Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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000 CXUS51 KGYX 020233 CLSPWM PWMCLSCON 000 TTAA00 GYX 012010 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 933 PM EST MON MAR 01 2021 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON, FROM 12/1/2020 TO 2/28/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2021 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 64 12/01 60 4 67 01/12 LOWEST -8 12/19 -15 7 -5 02/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 35.0 34.0 1.0 36.7 AVG. MINIMUM 18.1 13.8 4.3 18.5 MEAN 26.6 23.9 2.7 27.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 32 39.8 -7.8 28 DAYS MIN <= 32 85 85.8 -0.8 87 DAYS MIN <= 0 3 14.2 -11.2 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 16.68 2008 MINIMUM 3.14 1980 TOTALS 9.82 8.52 1.30 10.34 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.09 0.02 0.11 DAYS >= .01 29 31.3 -2.3 MM DAYS >= .10 13 18.0 -5.0 MM DAYS >= .50 6 6.0 0.0 6 DAYS >= 1.00 4 1.8 2.2 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.89 12/17 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 102.0 2008 TOTALS 58.2 44.9 13.3 38.2 SINCE 7/1 59.0 47.5 11.5 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 5 DAYS >= TRACE 36 21.6 14.4 MM DAYS >= 1.0 12 11.5 0.5 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 21 12/18 24 HR TOTAL 25.6R DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3426 3700 -274 3383 SINCE 7/1 4792 5259 -467 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/290 DATE 01/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/080 DATE 01/16 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.53 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 8 LIGHT SNOW 34 FOG 41 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && WINTER BEGAN WITH 64 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 1, ALTHOUGH COOLER AIR WAS MOVING IN THROUGH THE DAY ON THE BACK SIDE OF AN EXITING STORM SYSTEM. MILD WEATHER CONTINUED FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE NEXT STORM ARRIVED ON DECEMBER 5. THIS ONE BROUGHT A STICKY WET SNOWFALL WHICH TOTALED 4.5 INCHES BUT MELTED DOWN TO NEARLY 1.5 INCHES OF LIQUID. EVEN COOLER WEATHER MOVED IN BEHIND THIS STORM. BY MID DECEMBER CONCORD SAW A WEEK OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS STRETCH A STRONG STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW ON DECEMBER 17 WHEN 25.6 INCHES WAS MEASURED IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 12 HOURS. THIS WAS THE GREATEST SINGLE DAY SNOWFALL ON RECORD AT CONCORD. THE COLD WEATHER CONTINUED A FEW MORE DAYS, BOTTOMING OUT AT 8 BELOW ZERO ON DECEMBER 19. BUT BY CHRISTMAS WARMER WEATHER HAD RETURNED. A STORM SYSTEM ON CHRISTMAS DAY BROUGHT 59 DEGREE WARMTH AND MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN, WASHING MUCH OF THE EARLIER SNOWFALL AWAY. MILD CONDITIONS CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. SNOW FELL ON 6 OF THE FIRST 7 DAYS OF JANUARY, BUT IT NEVER AMOUNTED TO VERY MUCH. DAYTIME HIGHS FREQUENTLY REACHED THE 30S TO NEAR 40 DEGREES, BUT THE CLOUDY WEATHER KEPT NIGHTTIME LOWS MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL. THIS PERIOD OF MILD WEATHER PEAKED ON JANUARY 16 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 47 DEGREES AND MORE THAN 1 INCH OF RAIN FELL. SOME COOLER WEATHER RETURNED BEHIND THIS STORM. THE NEXT BIG STORM WAS ON FEBRUARY 1 AN 2 WHEN 6.9 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET FELL. A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS SPILLED INTO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES IN EARLY FEBRUARY, AND NEW ENGLAND FOUND ITSELF ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THIS AIR MASS. THIS BROUGHT CONSISTENTLY COLD WEATHER AND A FEW WINTER STORMS, BUT SPARED THE REGION THE MORE BRUTAL COLD OBSERVED TO THE WEST. THE TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW FREEZING FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO WEEKS IN MID FEBRUARY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 3 BELOW ZERO ON FEBRUARY 10. SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN FELL ON FEBRUARY 16 WITH MORE SNOW FALLING ON FEBRUARY 19. FINALLY MORE MILD WEATHER RETURNED FOR THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 26.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST WINTER WAS IN 2015-16 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 30.9 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN 1917-18 WHEN IT WAS 15.5 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 9.82 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.30 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL IN DECEMBER WHEN SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON DECEMBER 17 WHEN A HEAVY SNOWSTORM BROUGHT 1.89 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION. THE WETTEST WINTER WAS IN 2007-08 WHEN 16.68 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1979-80 WHEN ONLY 3.14 INCHES FELL. THERE WAS 58.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 13.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS ON DECEMBER 17 WHEN 25.6 INCHES WAS MEASURED, THE HEAVIEST SINGLE DAY SNOWFALL ON RECORD. THE SNOWIEST WINTER WAS IN 1950-51 WHEN 102.0 INCHES FELL. THE LEAST SNOWY WAS IN 1929-30 WITH ONLY 13.8 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE HEAVIEST SNOWSTORMS ON RECORD AT CONCORD. BIGGEST SNOWFALLS AT CONCORD (SINCE 1868)... DAILY SNOWFALL SNOWSTORMS RANK SNOW DATE SNOW DATES 1 25.6 DEC 17, 2020 <=== 27.5 MAR 11-13, 1888 2 24.0 MAR 12, 1888 25.6 DEC 17, 2020 <=== 3 18.7 JAN 6, 1944 24.0 FEB 8-9, 2013 4 18.3 JAN 12, 2011 22.5 DEC 6-7, 2003 5 17.1 JAN 26, 1888 22.2 OCT 29-30, 2011 6 17.0 FEB 13, 1893 21.2 FEB 24-27, 1969 7 16.8 JAN 5, 1924 20.0 JAN 25-26, 1888 8 16.2 FEB 9, 2013 19.2 JAN 5-7, 1944 9 16.0 JAN 28, 1897 19.0 FEB 26-28, 1884 10 16.0 DEC 18, 1876 18.3 JAN 12, 2011 THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN WINTER 2020/21... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS DEC 17 25.6 - GREATEST SNOWFALL 8.6 IN 1970 DEC 25 1.61 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.05 IN 2002 JAN 16 1.13 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.97 IN 1885 $$ KIMBLE