Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS
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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.
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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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