Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
067 CXUS51 KGYX 081135 CLSGYX PWMCLMGYX 000 TTAA00 KGYX 020027 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 635 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2020 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2020 TO 11/30/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2020 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 81 09/10 86 -5 85 09/04 LOWEST 17 11/18 18 -1 10 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.1 58.0 1.1 56.2 AVG. MINIMUM 41.5 40.6 0.9 40.3 MEAN 50.3 49.3 1.0 48.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 2.1 -0.1 5 DAYS MIN <= 32 19 22.6 -3.6 23 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 26.48 2005 TOTALS 12.74 14.68 -1.94 10.41 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.16 -0.02 0.11 DAYS >= .01 33 33.3 -0.3 40 DAYS >= .10 14 20.7 -6.7 19 DAYS >= .50 7 9.3 -2.3 7 DAYS >= 1.00 4 4.7 -0.7 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.35 11/23 1.73 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.9 1997 TOTALS 0.1 3.1 -3.0 0.7 SINCE 7/1 0.1 3.1 -3.0 0.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 7 2.2 4.8 8 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.9 -0.9 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.1 11/25 0.6 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1344 1460 -116 1525 SINCE 7/1 1384 1497 -113 1536 COOLING TOTAL 27 30 -3 27 SINCE 1/1 548 389 159 433 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DROUGHT WHICH BEGAN IN THE SPRING INTENSIFIED AGAIN IN THE FALL. A SERIES OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS BROUGHT DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MASSES INTO THE REGION FOR THE FIRST 4 WEEKS OF FALL. COOL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STATIONARY OVER THE REGION FOR THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER WITH MANY COOL DAYS AND EVEN COOLER NIGHTS. THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED INTO THE 30S FOR 4 STRAIGHT NIGHTS, BOTTOMING OUT AT 36 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 20 AND 21. WARMER CONDITIONS RETURNED IN THE LAST PART OF SEPTEMBER. FINALLY SOME RAIN FELL ON SEPTEMBER 30 WHEN NEARLY AN INCH WAS RECORDED. A SERIES OF FRONTAL BOUNDARIES BROUGHT ALTERNATING WARMER AND COOLER CONDITIONS AS THE STORM TRACK GRADUALLY SHIFTED CLOSER TO THE AREA IN OCTOBER. THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT STORM BROUGHT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 13, WITH ANOTHER STORM BRINGING ALMOST 2 INCHES ON OCTOBER 16 AND 17. CONDITIONS TURNED COOLER LATER IN OCTOBER WITH THE FIRST SNOWFLAKES OF THE SEASON OBSERVED JUST BEFORE HALLOWEEN. THIS COOL WEATHER LASTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE AN INTENSE AND LONG LASTING WARM SPELL ARRIVED IN NOVEMBER. BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 5 THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 60 DEGREES FOR 8 STRAIGHT DAYS INCLUDING 3 DAYS IN THE 70S. A COLD FRONT ON THE 12TH BROUGHT THE WARM WEATHER TO AN END WITH MORE FREQUENT STORMINESS RETURNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THE LATE NOVEMBER STORMS DROPPED MORE THAN 2 INCHES EACH ON NOVEMBER 23 AND AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 30. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 50.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL WAS IN 2017 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 53.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 47.2 DEGREES IN 2018. A TOTAL OF 12.74 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.94 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS ON NOVEMBER 23 WHEN 2.35 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST FALL WAS IN 2001 WHEN ONLY 8.91 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2005 WITH 26.48 INCHES. ONLY 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL WHICH WAS 3.0 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ALL OF THIS SNOW FELL ON NOVEMBER 25. FALL SNOWFALL IS OFTEN HIT OR MISS. IN THE 26-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. $$ KIMBLE