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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
250 PM EST MON MAR 03 2021

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2020 TO 2/28/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             67   12/06/2001
 LOW             -23   02/02/1962
HIGHEST           60   12/25         56       4       54  01/11
                                                          12/14
LOWEST            -3   01/31         -9       6       -9  02/15
AVG. MAXIMUM    33.4               31.0     2.4     34.0
AVG. MINIMUM    20.2               14.7     5.5     18.6
MEAN            26.8               22.8     4.0     26.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    43               49.0    -6.0       39
DAYS MIN <= 32    84               84.7    -0.7       87
DAYS MIN <= 0      1               10.7    -9.7        6

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       17.78   1974
 MINIMUM        3.23   1980
TOTALS         10.15               8.28    1.87     7.99
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.09    0.02     0.09
DAYS >= .01       32               30.8     1.2       29
DAYS >= .10       14               17.8    -3.8       17
DAYS >= .50        5                4.8     0.2        5
DAYS >= 1.00       4                1.8     2.2        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.11   12/05 TO 12/06


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   3367               3795    -428     3504
 SINCE 7/1      4767               5343    -576     5073
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    38/340    DATE  12/06
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/330    DATE  12/06

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.55

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     71

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 3
RAIN                      6     LIGHT RAIN                16
FREEZING RAIN             1     LT FREEZING RAIN           4
HEAVY SNOW                5     SNOW                      10
LIGHT SNOW               32     FOG                       44
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    12     HAZE                      15

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

&&

THE WINTER SEASON BEGAN JUST AS A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WAS
EXITING THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE TEMPERATURE WAS A BALMY 59 DEGREES
TO START DECEMBER, STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 46 MPH BROUGHT IN COOLER
AIR. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM ON DECEMBER 5 BROUGHT 2.11 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION. A COLD FRONT BROUGHT A SHIFT TOWARD MUCH COLDER
WEATHER IN MID DECEMBER WITH THE TEMPERATURE STAYING BELOW FREEZING
FOR 6 STRAIGHT DAYS. IN THE MIDST OF THIS COLD STRETCH CAME ANOTHER
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT 6 DEGREES
ON DECEMBER 16 BEFORE A GRADUAL WARM UP BEGAN. CHRISTMAS DAY WAS
WARM 60 DEGREES WITH 2.06 INCHES OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 48 MPH.
MILD WEATHER CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. MOST DAYS SAW THE
TEMPERATURE WARM INTO THE MID 30S TO LOW 40S, BUT FREQUENTLY CLOUDY
WEATHER MEANT THAT THE TEMPERATURE RARELY FELL LOWER THAN THE 20S.
THE WARMEST WEATHER WAS IN MID JANUARY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED
43 DEGREES ALONG WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL. SOME COOLER
WEATHER WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH A FEW LIGHT SNOWFALLS IN THE LAST
PART OF JANUARY. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WAS ON FEBRUARY
1 AND 2 BRINGING SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA.
A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS SPILLED INTO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES
IN EARLY FEBRUARY, AND NEW ENGLAND FOUND ITSELF ON THE EASTERN EDGE
OF THIS AIR MASS. THIS BROUGHT CONSISTENTLY COLD WEATHER AND A FEW
WINTER STORMS, BUT SPARED THE REGION THE MORE BRUTAL COLD. THE
TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW FREEZING FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO WEEKS
WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT 2 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 12.
SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN FELL ON THE 16TH. FINALLY MORE MILD
WEATHER RETURNED FOR THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 26.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS
4.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST WINTER WAS IN 2001-02 WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 28.6 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN
1958-59 WHEN IT WAS 17.3 DEGREES.

A TOTAL OF 10.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.87 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST FELL IN DECEMBER WHEN SEVERAL STORM
SYSTEMS BROUGHT HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON DECEMBER 5
AND 6 WHEN 2.11 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WAS
RECORDED. THE DRIEST WINTER WAS IN 1979-80 WHEN ONLY 3.23 INCHES
WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1973-74 WITH 17.78 INCHES.

THE FOLLOWING RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN WINTER 2020/21...
DATE   RECORD                                     PREVIOUS
DEC 1  44   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE             40 IN 1991
DEC 5  2.08 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION              1.12 IN 1950
DEC 25 60   - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE            56 IN 2015
DEC 25 50   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE             41 IN 1964
DEC 25 2.06 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION              0.86 IN 1979
DEC    30.9 - WARMEST AVERAGE MONTLY TEMPERATURE  TIED 7TH 1990
DEC    6.12 - GREATEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION      RANKED 7TH
JAN 16 1.22 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION              0.94 IN 1959
JAN    25.6 - WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE TIED 5TH...2020

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