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

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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             98   05/22/1911
 LOW             -20   03/06/1869
HIGHEST           92   05/26         90       2       91  05/27
LOWEST             7   03/02          1       6       13  03/16
AVG. MAXIMUM    59.4               56.8     2.6     57.3
AVG. MINIMUM    34.2               33.6     0.6     33.6
MEAN            46.8               45.2     1.6     45.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                1.2    -0.2        1
DAYS MAX <= 32     4                4.3    -0.3        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    39               45.9    -6.9       46
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                1.1    -1.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       18.14   1983
 MINIMUM        3.61   1915
TOTALS          7.30              10.18   -2.88     8.19
DAILY AVG.      0.08               0.11   -0.03     0.09
DAYS >= .01       28               35.3    -7.3       26
DAYS >= .10       15               20.9    -5.9       16
DAYS >= .50        5                6.7    -1.7        8
DAYS >= 1.00       0                1.8    -1.8        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.03   05/30 TO 05/31

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          48.2   1956
TOTALS             T               16.1   -16.1      8.0
SINCE 7/1       59.0               67.7    -8.7     46.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     1
DAYS >= TRACE      8                6.5     1.5       12
DAYS >= 1.0        0                3.6    -3.6        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        7   03/03
                       03/04
                       03/05
 24 HR TOTAL     0.0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1681               1846    -165     1812
 SINCE 7/1      6473               6909    -436     6771
COOLING TOTAL     31                 23       8       42
 SINCE 1/1        31                 22       9       42
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/300    DATE  03/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/290    DATE  03/02

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.41

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     59

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     HEAVY RAIN                 4
RAIN                     10     LIGHT RAIN                36
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                7     FOG                       23
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     1     HAZE                       3

-  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 59 MPH ON MARCH 2 AS THE TEMPERATURE
STAYED WELL BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF COLD
WEATHER MORE MILD AIR MOVED IN FOR A WEEK. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT
BLEW THROUGH ON MARCH 14, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST INTENSE ARCTIC
BLAST OF THE SEASON. THE COLD DIDN`T LAST VERY LONG WITH MILD
WEATHER RETURNING JUST A FEW DAYS LATER. THE LAST OF THE WINTER SNOW
PACK MELTED BY THE MORNING OF MARCH 20. SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS
BROUGHT RAIN AT THE END OF MARCH AND BEGINNING OF APRIL WITH RAIN
FALLING ON 6 OUT OF 8 DAYS. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON MARCH 28 WHEN NEARLY
AN INCH WAS RECORDED. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS OCCURRED BEHIND
THIS STORM WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 54 MPH. THE WEATHER TURNED DRY
AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL WITH SOME MILD WEATHER AS
WELL. THE WARMEST WAS 79 ON APRIL 10. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE
AREA BROUGHT RAIN AND SNOW ON APRIL 16, ALTHOUGH THE SNOW DID NOT
ACCUMULATE IN THE CITY ITSELF. THIS WAS THE START OF ANOTHER RAINIER
STRETCH OF WEATHER WHICH SAW FREQUENT FRONTAL SYSTEMS BRING
ALTERNATING WARMER AND COOLER WEATHER 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 WAS ON APRIL 27 WHICH WAS
NEARLY TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN NORMAL. CONCORD SAW VERY LITTLE
RAINFALL FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS DURING THE MIDDLE OF MAY WITH
TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING INTO THE 70S AND 80S. THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 92 ON MAY 26. A COLD FRONT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS
ACCOMPANIED BY 52 MPH WING GUSTS, BRINGING THE WARM AND DRY WEATHER
TO AN END. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS A COOL AND WET ONE WITH NEARLY 2
INCHES OF RAIN OBSERVED OVER SEVERAL DAYS.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 46.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2012 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 49.6 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1956 AT 38.7 DEGREES.

A TOTAL OF 7.30 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 2.88 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL AND THE DRIEST SPRING SINCE 2016. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FELL ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WHEN 1.81 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL FROM MAY 28 THROUGH MAY 31. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 1915 WHEN
ONLY 3.61 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 18.14
INCHES.

ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED WHICH WAS 16.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
AND TIED AS THE LEAST SNOWY SPRING ON RECORD. THE OTHER YEAR WITH
ONLY A TRACE OF SPRING SNOWFALL WAS IN 2010. THE SNOWIEST SPRING WAS
IN 1956 WITH 48.2 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LEAST SNOWY
SPRINGS ON RECORD.

LEAST SNOW IN SPRING (SINCE 1868)...
RANK  SNOW   YEAR
1     TRACE  2021  <===
      TRACE  2010
3      0.3   2006
       0.3   1921
5      0.7   1995
       0.7   1919
7      1.3   1990
8      1.4   1910
9      2.0   1927
       2.0   1878

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2021...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
MAR 11  68   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      65 IN 1977, 1871
MAR 25  46   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       46 IN 1979 (TIED)
MAR 26  74   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      74 IN 1949, 1945 (TIED)
MAR 26  46   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       46 IN 1953 (TIED)

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