Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
000 CXUS51 KGYX 042215 CLSGYX PWMCLSGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 011907 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 500 PM EST SAT DEC 04 2021 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2021 TO 11/30/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2021 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 79 09/18 86 -7 81 LOWEST 17 11/30 18 -1 17 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.6 58.1 1.5 59.1 AVG. MINIMUM 44.0 41.2 2.8 41.5 MEAN 51.8 49.6 2.2 50.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2.3 -2.3 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 19 22.3 -3.3 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 26.48 2005 TOTALS 15.20 14.39 0.81 12.74 DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.16 0.01 0.14 DAYS >= .01 39 32.9 6.1 33 DAYS >= .10 24 20.1 3.9 14 DAYS >= .50 8 9.3 -1.3 7 DAYS >= 1.00 6 4.3 1.7 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.30 10/30 TO 10/31 2.35 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.9 1997 TOTALS 0.4 4.4 -4.0 0.1 SINCE 7/1 0.4 4.4 -4.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T DAYS >= TRACE 7 2.5 4.5 7 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.1 -1.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 11/27 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.4 11/26 TO 11/27 0.1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1202 1436 -234 1344 SINCE 7/1 1250 1471 -221 1384 COOLING TOTAL 26 38 -12 27 SINCE 1/1 536 395 141 548 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && UNSETTLED AND COOL CONDITIONS DOMINATED THE FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. TEMPERATURES THEN TRENDED ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE MONTH AS WARMER AND HUMID AIRMASSES CROSSED THE AREA WITH A COOL DOWN TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH. AFTER 1.57 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE REMNANTS OF IDA THE REST OF SEPTEMBER WAS CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT BOUTS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITHOUT ANY EXTENDED PERIODS OF DRY WEATHER. OCTOBER ON THE WHOLE WAS WARM WITH BENIGN WEATHER THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE NORTHEAST TURNED MORE ACTIVE AND STAYED THAT WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH WITH MULTIPLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS PASSING NEAR THE AREA. DESPITE AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN, TEMPERATURES CONTINUED TO RUN ABOVE NORMAL PARTLY DUE TO WARM OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. AS THE WEATHER TURNED ACTIVE GRAY EXPERIENCED THREE PRECIPITATION EVENTS RESULTING IN GREATER THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH. NOVEMBER WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE GRAY AREA. AFTER A STORMY END TO OCTOBER THE WEATHER PATTERN TURNED QUIET OVER NEW ENGLAND FOR THE FIRST PART OF NOVEMBER. PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE KEPT THE GRAY AREA PRECIPITATION FREE THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK AND A HALF WITH SOME MILD SUNNY DAYS AND COLD CLEAR NIGHTS. TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO THE FREEZING MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS FALL ON NOVEMBER 3RD WHEN THE LOW WAS 30 DEGREES. THE PATTERN REMAINED RELATIVELY ACTIVE THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH WITH FRONTAL PASSAGES BRINGING SEVERAL TEMPERATURE SWINGS. AFTER A MILD THANKSGIVING, A COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA WITH LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MAINE LEADING TO THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF 0.4 INCHES ON THE 26TH INTO THE 27TH. TEMPERATURES REMAINED BELOW AVERAGE TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH WITH ADDITIONAL TRACES OF SNOWFALL ON THE 28TH AND 29TH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 51.8 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES WITH 2016 FOR THE THIRD WARMEST FALL ON RECORD. THE WARMEST FALL WAS IN 2017 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 53.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 47.2 DEGREES IN 2018. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST FALLS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FALL (SINCE 1996)... RANK AVE YEAR 1 53.0 2017 2 52.4 2011 3 51.8 2021 <=== 51.8 2016 5 51.7 2015 A TOTAL OF 15.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.81 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON OCTOBER 30-31 WHEN 3.36 INCHES WERE MEASURED. THE WETTEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2005 WITH 26.48 INCHES. THE DRIEST WAS IN 2001 WITH 8.91 INCHES. ONLY 0.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 4.0 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ALL OF THIS SNOW FELL ON NOVEMBER 26-27. FALL SNOWFALL IS OFTEN HIT OR MISS. IN THE 27-YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS AT THE 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. $$ SCHROETER