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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
143 PM EDT WED NOV 01 2023

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             85   10/01/1954
 LOW              21   10/19/1974
                       10/28/1957
HIGHEST           85R  10/03         75      10       75  10/06
LOWEST            29   10/31         28       1       28  10/29
AVG. MAXIMUM    63.5               57.9     5.6     62.6
AVG. MINIMUM    47.9               40.4     7.5     42.3
MEAN            55.7               49.2     6.5     52.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     1                4.9    -3.9        2
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       13.47   2005
 MINIMUM        1.11   1997
TOTALS          4.88               4.69    0.19     7.15
DAILY AVG.      0.16               0.15    0.01     0.23
DAYS >= .01        9               12.3    -3.3       10
DAYS >= .10        6                7.0    -1.0        7
DAYS >= .50        3                2.8     0.2        5
DAYS >= 1.00       2                1.4     0.6        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.28   10/07


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    290                493    -203      380
 SINCE 7/1       371                685    -314      517
COOLING TOTAL     10                  2       8        0
 SINCE 1/1       585                427     158      655
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    21/010    DATE  10/07
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    27/010    DATE  10/07
                                27/320          10/28

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     76

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 2
RAIN                      6     LIGHT RAIN                13
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     FOG                       17
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     7     HAZE                       1

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

&&

A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST COAST DOMINATED THE
WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. THIS BROUGHT A PERIOD OF
DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS WITH A RECORD HIGH OF 85 DEGREES BEING
SET ON THE 3RD, WHICH ALSO TIED THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE RIDGE BROKE DOWN BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK
WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSING THE AREA BRINGING HEAVY RAIN TO THE
AUGUSTA AREA AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. AN UPPER LOW LINGERED
NEAR NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MUCH OF THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH
KEEPING TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL WITH SHOWERY WEATHER. ADDITIONAL
UPPER LOWS AND TROUGHS CROSSED THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE THIRD WEEK
OF THE MONTH LIMITING ANY SIGNIFICANT WARM UPS, ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS
WERE MOSTLY DRY WITH ONLY A COUPLE LIGHT RAIN EVENTS. A MORE
SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IMPACTED THE AUGUSTA AREA THE WEEKEND OF THE 21ST
INTO THE 22ND AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BRINGING A SOAKING RAIN. A BRIEF WARM UP
ENSUED THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM BRINGING RAIN AND A SHOT OF MUCH COLDER AIR TO CLOSE OUT THE
MONTH. THIS SHOT OF COLD AIR ALLOWED THE TEMPERATURE TO DROP BELOW
FREEZING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS FALL WHEN THE LOW REACHED 29
DEGREES ON THE 31ST.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 55.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
6.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SECOND WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.
THE WARMEST WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 56.2
DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 41.9 DEGREES IN 1974. THE FOLLOWING TABLE
LISTS THE WARMEST OCTOBERS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN OCTOBER (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     56.2  2017
2     55.7  2023  <===
3     54.8  1971
4     54.4  2021
5     53.5  1963
6     53.4  2007
7     52.5  2022
8     52.3  1995
9     52.0  2014
10    51.8  2012

A TOTAL 4.88 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.19 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WAS IN 2005 WHEN 13.47
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 1.11 INCHES IN 1997.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN OCTOBER 2023...
DATE    RECORD                                 PREVIOUS
OCT  3    85   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      79 IN 1983
OCT  4    82   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      81 IN 2001
OCT  4    57   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       57 IN 1979 (TIED)
OCT  5    57   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       57 IN 1951 (TIED)
OCT  6    60   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       59 IN 2005
OCT 28    80   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      75 IN 1989

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