Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 081154 CLSMHT PWMCLMMHT 000 TTAA00 KGYX 020027 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 654 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2020 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2020 TO 11/30/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 89 09/08 89 0 89 09/23 LOWEST 19 11/19 19 0 16 11/17 11/13 11/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.6 61.1 3.5 61.1 AVG. MINIMUM 44.2 42.1 2.1 42.6 MEAN 54.4 51.6 2.8 51.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 16 18.1 -2.1 20 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 9.75 12.04 -2.29 5.76 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.13 -0.02 0.06 DAYS >= .01 25 30.5 -5.5 24 DAYS >= .10 16 18.5 -2.5 14 DAYS >= .50 7 7.4 -0.4 2 DAYS >= 1.00 3 2.7 0.3 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.66 11/23 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 2.5 T SINCE 7/1 2.5 T SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 4 5 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 10/30 0 24 HR TOTAL 2.5 10/30 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1041 1276 -235 1239 SINCE 7/1 1048 1294 -246 1241 COOLING TOTAL 102 56 46 69 SINCE 1/1 1085 642 443 844 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/300 DATE 11/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/310 DATE 11/02 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DROUGHT WHICH BEGAN IN SPRING CONTINUED THROUGH SEPTEMBER. A SERIES OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS BROUGHT DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MASSES INTO THE REGION FOR THE FIRST 4 WEEKS OF FALL. COOL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STATIONARY OVER THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN MID SEPTEMBER LEADING TO COOL DAYS AND EVEN COOLER NIGHTS. THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED INTO THE 30S FOR 3 STRAIGHT DAYS BEFORE 80 DEGREE WARMTH RETURNED FOR THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH. SOME RAIN FINALLY ARRIVED ON SEPTEMBER 30 WITH JUST UNDER HALF AN INCH FALLING. A SERIES OF FRONTS BROUGHT ALTERNATING WARMER AND COOLER CONDITIONS AS THE STORM TRACK GRADUALLY SHIFTED TOWARD THE REGION IN OCTOBER. THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN ON OCTOBER 13. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN FELL ON OCTOBER 16 AND 17. CONDITIONS TURNED COOLER IN THE LAST PART OF OCTOBER WITH THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON COMING JUST BEFORE HALLOWEEN. THE COOL WEATHER LASTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE MANCHESTER SAW ONE OF ITS MOST INTENSE AND LONG LASTING LATE SEASON WARM SPELLS. BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 5 THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 70 DEGREES FOR 7 STRAIGHT DAYS. A COLD FRONT ON NOVEMBER 12 BROUGHT THIS STRETCH OF UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER TO AN END WITH MORE FREQUENT STORMINESS RETURNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON NOVEMBER 23 WHEN MORE THAN AN INCH AND A HALF WAS RECORDED. ANOTHER STORM BROUGHT MORE THAN AN INCH ON NOVEMBER 30 ALONG WITH 41 MPH WINDS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 54.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 55.7 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 46.9 DEGREES IN 1936. A TOTAL OF 9.75 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 2.29 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS INCLUDES THE 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH FELL ON OCTOBER 30. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON NOVEMBER 23 WITH 1.66 INCHES RECORDED. THE DRIEST FALL WAS IN 1914 WHEN ONLY 3.26 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2018 WITH 19.45 INCHES. HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885, BUT WITHIN THIS RECORD THERE REMAIN NUMEROUS YEARS OF UNAVAILABLE DATA. DUE TO THIS, HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AS SOME SIGNIFICANT EXTREMES MAY BE MISSING FROM THE DATA. MORE CONSISTENT MODERN RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998 AND CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT. $$ KIMBLE