Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
467 CXUS51 KGYX 032050 CLSGYX PWMCLSGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 032050 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 350 PM EST MON MAR 03 2021 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2020 TO 2/28/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 69 12/07/1998 LOW -15 01/15/2004 HIGHEST 57 12/01 58 -1 60 LOWEST 2 01/30 -7 9 -6 01/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 33.4 32.5 0.9 34.6 AVG. MINIMUM 20.5 16.1 4.4 19.4 MEAN 26.9 24.3 2.6 27.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 44 43.5 0.5 40 DAYS MIN <= 32 88 84.9 3.1 60 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 6.6 -6.6 5 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.31 2008 TOTALS 10.87 10.90 -0.03 13.61 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.12 0.00 0.15 DAYS >= .01 32 32.2 -0.2 33 DAYS >= .10 15 20.9 -5.9 20 DAYS >= .50 9 7.3 1.7 9 DAYS >= 1.00 4 2.9 1.1 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.88 12/05 TO 12/06 3.19 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 111.3 2008 TOTALS 41.6 56.0 -14.4 53.2 SINCE 7/1 41.7 59.1 -17.4 53.9 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 4 DAYS >= TRACE 40 23.5 16.5 35 DAYS >= 1.0 12 13.9 -1.9 13 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 11 12/18 15 24 HR TOTAL 11.7 12/17 TO 12/17 9.7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3394 3661 -267 3433 SINCE 7/1 4778 5159 -381 4974 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE WINTER SEASON BEGAN JUST AS A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WAS EXITING THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE TEMPERATURE WAS A BALMY 57 DEGREES TO START DECEMBER FOLLOWED BY COOLER BUT STILL MILD AIR. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM ON DECEMBER 5 BROUGHT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION INCLUDING AROUND 5 INCHES OF STICKY WET SNOWFALL. COLDER WEATHER MOVING IN BEHIND THIS STORM ALLOWED THE SNOW TO STAY ON THE GROUND. A COLD FRONT BROUGHT A SHIFT TOWARD MUCH COLDER WEATHER IN MID DECEMBER WITH THE TEMPERATURE STAYING BELOW FREEZING FOR 7 STRAIGHT DAYS. IN THE MIDST OF THIS COLD STRETCH CAME ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. GRAY RECORDED 11.7 INCHES OF FLUFFY SNOWFALL IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 12 HOURS ON DECEMBER 17. THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT 7 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 16 BEFORE A GRADUAL WARM UP BEGAN. DESPITE ALL THE SNOW THAT FELL JUST A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WARM WEATHER AND RAIN WASHED IT ALL AWAY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE TEMPERATURE HIT 52 DEGREES WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL. MILD WEATHER CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. MOST DAYS SAW THE TEMPERATURE WARM INTO THE MID 30S TO LOW 40S, BUT FREQUENTLY CLOUDY WEATHER MEANT THAT THE TEMPERATURE RARELY FELL LOWER THAN THE 20S. THE WARMEST WEATHER WAS IN MID JANUARY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 46 DEGREES ALONG WITH MORE THAN AN INCH AND HALF OF RAINFALL. SOME COOLER WEATHER WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH A FEW LIGHT SNOWFALLS IN THE LAST PART OF JANUARY. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WAS ON FEBRUARY 1 AND 2 WHEN NEARLY 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET FELL. A FEW MORE LIGHT SNOWFALLS AND SOME CONSISTENTLY COLD WEATHER MADE THIS THE FIRST CONSISTENT SNOW PACK OF THE WINTER, LASTING THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY. A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS SPILLED INTO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES IN EARLY FEBRUARY, AND NEW ENGLAND FOUND ITSELF ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THIS AIR MASS. THIS BROUGHT CONSISTENTLY COLD WEATHER AND A FEW WINTER STORMS, BUT SPARED THE REGION THE MORE BRUTAL COLD. THE TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW FREEZING FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO WEEKS WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT 3 ABOVE ZERO ON FEBRUARY 12. SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN FELL ON THE 16TH WITH MORE SNOW FALLING AGAIN ON THE 19TH. FINALLY MORE MILD WEATHER RETURNED FOR THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 26.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST WINTER WAS IN 2001-02 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 29.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN 2014-15 WHEN IT WAS 19.8 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 10.87 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.03 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST FELL IN DECEMBER WHEN SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON DECEMBER 5 AND 6 WHEN 1.88 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST WINTER WAS IN 2006-07 WHEN ONLY 7.17 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2007-08 WITH 15.31 INCHES. THERE WAS 41.6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 14.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL ON DECEMBER 17 WHEN 11.7 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE LEAST SNOWY WINTER WAS IN 1997-98 WHEN ONLY 26.5 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE SNOWIEST WINTER WAS IN 2007-08 WITH 111.3 INCHES. $$ BECKER