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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
145 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2020

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM
6/1/2020 TO 8/31/2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             100   08/05/1955
 LOW               36   06/09/1955
HIGHEST            94   06/20        93       1       92  07/21
                                                          07/20
LOWEST             38   06/01        44      -6       45  06/01
AVG. MAXIMUM     78.8              77.1     1.7     78.3
AVG. MINIMUM     59.3              57.6     1.7     58.3
MEAN             69.1              67.3     1.8     68.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      5               4.0     1.0        4
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        18.94   2009
 MINIMUM         4.76   1949
TOTALS           9.51             10.29   -0.78    11.28
DAILY AVG.       0.10              0.11   -0.01     0.12
DAYS >= .01        28              34.9    -6.9       36
DAYS >= .10        16              19.6    -3.6       19
DAYS >= .50         9               6.3     2.7        8
DAYS >= 1.00        2               2.1    -0.1        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.24   06/29

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     105               137     -32       86
 SINCE 7/1         39                42      -3       10
COOLING TOTAL     507               348     159      424
 SINCE 1/1        538               357     181      424
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/330    DATE  08/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    50/320    DATE  08/25

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE SUMMER MONTHS AT AUGUSTA WERE CHARACTERIZED BY VERY WARM AND
HUMID CONDITIONS AND SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER,
THAT IS NOT HOW SUMMER BEGAN AS THE LOW TEMPERATURE ON JUNE 1 WAS 38
DEGREES, THE THIRD COLDEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT AUGUSTA IN THE
MONTH OF JUNE. WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS ARRIVED TOWARD THE
MIDDLE OF JUNE, INCLUDING 3 STRAIGHT DAYS (JUNE 18-20) OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES. A PROLONGED STRETCH OF DRY
WEATHER BEGAN IN MID-MAY AND EXTENDED UNTIL THE LAST THREE DAYS
OF JUNE WHEN NEARLY 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. MORE FREQUENT
RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED OVER THE FIRST PART OF JULY THAT HELPED EASE
THE ONGOING DROUGHT BEFORE DRIER CONDITIONS RETURNED FOR THE LATTER
HALF OF THE MONTH. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF COOLER WEATHER THAT BEGAN
AT THE END OF JUNE, WARMER WEATHER BEGAN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION
AND GENERALLY PERSISTED THROUGH THE END OF THE JULY. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE OBSERVED WAS 90 DEGREES ON JULY 20. UNLIKE MUCH OF THE
REGION, AUGUSTA SAW ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN AUGUST WITH 4.12
INCHES. THE WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUED THROUGH THE FIRST
HALF OF AUGUST, INCLUDING A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 91 DEGREES ON AUGUST
11. A COLD FRONT ESSENTIALLY ENDED THE PERSISTENT SUMMER HEAT ON
AUGUST 15 AND COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 69.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS
1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 6TH WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE
WARMEST SUMMER WAS IN 1973 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 71.2
DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 63.7 DEGREES IN 1968. THE FOLLOWING TABLE
LISTS THE WARMEST SUMMERS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  AVE  YEAR
1    71.2  1973
2    71.0  1999
3    70.3  1971
     70.3  1952
5    69.6  1949
6    69.1  2020  <===
7    68.9  1991
8    68.8  1988
     68.8  1983
10   68.7  2018*
*MOST RECENT OF MANY YEARS

A TOTAL OF 9.51 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WHICH WAS 0.78 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL AT THE END OF JUNE WHEN FREQUENT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED 1.91 INCHES FROM JUNE 28 THROUGH
JUNE 30. THE DRIEST SUMMER WAS IN 1949 WHEN ONLY 4.76 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2009 WITH 18.94 INCHES.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SUMMER 2020...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
JUN 1   38   - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE       40 IN 2009 & 1961
JUN 6   60   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       60 IN 1966 (TIED)
JUL 11  67   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       67 IN 2010 & OTHERS (TIED)
JUL 12  70   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       70 IN 1988 (TIED)
JUL 14  0.87 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        0.66 IN 1971
JUL 27  72   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       71 IN 1989 & OTHERS
AUG 27  64   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      65 IN 2006

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