Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
000 CXUS51 KGYX 062138 CLSCON PWMCLMCON 000 TTAA00 KGYX 011133 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 438 PM EST FRI MAR 6 2020 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON, FROM 12/1/2019 TO 2/29/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1868 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 74 02/21/2018 LOW -37 02/16/1943 HIGHEST 67 01/12 60 7 62 12/21 LOWEST -5 02/15 -15 10 -10 02/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 36.7 34.0 2.7 34.1 AVG. MINIMUM 18.5 13.8 4.7 15.7 MEAN 27.6 23.9 3.7 24.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 28 39.8 -11.8 39 DAYS MIN <= 32 87 85.8 1.2 87 DAYS MIN <= 0 6 14.2 -8.2 4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 16.68 2008 MINIMUM 3.14 1980 TOTALS 10.34 8.52 1.82 10.71 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.09 0.02 0.12 DAYS >= .01 32 31.3 0.7 31 DAYS >= .10 22 18.0 4.0 20 DAYS >= .50 6 6.0 0.0 6 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.8 0.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.60 12/14 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 102.0 2008 TOTALS 38.2 44.9 -6.7 30.3 SINCE 7/1 38.5 47.5 -9.0 43.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 6 DAYS >= TRACE 31 21.6 9.4 34 DAYS >= 1.0 13 11.5 1.5 12 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 11 02/23 02/21 02/22 24 HR TOTAL 5.2 12/01 TO 12/02 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3383 3700 -317 3584 SINCE 7/1 4959 5297 -338 5208 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/270 DATE 01/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/280 DATE 01/12 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. && AFTER A VERY COLD NOVEMBER, METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN WITH A LONG DURATION SNOWSTORM. SNOW BEGAN ON DECEMBER 1 AND DIDN`T END UNTIL DECEMBER 3. A TOTAL OF 7.1 INCHES FELL DURING THAT TIME AND THE COLD WEATHER CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER WEEK. THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT 3 BELOW ZERO ON DECEMBER 8. THE VERY NEXT DAY THE WARM UP BEGAN. RAIN AND WARMER TEMPERATURES PUT A DENT IN THE EARLY SEASON SNOW PACK. HEAVY RAIN FELL ON DECEMBER 14 AND 15 WITH A TOTAL OF 1.84 INCHES MEASURED, WASHING AWAY THE REST OF THE SNOW. IT DID SNOW AGAIN ON DECEMBER 17 AND 18 FOLLOWED BY SOME COLDER WEATHER, BUT THE WARMTH RETURNED AGAIN BEFORE CHRISTMAS. ALTHOUGH THE TEMPERATURE REMAINED WARMER THAN NORMAL, ANOTHER LONG DURATION WINTER STORM ARRIVED TO CLOSE OUT THE YEAR WITH SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN ENDING ON NEW YEARS EVE. THE WEATHER BEGAN SETTLING INTO A PATTERN OF PERSISTENTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF ARCTIC COLD. THE WARMEST WAS ON JANUARY 12 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 67 DEGREES. A FEW SNOWSTORMS IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY HELPED TO REPLENISH THE SNOW PACK WITH COLDER AIR ARRIVING BEHIND THESE STORMS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 3 BELOW ZERO ON JANUARY 21. THIS COLD DIDN`T LAST LONG, THOUGH, AS THE TEMPERATURE WARMED BACK INTO THE 40S JUST A FEW DAYS LATER. ANOTHER WINTER STORM ON FEBRUARY 6 AND 7 BROUGHT SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN FOLLOWED BY VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW WAS OBSERVED ON 8 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM FEBRUARY 6 THROUGH 13 WITH MORE ARCTIC COLD ARRIVING FOR VALENTINE`S DAY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 5 BELOW ZERO ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 15. THE MONTH ENDED WITH MORE WARM WEATHER AND CONCORD SAW THE TEMPERATURE RISE INTO THE 40S AND 50S MOST DAYS. THIS WARM WEATHER ALONG WITH SOME RAIN ON FEBRUARY 27 BROUGHT THE WINTER SNOW BACK DOWN TO ONLY 5 INCHES BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 27.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST WINTER WAS IN 2015-16 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 30.9 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 15.5 DEGREES IN 1917-18. A TOTAL OF 10.34 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.82 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 8TH CONSECUTIVE WINTER WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT CONCORD. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON DECEMBER 13 AND 14 WHEN 1.84 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WINTER WAS IN 2007-08 WHEN 16.68 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1979-80 WITH ONLY 3.14 INCHES. A TOTAL OF 38.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL WHICH WAS 6.7 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER WHEN 7.1 INCHES WAS MEASURED FROM DECEMBER 1 THROUGH 3. THE LEAST SNOWY WINTER WAS IN 1929-30 WHEN ONLY 13.8 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST WAS IN 1950-51 WHEN 102.0 INCHES FELL. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN WINTER 2019-20... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS JAN 11 61 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 58 IN 1980 JAN 12 67 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 61 IN 1885 $$ KIMBLE