Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
342 CXUS51 KGYX 021806 CLSGYX PWMCLMGYX 000 TTAA00 KGYX 011736 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 100 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2020 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM 6/1/2020 TO 8/31/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 07/22/2011 LOW 37 06/01/2009 HIGHEST 92 06/20 93 -1 91 LOWEST 37R 06/01 44 -7 42 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.0 77.2 0.8 77.6 AVG. MINIMUM 59.7 57.5 2.2 58.5 MEAN 68.9 67.4 1.5 68.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 4.1 0.9 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 21.77 2009 TOTALS 12.83 12.19 0.64 13.16 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.13 0.01 0.14 DAYS >= .01 28 37.1 -9.1 33 DAYS >= .10 17 21.6 -4.6 22 DAYS >= .50 7 7.8 -0.8 9 DAYS >= 1.00 3 3.0 0.0 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.77 06/29 2.02 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 111 130 -19 101 SINCE 7/1 40 36 4 11 COOLING TOTAL 491 349 142 406 SINCE 1/1 521 359 162 406 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE SUMMER MONTHS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY WERE CHARACTERIZED BY VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT HOW SUMMER BEGAN AS THE LOW TEMPERATURE ON JUNE 1 WAS 37 DEGREES, THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT GRAY IN THE MONTH OF JUNE IN ITS SHORT 25-YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS. WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS ARRIVED TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF JUNE, PEAKING AT 92 DEGREES ON JUNE 20. A PROLONGED STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER BEGAN IN MID-MAY AND EXTENDED UNTIL THE LAST THREE DAYS OF JUNE WHEN NEARLY 5 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. MORE FREQUENT RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST PART OF JULY, INCLUDING OBSERVED PRECIPITATION ON 15 OF THE FIRST 17 DAYS OF THE MONTH, TO HELP EASE THE ONGOING DROUGHT. IN FACT, GRAY HAD ITS WETTEST JULY SINCE 2014, DESPITE DRIER CONDITIONS RETURNING FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH. AFTER A COOL START TO JULY, THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BEGAN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION AND PERSISTED THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. THE WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF AUGUST, BUT A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS FINALLY BROUGHT COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS FOR THE LATTER HALF. HOWEVER, THE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSISTED AS GRAY SAW ITS DRIEST AUGUST SINCE 2010. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 68.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SUMMER WAS 69.2 DEGREES IN 2016 AND 1999. THE COOLEST WAS 65.5 DEGREES IN 2009 AND 2000. A TOTAL OF 12.83 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WHICH WAS 0.64 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL AT THE END OF JUNE WHEN 4.89 INCHES WAS RECORDED FROM JUNE 28 THROUGH JUNE 30. THE WETTEST SUMMER WAS IN 2009 WHEN 21.77 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1999 WITH ONLY 6.92 INCHES. $$ KIMBLE/WATSON