WHICH SAW FREQUENT FRONTAL SYSTEMS BRING ALTERNATING WARMER AND COOLER WEATHER AND OCCASIONAL RAINFALL. THIS LASTED INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY BEFORE THINGS BEGAN TO DRY OUT YET AGAIN. THE LAST FREEZE OF THE SEASON WAS ON APRIL 27 WHICH WAS NEARLY TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN NORMAL. CONCORD SAW VERY LITTLE RAINFALL FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS DURING THE MIDDLE OF MAY WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING INTO THE 70S AND 80S. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE WAS 92 ON MAY 26. A COLD FRONT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY 52 MPH WING GUSTS, BRINGING THE WARM AND DRY WEATHER TO AN END. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS A COOL AND WET ONE WITH NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN OBSERVED OVER SEVERAL DAYS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 46.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2012 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.6 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1956 AT 38.7 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 7.30 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 2.88 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE DRIEST SPRING SINCE 2016. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WHEN 1.81 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM MAY 28 THROUGH MAY 31. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 1915 WHEN ONLY 3.61 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 18.14 INCHES. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED WHICH WAS 16.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND TIED AS THE LEAST SNOWY SPRING ON RECORD. THE OTHER YEAR WITH ONLY A TRACE OF SPRING SNOWFALL WAS IN 2010. THE SNOWIEST SPRING WAS IN 1956 WITH 48.2 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LEAST SNOWY SPRINGS ON RECORD. LEAST SNOW IN SPRING (SINCE 1868)... RANK SNOW YEAR 1 TRACE 2021 <=== TRACE 2010 3 0.3 2006 0.3 1921 5 0.7 1995 0.7 1919 7 1.3 1990 8 1.4 1910 9 2.0 1927 2.0 1878 THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2021... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS MAR 11 68 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 1977, 1871 MAR 25 46 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 46 IN 1979 (TIED) MAR 26 74 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 74 IN 1949, 1945 (TIED) MAR 26 46 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 46 IN 1953 (TIED) $$ KIMBLE