Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 040259 CLSAUG PWMCLSAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 011907 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 955 PM EST FRI DEC 03 2021 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2021 TO 11/30/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 09/09/2002 LOW 4 11/22/2018 11/27/1978 11/28/1951 HIGHEST 81 09/18 85 -4 83 09/10 LOWEST 19 11/30 16 3 19 11/25 11/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.2 58.2 3.0 59.4 AVG. MINIMUM 44.5 40.6 3.9 41.2 MEAN 52.9 49.4 3.5 50.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2.3 -2.3 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 18 23.8 -5.8 26 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 23.76 2005 MINIMUM 6.48 1984 TOTALS 13.43 12.54 0.89 13.68 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.14 0.01 0.15 DAYS >= .01 39 33.8 5.2 33 DAYS >= .10 25 20.1 4.9 18 DAYS >= .50 7 8.1 -1.1 7 DAYS >= 1.00 4 3.3 0.7 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.78 10/30 TO 10/31 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1129 1463 -334 1361 SINCE 7/1 1177 1496 -319 1400 COOLING TOTAL 46 40 6 43 SINCE 1/1 542 427 115 581 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/030 DATE 10/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/030 DATE 10/26 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 HEAVY RAIN 12 RAIN 18 LIGHT RAIN 44 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 FOG 47 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 17 HAZE 2 - 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 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. THESE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASSES LED TO SEVERAL DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTRIBUTING TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH. OCTOBER ON THE WHOLE WAS WARM AND RELATIVELY DRY FOR MUCH OF THE MONTH. THE AUGUSTA AREA EXPERIENCED TWO MULTI DAY STRETCHES WHERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 70 DEGREES OR HIGHER WITH THE LONGEST STRETCH OF HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S OCCURING FROM 11TH TO THE 14TH. IN ADDITION TO WARM HIGH TEMPERATURES, OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES RAN ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH BEING 37 DEGREES ON THE 24TH AND 29TH. PRECIPITATION EVENTS WERE SPARSE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH BEFORE THE WEATHER PATTERN TURNED MORE ACTIVE TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BROUGHT RAIN AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ON THE 26TH WITH WIND GUSTS TOPPING OUT AT 48 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKED OVER THE AREA ON THE 30TH TO THE 31ST BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION EVENT OF THE FALL SEASON WITH A TOTAL OF 2.82 INCHES OF RAIN. NOVEMBER WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN THE AUGUSTA 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 AUGUSTA AREA MOSTLY DRY THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK AND A HALF WITH SOME MILD SUNNY DAYS AND COLD CLEAR NIGHTS. THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON CAME DURING THIS PERIOD WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 30 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 3RD. TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER THE PATTERN TURNED MORE ACTIVE AS A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKED FROM THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. 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 BRINGING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 52.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND ALSO THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST FALL WAS IN 2017 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 52.6 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 45.2 DEGREES IN 1974. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST FALLS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FALL (SINCE 1948)... RANK AVE YEAR 1 52.9 2021 <=== 2 52.6 2017 3 52.5 1999 4 52.0 1971 5 51.9 2011 6 51.6 1961 7 51.3 2016 51.3 2001 9 50.9 2015 10 50.6 1982 THE FIRST FREEZE OF THIS FALL OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 3RD WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 30 DEGREES. THIS OCCURRED 19 DAYS LATER THAN THE NORMAL FIRST FREEZE DATE OF OCTOBER 16TH AND IS THE SECOND LATEST FREEZE ON RECORD. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LATEST FALL FREEZES ON RECORD. LATEST FIRST FALL FREEZE (SINCE 1948)... RANK DATE YEAR 1 NOV 7 2017 2 NOV 3 2021 <=== 3 NOV 2 2014 4 OCT 31 1971 OCT 31 1968 6 OCT 30 1966 7 OCT 29 2007 8 OCT 28 2011 9 OCT 26 2013 10 OCT 25 1949 A TOTAL OF 13.43 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.89 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON OCTOBER 30-31 WHEN A TOTAL OF 2.82 INCHES WERE RECORDED. THE WETTEST FALL ON RECORD WAS 23.76 INCHES IN 2005. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1984 WITH 6.48 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN FALL 2021... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS SEP 22 63 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 63 IN 1965 AND 1957 (TIED) SEP 23 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 64 IN 2019 (TIED) SEP 24 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 63 IN 2011 OCT 12 77 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 75 IN 1995, 1984, 1949 OCT 14 77 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 77 IN 2000 (TIED) NOV 12 1.57 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.96 IN 1995 $$ SCHROETER