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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1132 PM EST FRI DEC 01 2023

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM
9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             96   09/09/2002
 LOW               4   11/22/2018
                       11/27/1978
                       11/28/1951
HIGHEST           90   09/05         85       5       84  09/10
                       09/07
                                                          09/12
LOWEST            18   11/21         16       2       18  11/21
AVG. MAXIMUM    61.0               58.2     2.8     61.7
AVG. MINIMUM    44.4               40.6     3.8     42.9
MEAN            52.7               49.4     3.3     52.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     2                0.5     1.5        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                2.3    -1.3        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    25               23.8     1.2       20
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       23.76   2005
 MINIMUM        6.48   1984
TOTALS         10.28              12.54   -2.26    15.60
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.14   -0.03     0.17
DAYS >= .01       23               33.8   -10.8       28
DAYS >= .10       15               20.1    -5.1       20
DAYS >= .50        9                8.1     0.9       11
DAYS >= 1.00       2                3.3    -1.3        6
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.28   10/07


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1200               1463    -263     1177
 SINCE 7/1      1207               1496    -289     1178
COOLING TOTAL    110                 40      70       46
 SINCE 1/1       585                427     158      656
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/330    DATE  09/16
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/330    DATE  09/16

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.45

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     HEAVY RAIN                 6
RAIN                     14     LIGHT RAIN                26
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           1
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                2     FOG                       47
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    20     HAZE                       5

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

&&

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 52.7 DEGREES, WHICH
WAS 3.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SECOND WARMEST FALL ON RECORD.
THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2021 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 52.8 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 45.2 DEGREES IN 1974. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST FALLS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FALL (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     52.9  2021
2     52.7  2023  <===
3     52.6  2017
4     52.5  1999
5     52.3  2022
6     52.0  1971
7     51.9  2011
8     51.6  1961
9     51.3  2016
      51.3  2001

THE FIRST FREEZE OF FALL OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 31ST WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE REACHED 29 DEGREES. THIS OCCURRED 17 DAYS LATER
THAN THE NORMAL FIRST FREEZE DATE OF OCTOBER 14TH.

A TOTAL OF 10.28 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 2.26 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 1984 WHEN 6.48 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 23.76 INCHES IN 2005.

$$

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