Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
314 CXUX51 KGYX 022201 CLMGYX PWMCLMGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 021757 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1257 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 69 12/07/1998 LOW -10 12/29/2017 12/28/2017 03/03/2000 HIGHEST 57 12/18 55 2 53 LOWEST 9 12/07 3 6 10 AVG. MAXIMUM 38.5 35.2 3.3 37.3 AVG. MINIMUM 27.0 21.1 5.9 24.8 MEAN 32.8 28.2 4.6 31.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 8 12.7 -4.7 10 DAYS MIN <= 32 23 28.5 -5.5 27 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.7 -0.7 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.99 2023 MINIMUM 1.87 1998 TOTALS 7.99R 4.59 3.40 3.90 DAILY AVG. 0.26 0.15 0.11 0.13 DAYS >= .01 12 12.7 -0.7 11 DAYS >= .10 9 8.0 1.0 5 DAYS >= .50 4 3.1 0.9 3 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.3 1.7 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.74 12/17 TO 12/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 39.0 1995 TOTALS 4.5 17.7 -13.2 7.1 SINCE 7/1 4.6 22.1 -17.5 8.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 7 7.4 -0.4 9 DAYS >= 1.0 2 4.4 -2.4 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 12/05 6 12/06 12/07 24 HR TOTAL 3.8 12/03 TO 12/04 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 992 1142 -150 1043 SINCE 7/1 2294 2613 -319 2307 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 429 395 34 584 .............................................................. - 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 4.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE FOURTH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE WARMEST DECEMBER WAS IN 2015 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 35.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 21.1 DEGREES IN 2017. A TOTAL OF 7.99 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.40 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE SECOND WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD WAS IN 1996 WHEN 7.85 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 1.87 INCHES IN 1998. A TOTAL OF 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 13.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE FOURTH LEAST SNOWY DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE LEAST SNOWY DECEMBER WAS IN 1999 WHEN ONLY A TRACE WAS RECORDED. THE SNOWIEST WAS 39.0 INCHES IN 1995. $$ DS