Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
878 CXUS51 KGYX 050053 CLSMHT PWMCLSMHT 000 TTAA00 GYX 040935 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 854 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2024 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2024 TO 5/31/2024... 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 DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 93 05/22 90 3 92 05/28 LOWEST 15 03/01 9 6 22 03/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.7 58.2 2.5 60.5 AVG. MINIMUM 40.7 37.5 3.2 38.1 MEAN 50.7 47.9 2.8 49.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.3 0.7 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.1 -3.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 24 29.6 -5.6 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 15.10 10.16 4.94 12.01 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.11 0.05 0.13 DAYS >= .01 39 34.6 4.4 30 DAYS >= .10 26 20.3 5.7 16 DAYS >= .50 10 6.7 3.3 7 DAYS >= 1.00 3 2.2 0.8 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.06 03/23 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 12.9 17.7 SINCE 7/1 37.8 53.2 DAYS >= TRACE 8 11 DAYS >= 1.0 4 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7 04/05 10 03/05 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1339 1615 -276 1453 SINCE 7/1 5222 6124 -902 5331 COOLING TOTAL 64 38 26 29 SINCE 1/1 64 38 26 29 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/310 DATE 03/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/300 DATE 03/11 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.68 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 21 LIGHT RAIN 46 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 8 FOG 39 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS 50.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2012 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.4 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 40.4 DEGREES IN 1967. A TOTAL OF 15.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 4.94 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON MARCH 23RD WHEN 2.06 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 1953 WHEN 18.24 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 3.71 INCHES IN 2015. 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. $$ DS/SB/HAT