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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
244 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024

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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            102   07/03/1966
                       07/04/1911
 LOW             -37   02/16/1943
HIGHEST           94   06/02         96      -2       98  08/04
LOWEST           -15   02/04        -15       0      -10  01/22
AVG. MAXIMUM    60.0               58.3     1.7     60.3
AVG. MINIMUM    38.8               36.1     2.7     36.5
MEAN            49.4               47.2     2.2     48.4
DAYS MAX >= 90    11               13.7    -2.7       26
DAYS MAX <= 32    16               43.5   -27.5       38
DAYS MIN <= 32   144              164.8   -20.8      154
DAYS MIN <= 0      3               12.8    -9.8       11

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       57.99   2008
 MINIMUM       24.17   1965
TOTALS         50.59              41.95    8.64    40.74
DAILY AVG.      0.14               0.11    0.03     0.11
DAYS >= .01      134              132.8     1.2      122
DAYS >= .10       85               79.6     5.4       82
DAYS >= .50       36               28.0     8.0       33
DAYS >= 1.00      13                9.5     3.5        8
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.36   12/17 TO 12/18

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL         128.4   1956
TOTALS          63.3               67.7    -4.4     42.3
SINCE 7/1        4.6               17.6   -13.0      5.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     2
DAYS >= TRACE     45               30.3    14.7       36
DAYS >= 1.0       17               16.5     0.5       11
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       17   01/24
                       03/15
 24 HR TOTAL    14.5   01/22 TO 01/23

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   6129               6980    -851     6578
 SINCE 7/1      2237               2610    -373     2355
COOLING TOTAL    574                528      46      650

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     08/29/1986
 LATEST       06/26/1979
EARLIEST                        10/24
LATEST                          05/18
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/340    DATE  03/15
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    57/350    DATE  03/15

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.47

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             23     HEAVY RAIN                32
RAIN                     57     LIGHT RAIN               132
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           6
HEAVY SNOW                4     SNOW                      10
LIGHT SNOW               46     FOG                      200
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    58     HAZE                      18

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

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THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 49.4 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS
WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2016 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
49.3 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 41.1 DEGREES IN 1918. THE FOLLOWING
TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD AT CONCORD.

WARMEST ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1868)...
RANK  AVE   YEAR
1     49.4  2023  <===
2     49.3  2016
3     49.2  1978
4     49.1  2021
      49.1  2012
      49.1  1877
7     48.9  2020
8     48.8  1880
9     48.7  2010
      48.7  1998

A TOTAL OF 50.59 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 8.64 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SEVENTH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE WETTEST
YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2008 WHEN 57.97 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS
24.17 INCHES IN 1965. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST YEARS ON
RECORD AT CONCORD.

GREATEST ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (SINCE 1868)...
RANK  PRECIP YEAR
1     57.97  2008
2     57.20  2005
3     55.24  2006
4     54.77  2011
5     53.30  2018
6     52.33  1888
7     50.59  2023  <===
8     50.05  1897
9     49.27  1951
10    48.79  1936

A TOTAL OF 63.3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 4.4 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THE YEAR WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOW WAS IN 2006 WHEN ONLY
26.7 INCHES FELL. THE MOST SNOW OCCURRED IN 1956 WHEN 128.4 INCHES
OF SNOW FELL.

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