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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
552 AM EDT FRI JUN 02 2023

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM
 3/1/2023 TO 5/31/2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             95   05/18/2017
 LOW              -4   03/09/2007
                       03/07/2007
                       03/06/2007
HIGHEST           90   05/28         86       4       88
LOWEST            17   03/01          6      11        5
AVG. MAXIMUM    54.7               52.8     1.9     55.7
AVG. MINIMUM    36.5               34.2     2.3     36.1
MEAN            45.6               43.5     2.1     45.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                0.4     0.6        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                5.6    -5.6        6
DAYS MIN <= 32    39               36.6     2.4       26
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.4    -0.4        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       23.27   2005
TOTALS         12.15              11.97    0.18     8.49
DAILY AVG.      0.13               0.13   -0.00     0.09
DAYS >= .01       29               36.7    -7.7       34
DAYS >= .10       19               21.9    -2.9       22
DAYS >= .50        7                8.3    -1.3        3
DAYS >= 1.00       3                3.0     0.0        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.67   04/30 TO 05/01               1.21

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          58.8   2001
TOTALS          24.5               20.9     3.6      5.8
SINCE 7/1       81.2               84.0    -2.8     44.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     4
DAYS >= TRACE     14                8.5     5.5       14
DAYS >= 1.0        5                4.4     0.6        3
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       25   03/05                          10
 24 HR TOTAL    11.3   03/04                         1.8


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1776               1986    -210     1758
 SINCE 7/1      6295               7060    -765     6630
COOLING TOTAL     14                 10       4       27
 SINCE 1/1        14                  9       5       27
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE SNOWY PATTERN THAT DEVELOPED TOWARDS THE END OF WINTER CONTINUED
INTO THE THE FIRST WEEK OF SPRING IN THE GRAY AREA. AS ONE SYSTEM
EXITED ON MARCH 1ST, ANOTHER SYSTEM CROSSED ON MARCH 2ND BRINGING
LIGHT SNOW. A MORE SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKED ALONG THE
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE MARCH 4TH THAT BROUGHT 11.3 INCHES OF
SNOW AND WOULD BE THE GREATEST SNOWFALL OF THE SPRING SEASON. QUIET
WEATHER FOLLOWED UNTIL A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACTED NEW
ENGLAND MARCH 13TH INTO THE MORNING OF MARCH 15TH. THIS SYSTEM
BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND WHILE THE GRAY
AREA RECEIVED 7.3 INCHES FROM THIS SYSTEM. RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER
FOLLOWED WITH THE LAST OF THE WINTER SNOWPACK MELTING OUT BY THE
MORNING OF APRIL 10TH. RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH
THE FIRST HALF OF APRIL WITH A BRIEF WARM SPELL AROUND THE MIDDLE OF
THE MONTH. THE GRAY AREA ECLIPSED THE 70 DEGREE MARK FOR THE FIRST
TIME OF THE SEASON ON THE 14TH WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 82
DEGREES. THEREAFTER, THE NAO TOOK A DIVE INTO NEGATIVE TERRITORY AS
STRONG AND PERSISTENT OMEGA BLOCK FORMED OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC. THIS BLOCKING PATTERN PERSISTED INTO THE
FIRST WEEK OF MAY THAT LEAD TO MULTIPLE RAIN EVENTS, TEMPERATURES
RUNNING BELOW NORMAL, AND WHEN IT WASN`T RAINING IT WAS OFTEN CLOUDY
WITH DRIZZLE. THERE WERE ALSO DAYS WITH VERY LITTLE VARIATION
BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE. ALSO DURING THIS PATTERN A
SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT OCCURRED ON APRIL 30TH INTO MAY 1ST WHEN A
STORM TOTAL OF 3.87 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN GRAY. ACROSS AREAS NORTH
AND EAST OF GRAY 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING. THE OMEGA BLOCK THAT PLAGUED THE NORTHEAST FOR THE BETTER
PART OF THREE WEEKS BROKE DOWN BY MAY 6TH. DRY WEATHER FOLLOWED
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW COOL
DAYS AND SEASONABLY COLD NIGHTS, TEMPERATURES TRENDED ABOVE NORMAL.
ONE OF THESE COLD NIGHTS OCCURRED ON MAY 17TH INTO THE MORNING OF
THE 18TH WHEN THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 33 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE GRAY AREA. ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN EVENT
OCCURRED MAY 20TH INTO THE 21ST WHEN A STORM TOTAL OF 2.25 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THEN DOMINATED THE WEATHER
PATTERN THE LAST WEEK OF MAY RESULTED IN FAIR WEATHER WITH SOME VERY
WARM DAYS INTERMIXED WITH COOLER DAYS THANKS TO AFTERNOON SEA
BREEZES.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS 45.6 DEGREES,
WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS
IN 2010 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.3 DEGREES. THE COOLEST
WAS 40.8 DEGREES IN 2014.

A TOTAL OF 12.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.18 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON APRIL 30TH INTO MAY
1ST WHEN 3.67 INCHES FELL IN 24 HOURS AND STORM TOTAL OF 3.87
INCHES. THE WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD WAS IN 2005 WHEN 23.27 INCHES
FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 7.08 INCHES IN 2015.

A TOTAL OF 24.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 3.6 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL ON MARCH 4TH WHEN 11.3 INCHES WAS
MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST SPRING 58.8 INCHES IN 2001. THE LEAST
SNOWIEST SPRING WAS IN 2021 WHEN ONLY 0.9 INCHES WAS MEASURED.

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