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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
159 PM EDT THU JUN 02 2022

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...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM
3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           95   05/22         90       5       94  05/26
LOWEST             7   03/01          9      -2        9  03/02
AVG. MAXIMUM    60.6               58.2     2.4     61.0
AVG. MINIMUM    40.3               37.5     2.8     39.0
MEAN            50.4               47.9     2.5     50.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     2                1.3     0.7        2
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                3.1    -2.1        3
DAYS MIN <= 32    19               29.6   -10.6       26
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.2    -0.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          9.10              10.16   -1.06     8.39
DAILY AVG.      0.10               0.11   -0.01     0.09
DAYS >= .01       30               34.6    -4.6       25
DAYS >= .10       22               20.3     1.7       18
DAYS >= .50        5                6.7    -1.7        6
DAYS >= 1.00       2                2.2    -0.2        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.43   05/15 TO 05/16

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS           5.5                                 1.7
SINCE 7/1       41.8                                47.7
DAYS >= TRACE      5                                   6
DAYS >= 1.0        1                                   1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        5   03/10                           T  03/03

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1392               1615    -223     1421
 SINCE 7/1      5475               6124    -649     5597
COOLING TOTAL     76                 38      38       62
 SINCE 1/1        76                 38      38       62
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/320    DATE  03/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    48/330    DATE  03/12

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.65

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     56

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              5     HEAVY RAIN                 8
RAIN                     15     LIGHT RAIN                41
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                6     FOG                       36
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     5     HAZE                      13

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

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SPRING STARTED OFF COOLER THAN NORMAL AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT
CROSSED THE REGION WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW EVENTS THROUGH THE FIRST FEW
DAYS OF MARCH. THE COOL WEATHER QUICKLY TURNED MILD BY THE END OF
THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, ALTHOUGH THIS MILD WEATHER WAS INTERRUPTED
BY ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSING ON MARCH 8TH. THIS SET THE
STAGE FOR THE GREATEST SNOWFALL OF THE SPRING SEASON ON MARCH 9TH
WHEN AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
BRINGING 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW. A WARMING TREND THEN FOLLOW THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF MARCH AND PEAKED ON THE 18TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 74
DEGREES. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED INTO THE FINAL WEEK OF
MARCH BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED LATE ON THE 27TH. THIS COLD
FRONT BROUGHT A SHOT OF COLD AIR ON THE 28TH WHEN THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 31 DEGREES AND WAS THE LAST TIME THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW FREEZING DURING THE SPRING. TEMPERATURES
SLOWLY REBOUNDED THROUGH THE END OF MARCH AND STAYED CLOSE TO NORMAL
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF APRIL. DURING APRIL THERE WAS AN ACTIVE PACIFIC
JET STREAM WITH SEVERAL SYSTEMS CROSSING THE CONUS BRINGING BOUTS OF
RAIN TO MANCHESTER. ALSO DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL THE NAO STAYED
PREDOMINANTLY NEGATIVE. THE COMPETING INFLUENCES OF MILD PACIFIC AIR
FLOODING THE CONUS WHILE BLOCKING OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATED
WITH THE -NAO HELPED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES STEADY WITHOUT ANY WARMS
SPELLS OR COLD SNAPS FOR MUCH OF APRIL INTO EARLY MAY. THE LAST
FREEZE OF THE SEASON OCCURRED ON APRIL 18TH WHEN THE LOW DROPPED TO
32 DEGREES. THE RELATIVELY WET PATTERN IN APRIL GAVE WAY TO A WARM
AND RELATIVELY DRY PATTERN AFTER THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MAY. THE
MANCHESTER AREA WENT 10 DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FROM
MAY 5TH TO MAY 14TH WHILE TEMPERATURES CLIMBED WELL ABOVE NORMAL
PEAKING ON THE 14TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 91 DEGREES. THIS WARM AND
DRY PATTERN WAS THE RESULT OF AN ANOMALOUS RIDGE THAT DEVELOPED OVER
NEW ENGLAND FOR MUCH OF MAY. A COUPLE OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS THEN
CROSSED THE AREA BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND KNOCKING
TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR FEW DAYS BEFORE WARMTH
RETURNED WITH THE WARMEST DAY OF THE SEASON OCCURRING ON THE 22ND
WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 95 DEGREES. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
REDEVELOPED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MAY BRINGING WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS TO CLOSE OUT THE SPRING SEASON.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SPRING WAS 50.4 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.5
DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2012 WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.4 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 40.4
DEGREES IN 1967.

A TOTAL OF 9.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.06 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON MAY 15TH TO THE
16TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 1.43 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST SPRING ON
RECORD WAS IN 2015 WHEN ONLY 3.71 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST
WAS 18.24 INCHES IN 1953.

HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885 BUT WITHIN THIS
RECORD THERE REMAINS NUMEROUS YEARS OF UNAVAILABLE DATA. DUE TO
THIS, HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AS SOME
SIGNIFICANT EXTREMES MAY BE MISSING FROM THE DATA. MORE CONSISTENT
MODERN RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998 AND CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT.

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