Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 050137 CLSAUG PWMCLSAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 012257 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 936 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2021 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021... 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 94 05/22/1992 LOW -11 03/01/1982 HIGHEST 92 05/26 85 7 88 05/22 LOWEST 3 03/02 3 0 12 03/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.7 53.3 2.4 53.6 AVG. MINIMUM 35.1 34.1 1.0 34.6 MEAN 45.4 43.7 1.7 44.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.4 0.6 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 6.2 0.8 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 29 38.1 -9.1 38 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 20.21 1983 MINIMUM 4.57 1965 TOTALS 7.20 10.30 -3.10 9.81 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.11 -0.03 0.11 DAYS >= .01 30 36.0 -6.0 27 DAYS >= .10 15 20.8 -5.8 20 DAYS >= .50 7 6.8 0.2 8 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.9 -1.9 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.51 04/29 TO 04/30 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1794 1971 -177 1930 SINCE 7/1 6561 7190 -629 7003 COOLING TOTAL 14 11 3 31 SINCE 1/1 14 10 4 31 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/300 DATE 03/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/310 DATE 03/02 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.42 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 33 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 5 FOG 33 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SPRING BEGAN WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH BROUGHT COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS. THE WIND GUSTED TO 51 MPH AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 3 DEGREES ON MARCH 2. COLD CONDITIONS LASTED FOR ABOUT A WEEK FOLLOWED BY A WEEK OF MORE MILD WEATHER. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT BROUGHT ONE LAST ARCTIC BLAST FOR MARCH 15, BUT IT DIDN`T LAST LONG AS MILD WEATHER RETURNED A FEW DAYS LATER. SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT RAIN AT THE END OF MARCH AND BEGINNING OF APRIL WITH PRECIPITATION FALLING ON 7 OUT OF 8 DAYS. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON MARCH 28 AND 29 WHEN MORE THAN 1 INCH WAS RECORDED. THE WEATHER TURNED DRY AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL WITH SOME MILD TEMPERATURES AS WELL. THE WARMEST WAS 78 ON APRIL 10. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE AREA BROUGHT RAIN AND SNOW ON APRIL 16, THE START OF A RAINIER STRETCH OF WEATHER WITH FREQUENT FRONTS BRINGING TEMPERATURE SHIFTS AND OCCASIONAL RAINFALL. THIS LASTED INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY BEFORE THINGS BEGAN TO DRY OUT YET AGAIN. THE LAST FREEZE OF THE SEASON CAME ON APRIL 22, ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER THAN NORMAL. VERY LITTLE RAIN FELL FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING THROUGH THE 70S AND INTO THE 80S. THE HOTTEST WAS 92 ON MAY 26 JUST BEFORE A COLD FRONT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS AND COOLER AIR. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS A COOL AND WET ONE WITH NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 45.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1956 AT 37.9 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 7.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 3.10 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 9TH DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON APRIL 29 AND 30 WHEN 1.55 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 1965 WHEN ONLY 4.57 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 20.21 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DRIEST SPRINGS AT AUGUSTA. LEAST PRECIPITATION IN SPRING (SINCE 1948)... RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 4.57 1965 2 5.83 2001 5.83 1985 4 5.94 1988 5 6.39 1975 6 6.62 1981 7 6.84 1982 8 6.87 1957 9 7.20 2021 <=== 10 7.27 1971 7.27 1952 THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2021... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS MAR 5 18 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 18 IN 2014, 1978 (TIED) MAR 15 18 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 20 IN 1993 MAR 26 43 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 43 IN 1953 (TIED) APR 8 66 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 66 IN 1991, 1981 (TIED) APR 9 67 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 1981 APR 10 78 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2017 APR 12 44 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 44 IN 2017 (TIED) APR 22 36 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 37 IN 2020 MAY 26 92 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 88 IN 2010 MAY 31 55 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 56 IN 2005 $$ KIMBLE