Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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609 CXUS51 KGYX 021601 CLSPWM PWMCLMPWM 000 TTAA00 KGYX 011736 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1145 AM EDT WED SEP 2 2020 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM 6/1/2020 TO 8/31/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2020 (FOR TEMPERATURES) CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2020 (FOR PRECIPITATION) CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1882 TO 2020 (FOR SNOWFALL) WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 08/02/1975 LOW 33 08/31/1965 06/04/1944 HIGHEST 94 07/20 93 1 94 07/21 LOWEST 37 06/01 42 -5 47 08/26 06/09 06/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 79.9 76.6 3.3 77.8 AVG. MINIMUM 61.1 57.1 4.0 58.8 MEAN 70.5 66.9 3.6 68.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 13 3.9 9.1 4 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 22.31 2009 MINIMUM 4.10 1999 TOTALS 7.96 10.54 -2.58 12.85 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.11 -0.02 0.14 DAYS >= .01 27 32.1 -5.1 32 DAYS >= .10 15 18.7 -3.7 23 DAYS >= .50 4 6.4 -2.4 11 DAYS >= 1.00 2 2.4 -0.4 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.51 06/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 73 151 -78 106 SINCE 7/1 15 45 -30 13 COOLING TOTAL 605 321 284 433 SINCE 1/1 623 328 295 436 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/300 DATE 08/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/140 DATE 08/04 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE SUMMER MONTHS AT PORTLAND WERE CHARACTERIZED BY VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT HOW SUMMER BEGAN AS THE LOW TEMPERATURE ON JUNE 1 WAS 37 DEGREES, THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT PORTLAND IN THE MONTH OF JUNE SINCE 1967. WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS ARRIVED TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF JUNE. A PROLONGED STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER BEGAN IN MID-MAY AND EXTENDED UNTIL THE LAST THREE DAYS OF JUNE WHEN NEARLY 90% OF JUNE`S OBSERVED PRECIPITATION FELL. MORE FREQUENT RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST PART OF JULY TO HELP EASE THE ONGOING DROUGHT BEFORE DRIER CONDITIONS RETURNED FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH. AFTER THE COOLEST INDEPENDENCE DAY SINCE 1998, THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BEGAN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION AND PERSISTED THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. IT MANIFESTED PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF WARM NIGHTTIME LOWS, INCLUDING A LOW OF 78 DEGREES ON JULY 27 WHICH IS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE ON RECORD AT PORTLAND, AND THE FIRST STRETCH OF 3 STRAIGHT DAYS ABOVE 90 DEGREES (JULY 26-28) SINCE JULY 2011. THE RESULT WAS THAT JULY ENDED AS THE WARMEST OVERALL MONTH ON RECORD AT PORTLAND. THE WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF AUGUST, INCLUDING ANOTHER STRETCH OF 3 STRAIGHT DAYS ABOVE 90 DEGREES (AUGUST 11-13). A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS FINALLY BROUGHT COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS FOR THE LATTER HALF OF AUGUST. HOWEVER, THE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSISTED AS AUGUST BECAME THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT PORTLAND. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 70.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND BY FAR THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. UNTIL THIS YEAR, THE WARMEST SUMMER WAS 68.9 DEGREES IN 2018 AND 2016. THE COOLEST SUMMER WAS 63.7 DEGREES IN 1964, 1962, AND 1954. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SUMMERS ON RECORD AT PORTLAND. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER (SINCE 1940)... RANK AVE YEAR 1 70.5 2020 <=== 2 68.9 2018 68.9 2016 4 68.7 1988 68.7 2010 6 68.6 1999 7 68.5 2012 68.5 1991 68.5 1973 10 68.3 2019 68.3 1994 ALTHOUGH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE WAS 94, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 13 DAYS THAT REACHED 90 OR HIGHER. THE WARMTH WAS EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED IN NIGHTTIME LOWS AS THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT COOL AS MUCH IN THE HUMID CONDITIONS. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE DAYS, 70 DEGREE LOWS, AND 65 DEGREE LOWS. SUMMER TEMPERATURES (SINCE 1940)... HIGH 90+ LOW 70+ LOW 65+ RANK DAYS YEAR | DAYS YEAR | DAYS YEAR 1 15 1955 | 9 2020 <=== | 33 2020 <=== 2 14 1988 | 8 2018 | 23 2018 3 13 2020 <=== | 5 2001 | 22 1988 4 13 1949 | 5 1988 | 19 2010 5 10 1941 | 4 2013 | 19 1969 6 9 2002 | 4 2011 | 18 2019 7 9 1944 | 4 2002 | 18 1973 8 8 2013 | 4 1973 | 17 2012 9 8 1993 | 3 1991 | 17 2006 10 8 1991 | 3 1969 | 17 2005 SOME OF THE WARMEST NIGHTS ON RECORD AT PORTLAND WERE OBSERVED THIS SUMMER. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURES. WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1940)... RANK LOW DATE 1 78 JUL 27, 2020 <=== 2 76 JUL 21, 2019 76 JUL 22, 2011 4 74 AUG 2, 2006 74 AUG 5, 1988 74 JUL 17, 1969 7 73 JUL 28, 2020 <=== 73 JUL 20, 2020 <=== 73 JUL 5, 2013 73 JUN 13, 2005 73 JUL 22, 1994 73 JUN 28, 1991 73 AUG 2, 1975 73 AUG 17, 1969 A TOTAL OF 7.96 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WHICH WAS 2.58 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE DRIEST SUMMER SINCE 2017. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL AT THE END OF JUNE WHEN FREQUENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED 3.03 INCHES OF RAIN FROM JUNE 28 THROUGH JUNE 30. THE DRIEST SUMMER WAS IN 1999 WHEN ONLY 4.10 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2009 WITH 22.31 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SUMMER 2020... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS JUN 5 65 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 62 IN 1960 JUN 5 75 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 73 IN 1949 JUN 6 63 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 60 IN 1963 JUN 20 93 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 93 IN 2012 & OTHERS (TIED) JUN 20 69 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 1941 JUN 20 81 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 80 IN 1941 JUN 29 4 - SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE 6 IN 1974 & 1973 JUL 11 68 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 1955 JUL 12 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2011, 1943 JUL 13 67 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 2010, 1943 (TIED) JUL 17 8 - SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE 9 IN 1995, 1949 JUL 20 73 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 71 IN 2019 JUL 20 84 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 83 IN 1991, 1949 JUL 27 78 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 69 IN 1989, 1979 JUL 27 86 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 80 IN 1989 JUL 28 73 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 69 IN 2006 AND OTHERS JUL 28 83 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 82 IN 1949 JUL 30 69 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 2011 AND OTHERS AUG 3 91 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 91 IN 2002, 1990 (TIED) AUG 3 70 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2001, 1943 (TIED) AUG 3 81 - WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 79 IN 2001 AUG 12 72 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 72 IN 1988 (TIED) AUG 24 66 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 66 IN 2015, 2009 (TIED) $$ KIMBLE/WATSON