Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 041101 CLSMHT PWMCLMMHT 000 TTAA00 KGYX 020722 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 701 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2020 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2020 TO 5/31/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 92 05/27 90 2 87 05/26 LOWEST 19 03/01 9 10 6 03/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.6 57.1 1.5 56.7 AVG. MINIMUM 39.2 37.2 2.0 37.6 MEAN 48.9 47.2 1.7 47.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.9 0.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 2.9 -1.9 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 22 29.9 -7.9 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 9.17 12.24 -3.07 8.84 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.13 -0.03 0.10 DAYS >= .01 28 35.6 -7.6 42 DAYS >= .10 20 21.7 -1.7 22 DAYS >= .50 7 7.2 -0.2 5 DAYS >= 1.00 2 2.3 -0.3 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.05 03/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 6.0 7.8 SINCE 7/1 45.5 46.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= TRACE 7 9 DAYS >= 1.0 1 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 6 03/24 7 03/04 24 HR TOTAL 6.0 03/23 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1521 1672 -151 1646 SINCE 7/1 5810 6334 -524 6286 COOLING TOTAL 64 30 34 21 SINCE 1/1 64 30 34 21 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/290 DATE 05/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/160 DATE 04/13 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 55 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && AFTER A WINTER THAT WAS MOSTLY MILD, SPRING BEGAN WITH MORE MILD WEATHER. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 74 DEGREES ON MARCH 9, A MARK THAT WOULD NOT BE REACHED AGAIN FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS. IN MID MARCH WE BEGAN A STRETCH OF MORE FREQUENT STORMY WEATHER. A WINTER STORM BROUGHT 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON MARCH 23, WITH ANOTHER STORM BRINGING MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN ON MARCH 29. THIS CONTINUED INTO APRIL WHEN MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FELL ON APRIL 2 AND 3. THE NEXT STORM ON APRIL 9 AND 10 ALSO BROUGHT AN INCH OF RAIN WITH SNOWFLAKES MIXING IN AS THE TEMPERATURE COOLED. THE WEATHER PATTERN WAS BEGINNING TO SHIFT TOWARD COOLER WEATHER AS PERSISTENT TROUGHS MOVED THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. THIS KEPT TEMPERATURES COOL WITH FREQUENT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. THE FIRST 80 DEGREE TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR CAME ON MAY 3, BUT THE COOL WEATHER QUICKLY RETURNED. IN FACT, RAIN MIXED WITH SNOWFLAKES ON MAY 9, A RARE SIGHT FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON. GRADUALLY, THOUGH, WARM WEATHER WAS BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY AND THIS WOULD OCCASIONALLY SPILL INTO NEW ENGLAND. MANCHESTER SAW 80 DEGREES AGAIN ON MAY 15 AS WELL AS MAY 21 AND 22. THEN A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUMMER LIKE WARMTH ARRIVED AT THE END OF MAY WITH 5 STRAIGHT DAYS ABOVE 80 DEGREES INCLUDING 92 DEGREES ON MAY 27. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS 48.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2012 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AS 52.4 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 40.4 DEGREES IN 1967. A TOTAL OF 9.17 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 3.07 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL IN LATE MARCH AND EARLY APRIL. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 2015 WHEN ONLY 3.71 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1953 WITH 18.24 INCHES. HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885, BUT WITHIN THIS RECORD THERE REMAIN NUMEROUS YEARS OF UNAVAILABLE DATA. DUE TO THIS, HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AS SOME SIGNIFICANT EXTREMES MAY BE MISSING FROM THE DATA. MORE CONSISTENT MODERN RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998 AND CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT. $$ KIMBLE