Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
309 CXUS51 KGYX 032131 CLMAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 022055 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 355 PM EST FRI FEB 02 2024 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 61 01/08/2008 LOW -22 01/15/1957 01/14/1957 HIGHEST 51 01/10 48 3 52 01/01 01/13 LOWEST 6 01/20 -8 14 7 01/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 32.3 28.8 3.5 36.1 AVG. MINIMUM 19.2 12.1 7.1 23.0 MEAN 25.7 20.4 5.3 29.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 15 20.4 -5.4 13 DAYS MIN <= 32 29 30.1 -1.1 29 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 5.4 -5.4 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.01 1979 MINIMUM 0.33 2004 TOTALS 4.04 2.62 1.42 4.21 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.08 0.05 0.14 DAYS >= .01 11 10.1 0.9 19 DAYS >= .10 8 5.5 2.5 11 DAYS >= .50 2 1.6 0.4 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.99 01/09 TO 01/10 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1213 1381 -168 1093 SINCE 7/1 3409 4044 -635 3289 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/120 DATE 01/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/120 DATE 01/10 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HEAVY SNOW 4 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 15 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 5 - 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 25.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 5.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 6TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 2023 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 29.5 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 10.4 DEGREES IN 1994. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST JANUARYS ON RECORD. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN JANUARY (SINCE 1948)... RANK TEMP YEAR 1 29.5 2023 2 27.5 2006 3 26.9 2002 4 26.8 1990 5 26.7 2017 6 25.7 2024 <=== 7 25.6 2020 8 25.5 1956 25.5 1953 10 25.3 2021 A TOTAL OF 4.04 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.42 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 9TH INTO THE 10TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 1.99 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1979 WHEN A TOTAL OF 9.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.33 INCHES IN 2004. NO RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN JANUARY AT AUGUSTA. $$ DS/HAT