Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
709 CXUS51 KGYX 032227 CLMMHT PWMCLMMHT 000 TTAA00 GYX 022055 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 355 PM EST FRI FEB 02 2024 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 52 01/10 53 -1 01/13 LOWEST 8 01/22 -3 11 AVG. MAXIMUM 36.9 34.1 2.8 AVG. MINIMUM 23.6 17.1 6.5 MEAN 30.3 25.6 4.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 10 13.8 -3.8 DAYS MIN <= 32 24 28.9 -4.9 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 2.4 -2.4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 5.50 2.44 3.06 DAILY AVG. 0.18 0.08 0.10 DAYS >= .01 12 10.0 2.0 DAYS >= .10 9 5.2 3.8 DAYS >= .50 6 1.6 4.4 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.4 1.6 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.81 01/09 TO 01/10 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 21.6 SINCE 7/1 23.2 DAYS >= TRACE 14 DAYS >= 1.0 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 8 01/08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1069 1221 -152 932 SINCE 7/1 2971 3482 -511 2932 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/320 DATE 01/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/240 DATE 01/14 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.71 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 14 SLEET 1 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 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 30.3 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 4.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 2023 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 34.7 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 12.7 DEGREES IN 1888. A TOTAL OF 5.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.06 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 9TH INTO THE 10TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 1.81 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1936 WHEN A TOTAL OF 7.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.60 INCHES IN 1970. A TOTAL OF 21.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL DURING THE MONTH. 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. $$ HAT/DS