Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
323 CXUS51 KGYX 011839 CLMAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 011623 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 0140 PM EST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 64 02/23/2022 LOW -23 02/02/1962 HIGHEST 53 02/27 49 4 56 02/16 LOWEST 9 02/20 -5 14 -17 02/04 02/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 38.1 31.9 6.2 34.6 AVG. MINIMUM 21.8 14.4 7.4 16.3 MEAN 29.9 23.2 6.7 25.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 14.4 -7.4 12 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 26.6 -0.6 25 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 3.1 -3.1 3 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.03 1970 MINIMUM 0.32 1987 TOTALS 0.88 2.32 -1.44 1.56 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.08 0.05 0.06 DAYS >= .01 5 9.5 -4.5 9 DAYS >= .10 2 5.3 -3.3 6 DAYS >= .50 1 1.3 -0.3 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.63 02/28 TO 02/29 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1010 1172 -162 1101 SINCE 7/1 4419 5294 -875 4390 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/290 DATE 02/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 57/310 DATE 02/29 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.41 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 7 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 6.7 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND THE 3RD WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE WARMEST WAS IN 1981 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 33.2 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 10.2 DEGREES IN 2015. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD. WARMEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD (SINCE 1948) RANK TEMP YEAR 1 33.2 1981 2 31.1 1984 3 29.9 2024 <=== 4 29.3 1998 5 28.6 2010 6 28.5 2018 7 27.5 1999 27.5 1954 9 27.1 1960 10 27.0 2012 A TOTAL OF 0.88 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.44 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 4TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1987 WHEN A TOTAL OF 0.32 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS 6.03 INCHES IN 1970. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DRIEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD. DRIEST MONTHS OF FEBRUARY ON RECORD (SINCE 1948) RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 0.32 1987 2 0.65 2015 3 0.81 1980 4 0.88 2024 <=== 5 0.90 1957 6 0.94 2007 7 1.02 1994 8 1.03 2012 9 1.15 1991 10 1.24 2004 $$ HAT