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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
936 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2021

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON,
FROM 3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             94   05/22/1992
 LOW             -11   03/01/1982
HIGHEST           92   05/26         85       7       88  05/22
LOWEST             3   03/02          3       0       12  03/02
AVG. MAXIMUM    55.7               53.3     2.4     53.6
AVG. MINIMUM    35.1               34.1     1.0     34.6
MEAN            45.4               43.7     1.7     44.1
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                0.4     0.6        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     7                6.2     0.8        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    29               38.1    -9.1       38
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.6    -0.6        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       20.21   1983
 MINIMUM        4.57   1965
TOTALS          7.20              10.30   -3.10     9.81
DAILY AVG.      0.08               0.11   -0.03     0.11
DAYS >= .01       30               36.0    -6.0       27
DAYS >= .10       15               20.8    -5.8       20
DAYS >= .50        7                6.8     0.2        8
DAYS >= 1.00       0                1.9    -1.9        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.51   04/29 TO 04/30


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1794               1971    -177     1930
 SINCE 7/1      6561               7190    -629     7003
COOLING TOTAL     14                 11       3       31
 SINCE 1/1        14                 10       4       31
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/300    DATE  03/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/310    DATE  03/02

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.42

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     62

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     HEAVY RAIN                 5
RAIN                     13     LIGHT RAIN                33
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           2
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                5     FOG                       33
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.

&&

SPRING BEGAN WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH BROUGHT COLD AND WINDY
CONDITIONS. THE WIND GUSTED TO 51 MPH AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO
3 DEGREES ON MARCH 2. COLD CONDITIONS LASTED FOR ABOUT A WEEK
FOLLOWED BY A WEEK OF MORE MILD WEATHER. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT
BROUGHT ONE LAST ARCTIC BLAST FOR MARCH 15, BUT IT DIDN`T LAST LONG
AS MILD WEATHER RETURNED A FEW DAYS LATER. SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS
BROUGHT RAIN AT THE END OF MARCH AND BEGINNING OF APRIL WITH
PRECIPITATION FALLING ON 7 OUT OF 8 DAYS. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON MARCH
28 AND 29 WHEN MORE THAN 1 INCH WAS RECORDED. THE WEATHER TURNED DRY
AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL WITH SOME MILD TEMPERATURES
AS WELL. THE WARMEST WAS 78 ON APRIL 10. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR
THE AREA BROUGHT RAIN AND SNOW ON APRIL 16, THE START OF A RAINIER
STRETCH OF WEATHER WITH FREQUENT FRONTS BRINGING TEMPERATURE SHIFTS
AND OCCASIONAL RAINFALL. THIS LASTED INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY
BEFORE THINGS BEGAN TO DRY OUT YET AGAIN. THE LAST FREEZE OF THE
SEASON CAME ON APRIL 22, ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER THAN NORMAL. VERY
LITTLE RAIN FELL FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY WITH
TEMPERATURES WARMING THROUGH THE 70S AND INTO THE 80S. THE HOTTEST
WAS 92 ON MAY 26 JUST BEFORE A COLD FRONT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS AND
COOLER AIR. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS A COOL AND WET ONE WITH NEARLY
AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 45.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 49.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1956 AT 37.9 DEGREES.

A TOTAL OF 7.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 3.10 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL AND THE 9TH DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FELL ON APRIL 29 AND 30 WHEN 1.55 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 1965 WHEN ONLY 4.57 INCHES FELL. THE
WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 20.21 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE
DRIEST SPRINGS AT AUGUSTA.

LEAST PRECIPITATION IN SPRING (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  PRECIP  YEAR
1      4.57   1965
2      5.83   2001
       5.83   1985
4      5.94   1988
5      6.39   1975
6      6.62   1981
7      6.84   1982
8      6.87   1957
9      7.20   2021  <===
10     7.27   1971
       7.27   1952

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2021...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
MAR 5   18   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      18 IN 2014, 1978 (TIED)
MAR 15  18   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      20 IN 1993
MAR 26  43   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       43 IN 1953 (TIED)
APR 8   66   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      66 IN 1991, 1981 (TIED)
APR 9   67   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      65 IN 1981
APR 10  78   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      70 IN 2017
APR 12  44   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       44 IN 2017 (TIED)
APR 22  36   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      37 IN 2020
MAY 26  92   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      88 IN 2010
MAY 31  55   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      56 IN 2005

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