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

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

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             69   12/07/1998
 LOW             -15   01/15/2004
HIGHEST           57   12/01         58      -1       60
LOWEST             2   01/30         -7       9       -6
                       01/31
AVG. MAXIMUM    33.4               32.5     0.9     34.6
AVG. MINIMUM    20.5               16.1     4.4     19.4
MEAN            26.9               24.3     2.6     27.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    44               43.5     0.5       40
DAYS MIN <= 32    88               84.9     3.1       60
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                6.6    -6.6        5

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       15.31   2008
TOTALS         10.87              10.90   -0.03    13.61
DAILY AVG.      0.12               0.12    0.00     0.15
DAYS >= .01       32               32.2    -0.2       33
DAYS >= .10       15               20.9    -5.9       20
DAYS >= .50        9                7.3     1.7        9
DAYS >= 1.00       4                2.9     1.1        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.88   12/05 TO 12/06               3.19

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL         111.3   2008
TOTALS          41.6               56.0   -14.4     53.2
SINCE 7/1       41.7               59.1   -17.4     53.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     4
DAYS >= TRACE     40               23.5    16.5       35
DAYS >= 1.0       12               13.9    -1.9       13
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       11   12/18                          15
 24 HR TOTAL    11.7   12/17 TO 12/17                9.7

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   3394               3661    -267     3433
 SINCE 7/1      4778               5159    -381     4974
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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-  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 57 DEGREES
TO START DECEMBER FOLLOWED BY COOLER BUT STILL MILD AIR. ANOTHER
STORM SYSTEM ON DECEMBER 5 BROUGHT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
INCLUDING AROUND 5 INCHES OF STICKY WET SNOWFALL. COLDER WEATHER
MOVING IN BEHIND THIS STORM ALLOWED THE SNOW TO STAY ON THE GROUND.
A COLD FRONT BROUGHT A SHIFT TOWARD MUCH COLDER WEATHER IN MID
DECEMBER WITH THE TEMPERATURE STAYING BELOW FREEZING FOR 7 STRAIGHT
DAYS. IN THE MIDST OF THIS COLD STRETCH CAME ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM. GRAY RECORDED 11.7 INCHES OF FLUFFY SNOWFALL IN A
LITTLE MORE THAN 12 HOURS ON DECEMBER 17. THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED
OUT AT 7 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 16 BEFORE A GRADUAL WARM UP BEGAN.
DESPITE ALL THE SNOW THAT FELL JUST A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WARM
WEATHER AND RAIN WASHED IT ALL AWAY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE
TEMPERATURE HIT 52 DEGREES WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL. 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
46 DEGREES ALONG WITH MORE THAN AN INCH AND HALF 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 WHEN NEARLY 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET FELL. A FEW
MORE LIGHT SNOWFALLS AND SOME CONSISTENTLY COLD WEATHER MADE THIS
THE FIRST CONSISTENT SNOW PACK OF THE WINTER, LASTING THROUGH THE
END OF FEBRUARY. 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 3 ABOVE ZERO ON FEBRUARY 12. SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING
RAIN FELL ON THE 16TH WITH MORE SNOW FALLING AGAIN ON THE 19TH.
FINALLY MORE MILD WEATHER RETURNED FOR THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 26.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS
2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST WINTER WAS IN 2001-02 WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 29.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN
2014-15 WHEN IT WAS 19.8 DEGREES.

A TOTAL OF 10.87 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.03
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST FELL IN DECEMBER WHEN SEVERAL
STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST WAS ON
DECEMBER 5 AND 6 WHEN 1.88 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT
PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST WINTER WAS IN 2006-07
WHEN ONLY 7.17 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2007-08
WITH 15.31 INCHES.

THERE WAS 41.6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 14.4 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL ON DECEMBER 17 WHEN 11.7 INCHES
WAS MEASURED. THE LEAST SNOWY WINTER WAS IN 1997-98 WHEN ONLY
26.5 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE SNOWIEST WINTER WAS IN 2007-08
WITH 111.3 INCHES.

$$

BECKER


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