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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
703 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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            100   08/05/1955
 LOW              39   08/27/1954
HIGHEST           84   08/10         90      -6       93  08/04
                                                          08/07
LOWEST            53   08/02         48       5       55  08/13
                       08/23
                       08/31
AVG. MAXIMUM    76.8               78.9    -2.1     81.9
AVG. MINIMUM    60.2               58.8     1.4     62.9
MEAN            68.5               68.9    -0.4     72.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                1.2    -1.2        4
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        9.08   1991
 MINIMUM        0.19   2001
TOTALS          6.75               3.41    3.34     2.79
DAILY AVG.      0.22               0.11    0.11     0.09
DAYS >= .01       15               10.7     4.3       14
DAYS >= .10        9                5.8     3.2        7
DAYS >= .50        4                2.0     2.0        2
DAYS >= 1.00       2                0.8     1.2        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.96   08/08


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      7                 20     -13        1
 SINCE 7/1         7                 28     -21        1
COOLING TOTAL    124                139     -15      238
 SINCE 1/1       475                387      88      610
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    23/340    DATE  08/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    32/350    DATE  08/31

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.45

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     74

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     HEAVY RAIN                 6
RAIN                      8     LIGHT RAIN                15
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     FOG                       19
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     9     HAZE                       2

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

&&

SIMILAR TO JUNE AND JULY A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED TO
DOMINATE THE NORTHEAST US THROUGH MUCH OF AUGUST. THIS TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE CONTINUED THE THEME FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENTS IN
MAINE. DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH THE NAO REMAINED NEGATIVE
WHILE THE PNA REMAINED POSITIVE WITH THESE TELECONNECTIONS FAVORING
A TROUGH JUST WEST OF NEW ENGLAND. THE NAO DID TREND TOWARDS NEUTRAL
AT TIMES, WHICH ALLOWED THE TROUGH AXIS TO SHIFT NEAR OVERHEAD OF
THE AUGUSTA AREA AND SOMETIMES EAST OF NEW ENGLAND. THIS EASTWARD
SHIFT OF THE TROUGH AXIS ALLOWED FOR COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEMS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA BRINGING PERIODS OF DRY WEATHER WITH
TEMPERATURES TRENDING NEAR NORMAL. TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH,
TROPICAL ACTIVITY INCREASED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN WITH TROPICAL
STORMS TRACKING OFFSHORE OF THE EAST COAST. A SERIES OF FRONTAL
SYSTEMS THAT CROSSED FROM THE WEST HELPED TO PUSH THESE SYSTEM
OFFSHORE WHILE AREA BEACHES DID SEE INCREASED SWELLS.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 68.5, WHICH WAS 0.4
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COOLEST AUGUST ON RECORD WAS IN 1964 WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 62.2 DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS 72.9
DEGREES IN 1973.

A TOTAL OF 6.75 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.34 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 3RD WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 8TH WHEN 2.96 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED.
THE WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD WAS IN 1991 WHEN 9.08 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.19 INCHES IN 2001. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST AUGUSTS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA

MOST PRECIPITATION IN AUGUST (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  PRECIP  YEAR
1      9.08   1991
2      7.75   2004
3      6.75   2023   <===
4      5.96   1955
5      5.77   2013
6      5.52   1976
7      5.41   1986
8      5.24   2011
9      5.23   2014
10     5.17   1950

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN AUGUST 2023...
DATE    RECORD                                 PREVIOUS
AUG  8   2.96   - GREATEST PRECIPITATION       1.20 IN 2008

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