Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
000 CXUS51 KGYX 181504 CLSGYX PWMCLSGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 021759 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 159 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2022 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 05/18/2017 LOW -4 03/09/2007 03/07/2007 03/06/2007 HIGHEST 88 05/14 86 2 92 LOWEST 5 03/01 6 -1 5 03/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.7 52.8 2.9 55.6 AVG. MINIMUM 36.1 34.2 1.9 35.6 MEAN 45.9 43.5 2.4 45.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 5.6 0.4 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 36.6 -10.6 33 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.4 -0.4 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 23.27 2005 TOTALS 8.49 11.97 -3.48 7.92 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.13 -0.04 0.09 DAYS >= .01 34 36.7 -2.7 28 DAYS >= .10 22 21.9 0.1 15 DAYS >= .50 3 8.3 -5.3 7 DAYS >= 1.00 1 3.0 -2.0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.21 04/08 1.06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 58.8 2001 TOTALS 5.8 20.9 -15.1 0.9 SINCE 7/1 44.0 84.0 -40.0 42.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 14 8.5 5.5 11 DAYS >= 1.0 3 4.4 -1.4 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 10 03/03 8 24 HR TOTAL 1.8 03/01 TO 03/01 0.9 03/03 TO 03/03 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1758 1986 -228 1775 SINCE 7/1 6630 7060 -430 6553 COOLING TOTAL 27 10 17 18 SINCE 1/1 27 9 18 18 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SPRING STARTED OFF COOLER THAN NORMAL AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE REGION WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW EVENTS THROUGH THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MARCH. THE COOL WEATHER QUICKLY TURNED MILD BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. THIS MILD WEATHER WAS INTERRUPTED BY A WEAK SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT LIGHT SNOW TO THE GRAY AREA ON MARCH 9TH WITH TEMPERATURES THEN TRENDING WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE THIRD WEEK OF MARCH. THIS PERIOD OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ALLOWED FOR THE LAST OF THE WINTER SNOWPACK TO MELT BY MARCH 22ND. A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA ON MARCH 27TH BRINGING A SHOT OF COLD AIR THAT LASTED THROUGH THE 29TH WHICH WAS THE LAST DAY OF THE SPRING SEASON WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DID NOT GET ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY REBOUNDED THROUGH THE END OF MARCH AND GENERALLY STAYED CLOSE TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH APRIL. DURING APRIL THERE WAS AN ACTIVE PACIFIC JET STREAM WITH SEVERAL SYSTEMS CROSSING THE CONUS BRINGING BOUTS OF RAIN TO GRAY. ALSO DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL THE NAO STAYED PREDOMINANTLY NEGATIVE. THE COMPETING INFLUENCES OF MILD PACIFIC AIR FLOODING THE CONUS WHILE BLOCKING OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE -NAO HELPED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES STEADY WITHOUT ANY WARMS SPELLS OR COLD SNAPS FOR MUCH OF APRIL INTO EARLY MAY. PRECIPITATION RAN CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGH APRIL WITHOUT ANY MEASURABLE SNOWFALL EVENTS WITH THE LAST DAY SNOWFALL WAS OBSERVED OCCURRING ON APRIL 28TH. THE LAST FREEZE RECORDED AT THE GRAY NWS OFFICE OCCURRED ON APRIL 21ST. THE RELATIVELY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IN APRIL GAVE WAY TO A WARM AND VERY DRY PATTERN IN MAY. THE GRAY AREA WENT 10 DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FROM MAY 5TH TO MAY 14TH WHILE ALSO EXPERIENCING A WARMING TREND THAT PEAKED ON THE 14TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 88 DEGREES. THIS WARM AND DRY PATTERN WAS THE RESULT OF AN ANOMALOUS RIDGE THAT DEVELOPED OVER NEW ENGLAND. THIS RIDGE BROKE DOWN A LITTLE DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY WITH A FEW COLD FRONTS CROSSING THE REGION BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND KNOCKED TEMPERATURES DOWN CLOSER TO NORMAL. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REDEVELOPED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MAY BRINGING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CLOSE OUT THE SPRING SEASON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SPRING WAS 45.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.4 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND TIED FOR THE 4TH WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS 49.3 DEGREES IN 2010. THE COLDEST WAS 40.8 DEGREES IN 2014. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SPRINGS ON RECORD AT GRAY. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SPRING (SINCE 1996)... RANK TEMP YEAR 1 49.3 2010 2 47.9 2012 3 46.8 1998 4 45.9 2022 <=== 45.9 1999 A TOTAL OF 8.49 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.48 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE THIRD DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON APRIL 8TH WHEN A LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 1.21 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2015 WHEN ONLY 7.08 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2005 WITH 23.27 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DRIEST SPRINGS ON RECORD AT GRAY. LEAST PRECIPITATION IN SPRING (SINCE 1996)... RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 7.08 2015 2 7.92 2021 3 8.49 2022 <=== 4 8.52 2018 5 8.99 2013 THERE WAS 5.8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL, WHICH WAS 15.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 4TH LEAST SNOWY SPRING ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FELL ON MARCH 1ST AND MARCH 3RD WHEN 1.8 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE LEAST SNOWIEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2021 WHEN ONLY 0.9 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST WAS 58.8 INCHES IN 2001. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LEAST SNOWY SPRINGS ON RECORD AT GRAY. LEAST SNOW IN SPRING (SINCE 1996)... RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 0.9 2021 2 1.0 2010 3 3.2 2006 4 5.8 2022 <=== 5 7.1 2003 $$ DS/HAT