Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
772 CXUS51 KGYX 090049 CLSGYX PWMCLMGYX 000 TTAA00 KGYX 011133 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 849 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2020 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON, FROM 12/1/2019 TO 2/29/2020... 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 69 12/07/1998 LOW -15 01/15/2004 HIGHEST 60 01/11 58 2 59 LOWEST -6 02/15 -7 1 -3 AVG. MAXIMUM 34.6 32.5 2.1 31.5 AVG. MINIMUM 19.4 16.1 3.3 15.4 MEAN 27.0 24.3 2.7 23.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 40 43.5 -3.5 49 DAYS MIN <= 32 87 84.9 2.1 89 DAYS MIN <= 0 5 6.6 -1.6 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.31 2008 TOTALS 13.61 10.90 2.71 11.66 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.12 0.03 0.13 DAYS >= .01 33 32.2 0.8 29 DAYS >= .10 20 20.9 -0.9 20 DAYS >= .50 9 7.3 1.7 8 DAYS >= 1.00 4 2.9 1.1 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.19 12/14 1.63 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 111.3 2008 TOTALS 53.2 56.0 -2.8 39.9 SINCE 7/1 53.9 59.1 -5.2 60.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 7 DAYS >= TRACE 35 23.5 11.5 35 DAYS >= 1.0 13 13.9 -0.9 13 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 15 02/20 16 02/19 01/21 24 HR TOTAL 9.7 01/16 9.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3433 3661 -228 3715 SINCE 7/1 4974 5194 -220 5401 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && AFTER A VERY COLD NOVEMBER, DECEMBER BEGAN WITH A SNOWSTORM. MORE THAN 5 INCHES FELL BY DECEMBER 3. COLD WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK, BUT EVENTUALLY THE PATTERN BEGAN TO CHANGE. THE TEMPERATURE WARMED FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF RAIN. THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 50 DEGREES 4 TIMES DURING THIS STRETCH. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS ON DECEMBER 13 AND 14 WHEN MORE THAN 3 INCHES FELL. THE WARM WEATHER AND RAIN WASHED AWAY THE EARLY SEASON SNOW COVER, BUT SOME MORE LIGHT SNOW FELL A FEW DAYS LATER. DESPITE SOME WARM TEMPERATURES THERE WAS 1 INCH LEFT ON THE GROUND FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING. ANOTHER BIG WINTER STORM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW AT THE END OF THE YEAR. MORE THAN 11 INCHES FELL ON DECEMBER 30 AND 31. THE WINTER BEGAN TO SETTLE INTO A PATTERN OF MOSTLY MILD WEATHER WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF ARCTIC COLD. THE NEXT STRETCH OF WARM WEATHER PEAKED AT 60 DEGREES ON JANUARY 11. SEVERAL SNOWSTORMS AFFECTED THE AREA IN MID JANUARY WITH THE LARGEST DROPPING MORE THAN 9 INCHES ON JANUARY 16. THIS REPLENISHED THE MID WINTER SNOW PACK, ONLY TO BE CUT IN HALF BY HEAVY RAIN ON JANUARY 25. AFTER ANOTHER STRETCH OF WARM WEATHER, A WINTER STORM BROUGHT SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON FEBRUARY 6 AND 7. MUCH COLDER AIR MOVED IN BEHIND THIS STORM WITH THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMING OUT AT 1 BELOW ZERO ON FEBRUARY 9. AFTER SOME MORE LIGHT SNOW THE NEXT SURGE OF COLD AIR ARRIVED JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE`S DAY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 6 BELOW ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 15. ONE MORE SNOWSTORM DROPPED 5 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 18 WITH THE POST STORM COLD BOTTOMING OUT AT 1 BELOW ZERO ON FEBRUARY 21. THE REST OF FEBRUARY SAW MOSTLY WARM TEMPERATURES. MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON FEBRUARY 27. THE RAIN AND WARM TEMPERATURES BROUGHT THE SNOW DEPTH DOWN TO ONLY 7 INCHES BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 27.0 WHICH WAS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST WINTER WAS IN 2001-02 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 29.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN 2014-15 WHEN IT WAS 19.8 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 12.61 INCHES WHICH WAS 2.71 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WETTEST WINTER SINCE 2009-10. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS ON DECEMBER 13 AND 14 WHEN 3.35 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST WINTER WAS IN 2007-08 WHEN 15.31 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST RECORDED ONLY 7.17 INCHES IN 2006-07. A TOTAL OF 53.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL WHICH WAS 5.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL ON DECEMBER 30 AND 31 WHEN 11.3 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE LEAST SNOWY WINTER WAS IN 1997-98 WHEN ONLY 26.5 INCHES FELL. THE SNOWIEST WAS IN 2007-08 WITH 111.3 INCHES. $$ KIMBLE