Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
000 CXUS51 KGYX 100935 CLSGYX PWMCLSGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 020934 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 535 AM EDT FRI SEP 10 2021 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 6/1/2021 TO 8/31/2021... 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 99 07/22/2011 LOW 37 06/01/2009 HIGHEST 95 06/28 93 2 92 06/29 LOWEST 47 07/05 44 3 37 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.0 76.9 1.1 78.0 AVG. MINIMUM 60.4 57.6 2.8 59.7 MEAN 69.2 67.2 2.0 68.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 8 3.8 4.2 5 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 12.99 12.30 0.69 12.83 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.13 0.01 0.14 DAYS >= .01 43 36.5 6.5 28 DAYS >= .10 20 21.0 -1.0 17 DAYS >= .50 6 8.0 -2.0 7 DAYS >= 1.00 4 3.1 0.9 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.84 07/09 TO 07/09 3.77 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 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 84 139 -55 111 SINCE 7/1 48 31 17 40 COOLING TOTAL 492 348 144 491 SINCE 1/1 510 357 153 521 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && AFTER A COLD AND WET MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, A WARMING TREND BEGAN. JUST A WEEK INTO JUNE AND THE FIRST HEAT OF SUMMER BEGAN. THE TEMPERATURE PEAKED AT 93 ON JUNE 7. ALTHOUGH A FEW COLD FRONTS BROUGHT SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT, THE WARM AND HUMID AIR KEPT RETURNING. ANOTHER HEAT WAVE AT THE END OF THE JUNE FEATURED 4 STRAIGHT DAYS ABOVE 90 DEGREES, PEAKING AT 95 DEGREES ON JUNE 28 AND 29. THIS WAS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. IT WAS THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY, AS WELL AS THE DRIEST. BUT JUST AS THE SUMMER`S NEXT HOLIDAY WEEKEND ARRIVED, THE WEATHER TURNED COLD AND RAINY AGAIN. NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND WITH THE TEMPERATURE HOLDING IN THE 50S AND 60S. THE LOW OF 47 DEGREES ON JULY 5 WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. AFTER A BRIEF WARM UP, THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ELSA TRACKED NEAR THE AREA, DROPPING NEARLY 3 MORE INCHES OF RAIN ON JULY 9. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS BROUGHT COOL CANADIAN AIR MASSES INTO THE REGION FOR MOST OF JULY. FREQUENT ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED THE FRONTAL PASSAGES AS WELL. THE UNUSUALLY COOL AND AND WET MIDSUMMER CONDITIONS BROUGHT THE WETTEST JULY ON RECORD AND ONE OF THE COOLEST AS WELL. THIS PATTERN BEGAN TO CHANGE IN AUGUST WITH WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS RETURNING. THE FIRST HOT STRETCH PEAKED AT 90 ON AUGUST 13. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FRED BROUGHT SOME RAIN ON AUGUST 19, AND A FEW DAYS LATER TROPICAL STORM HENRI MADE LANDFALL IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON AUGUST 22 BRINGING MORE LIGHT RAIN. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS RETURNED ONE MORE TIME AT THE END OF AUGUST WITH THE HEAT PEAKING AT 90 DEGREES ON AUGUST 26. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 69.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED FOR THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE TITLE OF WARMEST SUMMER IS ALSO SHARED WITH 2016 AND 1999 WHICH WERE ALSO 69.2 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 65.5 DEGREES IN 2009 AND 2000. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SUMMERS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY. RANK AVE YEAR 1 69.2 2021 <=== 69.2 2016 69.2 1999 4 69.1 2001 5 69.0 2010 A TOTAL OF 12.99 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.69 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF THIS RAIN FELL DURING THE VERY WET JULY, WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING ON JULY 8 AND 9 WHEN 2.89 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST SUMMER WAS IN 2009 WHEN 21.77 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1999 WITH ONLY 6.92 INCHES. $$ KIMBLE