Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 172112 CLSAUG PWMCLSAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 021759 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 159 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2022 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 05/22/1992 LOW -11 03/01/1982 HIGHEST 92 05/14 85 7 92 05/26 LOWEST 1 03/01 3 -2 3 03/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.0 53.3 3.7 55.7 AVG. MINIMUM 36.8 34.1 2.7 35.1 MEAN 46.9 43.7 3.2 45.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.4 0.6 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 6.2 -1.2 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 25 38.1 -13.1 29 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 20.21 1983 MINIMUM 4.57 1965 TOTALS 10.02 10.30 -0.28 7.20 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.11 -0.00 0.08 DAYS >= .01 35 36.0 -1.0 30 DAYS >= .10 20 20.8 -0.8 15 DAYS >= .50 8 6.8 1.2 7 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.9 1.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.21 03/19 TO 03/20 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1672 1971 -299 1794 SINCE 7/1 6243 7190 -947 6561 COOLING TOTAL 35 11 24 14 SINCE 1/1 35 10 25 14 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/360 DATE 04/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/290 DATE 03/08 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 17 LIGHT RAIN 38 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 10 FOG 38 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 16 HAZE 9 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SPRING STARTED OFF COOLER THAN NORMAL AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE REGION ALTHOUGH BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH TEMPERATURES WARMED WELL ABOVE NORMAL. TEMPERATURES RETURNED CLOSER TO NORMAL DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH BEFORE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BROUGHT WARMING TREND THAT PEAKED ON MARCH 18TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 68 DEGREES. THIS WARM WEATHER WAS DISRUPTED BY THE PASSAGE A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT TRACKED FROM THE GREAT LAKES ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ON MARCH 19-20 BRINGING THE AUGUSTA AREA THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EVENT OF THE SPRING. COOLER, BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED LATE ON THE 27TH. THIS COLD FRONT BROUGHT A SHOT OF COLD AIR ON THE 28TH WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 32 DEGREES AND WAS THE LAST DAY OF SPRING WHERE THE HIGH STAYED BELOW FREEZING. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY REBOUNDED THROUGH THE END OF MARCH AND STAYED CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF APRIL. DURING APRIL THERE WAS AN ACTIVE PACIFIC JET STREAM WITH SEVERAL SYSTEMS CROSSING THE CONUS BRINGING BOUTS OF RAIN TO AUGUSTA. ALSO DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL THE NAO STAYED PREDOMINANTLY NEGATIVE. THE COMPETING INFLUENCES OF MILD PACIFIC AIR FLOODING THE CONUS WHILE BLOCKING OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE -NAO HELPED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES STEADY WITHOUT ANY WARMS SPELLS OR COLD SNAPS FOR MUCH OF APRIL INTO EARLY MAY. THE RELATIVELY WET PATTERN IN APRIL GAVE WAY TO A DRY AND WARM PATTERN AFTER THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MAY. THE AUGUSTA AREA WENT 10 DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FROM MAY 5TH TO MAY 14TH WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMBED WELL ABOVE NORMAL PEAKING ON THE 14TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 92 DEGREES. THIS WARM AND DRY PATTERN WAS THE RESULT OF AN ANOMALOUS RIDGE THAT DEVELOPED OVER NEW ENGLAND. THIS RIDGE BROKE DOWN A LITTLE DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY WITH A FEW COLD FRONTS CROSSING THE REGION BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND KNOCKED TEMPERATURES DOWN CLOSER TO NORMAL. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REDEVELOPED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MAY BRINGING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CLOSE OUT THE SPRING SEASON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SPRING WAS 46.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND THE 5TH WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS 49.0 DEGREES IN 2010. THE COLDEST WAS 37.9 DEGREES IN 1956. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SPRINGS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SPRING (SINCE 1948)... RANK TEMP YEAR 1 49.0 2010 2 47.6 2012 3 47.1 1999 4 47.0 1991 5 46.9 2022 <=== 6 46.5 1998 7 46.3 1973 8 46.2 1981 9 45.8 2000 45.8 1977 A TOTAL OF 10.02 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.28 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON MARCH 19TH TO THE 20TH WHEN A LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 1.21 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 1965 WHEN ONLY 4.57 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 20.21 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2022... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS MAR 7 37 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 37 IN 1979 (TIED) MAY 14 92 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 87 IN 1961 MAY 22 59 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 59 IN 1992 (TIED) $$