Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
141 CXUS51 KGYX 050129 CLSCON PWMCLSCON 000 TTAA00 GYX 040935 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 930 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2024 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2024 TO 5/31/2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/22/1911 LOW -20 03/06/1869 HIGHEST 92 05/22 90 2 91 05/28 LOWEST 11 03/01 1 10 14 03/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.1 56.8 2.3 58.3 AVG. MINIMUM 37.0 33.6 3.4 34.2 MEAN 48.0 45.2 2.8 46.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 1.2 -0.2 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 4.3 -4.3 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 36 45.9 -9.9 39 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.1 -1.1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.14 1983 MINIMUM 3.61 1915 TOTALS 14.89 10.18 4.71 11.10 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.11 0.05 0.12 DAYS >= .01 41 35.3 5.7 30 DAYS >= .10 26 20.9 5.1 18 DAYS >= .50 10 6.7 3.3 7 DAYS >= 1.00 4 1.8 2.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.43 03/23 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 48.2 1956 TOTALS 20.9 16.1 4.8 20.4 SINCE 7/1 55.5 67.7 -12.2 64.5 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 10 6.5 3.5 13 DAYS >= 1.0 4 3.6 0.4 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 10 04/05 24 HR TOTAL 8.5 04/03 TO 04/04 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1576 1846 -270 1707 SINCE 7/1 5982 6909 -927 6167 COOLING TOTAL 41 23 18 9 SINCE 1/1 41 22 19 9 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/300 DATE 03/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/310 DATE 03/30 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.53 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 21 LIGHT RAIN 48 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 10 FOG 53 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS 48.0 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 6TH WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2012 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.6 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 38.7 DEGREES IN 1956. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SPRINGS ON RECORD AT CONCORD. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SPRING (SINCE 1868) RANK TEMP YEAR 1 49.6 2012 2 49.3 1921 3 49.2 2010 4 48.6 1878 5 48.5 1880 6 48.0 2024 <=== 7 47.9 1991 8 47.8 1889 9 47.5 1998 47.5 1881 A TOTAL OF 14.89 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 4.71 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 7TH WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON MARCH 23RD WHEN 2.43 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 1983 WHEN 18.14 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 3.61 INCHES IN 1915. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST SPRINGS ON RECORD AT CONCORD. WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD (SINCE 1868) RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 18.14 1983 2 17.01 1901 3 16.18 1984 4 15.54 1953 5 15.04 2006 6 14.94 1954 7 14.89 2024 <=== 8 14.59 1940 9 14.55 2004 10 14.42 1936 A TOTAL OF 20.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 4.8 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL ON APRIL 3RD INTO APRIL 4TH WHEN 8.5 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 1956 WHEN 48.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THE LEAST SNOWIEST WAS IN 2021 AND 2010 WHEN ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. NO DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED AT CONCORD IN SPRING 2024... $$ DS/SB/HAT