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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
143 PM EDT WED NOV 01 2023

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             84   10/10/2011
 LOW              24   10/31/2020
                       10/23/1997
                       10/24/1969
HIGHEST           81   10/03         75       6       73
LOWEST            30   10/31         29       1       31
AVG. MAXIMUM    61.2               57.7     3.5     60.5
AVG. MINIMUM    46.9               40.8     6.1     42.2
MEAN            54.0               49.2     4.8     51.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     1                4.1    -3.1        1
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       16.33   2005
 MINIMUM        1.29   1997
TOTALS          3.53               5.42   -1.89     6.87
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.17   -0.06     0.22
DAYS >= .01       10               11.8    -1.8        9
DAYS >= .10        6                7.0    -1.0        8
DAYS >= .50        3                3.5    -0.5        4
DAYS >= 1.00       0                1.9    -1.9        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.40   10/21 TO 10/22

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          12.9   2011
TOTALS             T                0.6    -0.6      0.0
SINCE 7/1          T                0.6    -0.6      0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0
DAYS >= TRACE      1                0.2     0.8        0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   0
 24 HR TOTAL       T

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    332                490    -158      412
 SINCE 7/1       438                684    -246      580
COOLING TOTAL      1                  2      -1        0
 SINCE 1/1       429                395      34      583
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST COAST DOMINATED THE
WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. THIS BROUGHT A PERIOD OF
DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS. THE RIDGE BROKE DOWN BY THE END OF THE
FIRST WEEK WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSING THE AREA BRINGING RAIN AND
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. AN UPPER LOW LINGERED NEAR NEW ENGLAND
THROUGH MUCH OF THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH KEEPING TEMPERATURES
NEAR NORMAL WITH SHOWERY WEATHER. ADDITIONAL UPPER LOWS AND TROUGHS
CROSSED THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH LIMITING
ANY SIGNIFICANT WARM UPS, ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS WERE MOSTLY DRY WITH
ONLY A COUPLE LIGHT RAIN EVENTS. A MORE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IMPACTED
THE GRAY AREA THE WEEKEND OF THE 21ST INTO THE 22ND AS LOW PRESSURE
TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BRINGING
A SOAKING RAIN. A BRIEF WARM UP ENSUED THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING RAIN THAT BRIEFLY
MIXED WITH SLEET AND A SHOT OF MUCH COLDER AIR TO CLOSE OUT THE
MONTH. THIS SHOT OF COLD AIR ALLOWED THE TEMPERATURE TO DROP BELOW
FREEZING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS FALL WHEN THE LOW REACHED 30
DEGREES ON THE 31ST.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 54.0, WHICH WAS 4.8
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST OCTOBER WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 57.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 46.2 DEGREES
IN 2018. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST OCTOBERS ON RECORD AT
GRAY.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN OCTOBER 1995)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     57.0  2017
2     54.0  2023  <===
3     53.8  2007
4     53.4  2021
5     53.0  1995

A TOTAL OF 3.53 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.89 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WAS IN 1997 WHEN ONLY
1.29 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 16.33 INCHES IN
2005.

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