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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
342 PM EDT SUN JUL 02 2023

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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             98   06/19/1995
 LOW              36   06/09/1955
HIGHEST           93   06/01         89       4       91  06/26
LOWEST            43   06/04         44      -1       44  06/01
AVG. MAXIMUM    72.1               74.4    -2.3     74.5
AVG. MINIMUM    54.7               54.1     0.6     54.4
MEAN            63.4               64.2    -0.8     64.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     2                1.0     1.0        2
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       10.32   1998
 MINIMUM        0.48   1979
TOTALS          5.47               4.01    1.46     3.21
DAILY AVG.      0.18               0.13    0.05     0.11
DAYS >= .01       22               12.7     9.3       10
DAYS >= .10       12                7.3     4.7        9
DAYS >= .50        4                2.7     1.3        1
DAYS >= 1.00       1                0.9     0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.31   06/16 TO 06/17


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    106                 90      16       76
 SINCE 7/1      6182               7280   -1098     6320
COOLING TOTAL     66                 67      -1       65
 SINCE 1/1        85                 77       8      100
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    25/350    DATE  06/06
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    35/040    DATE  06/03

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     78

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     HEAVY RAIN                 7
RAIN                     11     LIGHT RAIN                22
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     FOG                       25
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    11     HAZE                       4

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

&&

JUNE GLOOM WAS THE THEME FOR THE MONTH IN THE AUGUSTA AREA. THERE
WERE 22 DAYS DURING THE MONTH THAT THE AUGUSTA AREA RECEIVED
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. WHEN IT WASN`T RAINING IT WAS OFTEN CLOUDY
WITH THE FREQUENCY OF MID DAY OVERCAST SKIES NEARLY TWICE THAT AS
THE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE 25 DAYS DURING
THE MONTH WHEN FOG WAS REPORTED AT AUGUSTA. AS A RESULT,
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL MOSTLY DUE TO DAY TIME HIGH
TEMPERATURES OFTEN BEING RELEGATED TO THE 60S WITH THREE DAYS WHERE
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DID NOT GET ABOVE 60 DEGREES. THE PRIMARY
CULPRIT OF THIS DREARY WEATHER WAS A SERIES OF UPPER LOWS THAT
SLOWLY MEANDERED THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. WITH JET STREAM WINDS WEAKER
THAN NORMAL THESE UPPER LOWS WERE SLOW TO EXIT INTO THE NORTH
ATLANTIC. DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH THE HUMIDITY ALSO
STARTED TO BUILD INTO NEW ENGLAND AND THIS INCREASE IN MOISTURE LED
TO SEVERAL DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. THESE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EVENTS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE
FLASH FLOODING EVENTS IN MAINE, WHILE THE AUGUSTA AREA WAS GENERALLY
SPARED FROM THESE EVENTS.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 63.4 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
0.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COOLEST JUNE ON RECORD WAS IN 1968
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 59.1 DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS 69.5
DEGREES IN 1999.

A TOTAL OF 5.47 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.46 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON THE 16TH INTO THE 17TH FROM
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED 1.31 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE WETTEST
JUNE ON RECORD WAS IN 1998 WHEN A TOTAL OF 10.32 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.48 INCHES IN 1979.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN JUNE 2023...
DATE    RECORD                                PREVIOUS
JUNE  1   93   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      92 IN 2013
JUNE  2   91   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      86 IN 1990
JUNE  4   50   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURES     55 IN 2018

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