Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
333 CXUS51 KGYX 031246 CLSGYX PWMCLSGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 020432 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1132 PM EST FRI DEC 01 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 09/09/2002 LOW 3 11/22/2018 HIGHEST 88 09/05 86 2 82 LOWEST 17 11/25 18 -1 15 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.0 58.1 0.9 60.1 AVG. MINIMUM 43.8 41.2 2.6 42.4 MEAN 51.4 49.6 1.8 51.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 2.3 0.7 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 25 22.3 2.7 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 26.48 2005 TOTALS 10.56 14.39 -3.83 17.46 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.16 -0.05 0.19 DAYS >= .01 24 32.9 -8.9 31 DAYS >= .10 16 20.1 -4.1 24 DAYS >= .50 8 9.3 -1.3 14 DAYS >= 1.00 3 4.3 -1.3 7 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.27 09/18 TO 09/19 3.38 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.9 1997 TOTALS 0.1 4.4 -4.3 1.6 SINCE 7/1 0.1 4.4 -4.3 1.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 6 2.5 3.5 7 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.1 -1.1 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 1 24 HR TOTAL 0.1 11/22 1.6 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1290 1436 -146 1261 SINCE 7/1 1302 1471 -169 1264 COOLING TOTAL 82 38 44 34 SINCE 1/1 429 395 34 584 .............................................................. - 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 51.4 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 1.8 DEGREES WARMER ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 53.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 47.2 DEGREES IN 2018. A TOTAL OF 10.56 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.83 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON SEPTEMBER 18TH INTO THE 19TH WHEN A STORM TOTAL OF 2.27 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2001 WHEN ONLY 8.91 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 26.48 INCHES IN 2005. A TOTAL OF 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 4.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ALL OF THIS SNOW FELL ON THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER. SNOW IN FALL IS OFTEN HIT OR MISS. IN THE 29 YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS AT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY THERE HAVE BEEN 4 YEARS WHICH RECORDED ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW IN FALL, MOST RECENTLY IN 2006. THE SNOWIEST FALL WAS IN 1997 WHEN 23.9 INCHES FELL. $$ HAT/DS