Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
203 CXUS51 KGYX 022150 CLMAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 021757 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1257 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 67 12/06/2001 LOW -15 12/29/2017 12/31/1962 12/28/2017 HIGHEST 58 12/18 53 5 54 12/03 12/23 LOWEST 5 12/08 0 5 12 12/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 39.4 34.7 4.7 38.7 AVG. MINIMUM 26.3 19.8 6.5 25.2 MEAN 32.8 27.2 5.6 32.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 8 13.4 -5.4 9 DAYS MIN <= 32 22 28.1 -6.1 26 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.9 -0.9 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.58 1973 MINIMUM 0.89 1980 TOTALS 7.78 3.44 4.34 4.37 DAILY AVG. 0.25 0.11 0.14 0.14 DAYS >= .01 13 12.3 0.7 8 DAYS >= .10 10 7.2 2.8 6 DAYS >= .50 4 2.1 1.9 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.8 1.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.11 12/17 TO 12/18 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 989 1170 -181 1018 SINCE 7/1 2196 2667 -471 2196 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 585 427 158 656 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/160 DATE 12/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 68/160 DATE 12/19 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.57 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 6 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 0 - 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 32.8 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 5.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SECOND WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD WAS IN 2015 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 34.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN 1989 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 11.0 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 7.78 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 4.34 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE THIRD WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE WETTEST DECEMBER WAS IN 1973 WHEN 12.58 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.89 INCHES IN 1980. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN DECEMBER 2023... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS DEC 11 1.66 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.55 IN 1993 DEC 18 58 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 52 IN 2000 DEC 18 46 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 39 IN 1996 DEC 18 2.59 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.54 IN 1954 DEC 28 34 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 34 IN 2014 (TIED) $$ DS