Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
409 CXUS51 KGYX 050211 CLSGYX PWMCLSGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 012257 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1011 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2021 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 05/18/2017 LOW -4 03/09/2007 03/07/2007 03/06/2007 HIGHEST 92 05/26 86 6 88 LOWEST 5 03/02 6 -1 12 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.6 52.8 2.8 53.4 AVG. MINIMUM 35.6 34.2 1.4 34.6 MEAN 45.6 43.5 2.1 44.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.4 0.6 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 5.6 -2.6 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 33 36.6 -3.6 40 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.4 -0.4 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 23.27 2005 TOTALS 7.92 11.97 -4.05 10.54 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.13 -0.04 0.12 DAYS >= .01 28 36.7 -8.7 26 DAYS >= .10 15 21.9 -6.9 17 DAYS >= .50 7 8.3 -1.3 10 DAYS >= 1.00 1 3.0 -2.0 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.06 03/28 TO 03/28 1.67 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 58.8 2001 TOTALS 0.9 20.9 -20.0 16.1 SINCE 7/1 42.6 84.0 -41.4 70.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 11 8.5 2.5 17 DAYS >= 1.0 0 4.4 -4.4 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 8 03/01 7 24 HR TOTAL 0.9 04/16 TO 04/16 7.6 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1775 1986 -211 1936 SINCE 7/1 6553 7060 -507 6906 COOLING TOTAL 18 10 8 30 SINCE 1/1 18 9 9 30 .............................................................. - 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 THAT BROUGHT SOME RAIN FOLLOWED BY COLD WEATHER. THE COLD LASTED ABOUT A WEEK FOLLOWED BY A WEEK OF MORE MILD WEATHER. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT BROUGHT THE LAST INTENSE ARCTIC BLAST OF THE SEASON ON MARCH 15, BUT IT DIDN`T LAST LONG AS MILD WEATHER RETURNED JUST A FEW DAYS LATER. THE LAST OF THE WINTER SNOW PACK MELTED BY THE MORNING OF MARCH 28. SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT RAIN AT THE END OF MARCH AND BEGINNING OF APRIL WITH RAIN OBSERVED ON 6 OUT OF 8 DAYS. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON MARCH 28 WHEN MORE THAN 1 INCH WAS MEASURED. THE WEATHER TURNED DRY AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL WITH SOME MILD WEATHER AS WELL. THE WARMEST WAS 75 ON APRIL 10. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE AREA BROUGHT RAIN AND WET SNOW ON APRIL 16, THE LAST SNOW OF THE SEASON. THIS WAS THE START OF A WETTER PERIOD WITH MORE FREQUENT FRONTAL SYSTEMS BRINGING ALTERNATING WARMER AND COOLER WEATHER ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL PRECIPITATION. THIS LASTED INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY BEFORE THINGS BEGAN TO DRY OUT YET AGAIN. THE LAST FREEZE OF THE SEASON WAS ON APRIL 23. VERY LITTLE RAIN FELL FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS DURING THE MIDDLE OF MAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S AND EVEN THE 80S. THE HOTTEST WAS 92 ON MAY 26 JUST BEFORE A COLD FRONT BROUGHT THE WARM WEATHER TO AN END. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS A COOL AND WET ONE WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 45.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.3 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 40.8 DEGREES IN 2014. A TOTAL OF 7.92 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 4.05 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 2ND DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON APRIL 29 AND 30 WHEN 1.50 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 2015 WITH ONLY 7.08 INCHES RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2005 WITH 23.27 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DRIEST SPRINGS ON RECORD AT GRAY. LEAST PRECIPITATION IN SPRING (SINCE 1996)... RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 7.08 2015 2 7.92 2021 <=== 3 8.52 2018 4 8.99 2013 5 9.37 2016 ONLY 0.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL WHICH WAS 20.0 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE LEAST SNOWY SPRING ON RECORD. ALL OF THIS SNOW FELL ON APRIL 16. UNTIL THIS YEAR, THE LEAST SNOWY SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN 1.0 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE SNOWIEST WAS IN 2001 WITH 58.8 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LEAST SNOWY SPRINGS ON RECORD AT GRAY. LEAST SNOW IN SPRING (SINCE 1996)... RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 0.9 2021 <=== 2 1.0 2010 3 3.2 2006 4 7.1 2003 5 7.3 2004 $$ KIMBLE