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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1015 AM EDT SUN SEP 04 2022

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
6/1/2022 TO 8/31/2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             99   07/22/2011
 LOW              37   06/01/2009
HIGHEST           94   08/07         93       1       95
LOWEST            46   06/01         44       2       47
AVG. MAXIMUM    79.0               76.9     2.1     78.0
AVG. MINIMUM    59.6               57.6     2.0     60.4
MEAN            69.3               67.2     2.1     69.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     5                3.8     1.2        8
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       21.77   2009
TOTALS          9.60              12.30   -2.70    12.99
DAILY AVG.      0.10               0.13   -0.03     0.14
DAYS >= .01       32               36.5    -4.5       43
DAYS >= .10       24               21.0     3.0       20
DAYS >= .50        5                8.0    -3.0        6
DAYS >= 1.00       1                3.1    -2.1        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.73   08/31                        2.84

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           0.0
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0
DAYS >= TRACE      0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   0
 24 HR TOTAL       0                                 0.0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     99                139     -40       84
 SINCE 7/1         3                 31     -28       48
COOLING TOTAL    523                348     175      492
 SINCE 1/1       550                357     193      510
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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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THE SUMMER SEASON STARTED OFF COOL AND DAMP IN THE GRAY AREA AS AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES THROUGH THE FIRST SEVERAL DAYS OF JUNE. ONCE THIS UPPER
LOW LOOSENED ITS GRIP ON THE REGION, TEMPERATURES REBOUNDED CLOSER
TO NORMAL WHILE ADDITIONAL TROUGHS OF LOW PRESSURE CROSSED THE
REGION BRINGING A SOAKING RAIN TO BEGIN THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE.
ANOTHER UPPER LOW ROLLED ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND SETTLED OVER NEW
ENGLAND AT THE END OF THE THIRD WEEK OF JUNE BRINGING SEVERAL DAYS
OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. DURING THIS PERIOD THE UPPER LOW
BROUGHT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT THE HIGHEST PEAKS IN THE WHITE
MOUNTAINS WITH MT WASHINGTON RECORDING 1.7 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE
18TH INTO THE 19TH. TEMPERATURES THEN REBOUNDED CLOSER TO NORMAL
DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF JUNE. THE PERSISTENT TROUGHING AND UPPER
LOWS OVER THE NORTHEAST LED TO TEMPERATURES RUNNING BELOW NORMAL FOR
THE MONTH OF JUNE, BUT THIS WOULD CHANGE THROUGH THE END OF SUMMER.
THE PERSISTENT TROUGHING OVER THE NORTHEAST US CONTINUED INTO JULY
ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF THE TROUGH SHIFTED FARTHER NORTH INTO EASTERN
CANADA WITH THE TROUGH AXIS BECOMING ALIGNED ALONG A SIMILAR
LONGITUDE TO GRAY. THIS TROUGH POSITION ACTED TO SUPPRESS MOISTURE
SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND AND FAVORED HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS TO BUILD INTO
NEW ENGLAND FROM THE NORTHWEST BRINGING DRY AND COOL CANADIAN
AIRMASSES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF JULY. DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY
THE TROUGH STARTED TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND ALLOWED FOR WARMER AND
MORE HUMID AIRMASSES TO ENTER THE REGION. THE BUILDING HEAT AND
HUMIDITY LED TO ONE OF THE MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OF
THE SUMMER ACROSS THE GRAY AREA ON JULY 21ST WHEN A COLD FRONT
CROSSED THE REGION. THIS COLD FRONT DID NOT BRING ANY RELIEF TO THE
HEAT WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES PERSISTING THROUGH THE END OF
JULY. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUED INTO AUGUST WITH THE HOTTEST
STRETCH OF THE SUMMER OCCURRING AUGUST 4TH TO 8TH WHEN HIGH
TEMPERATURE REMAINED IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S WITH AUGUST 7TH
BEING THE HOTTEST DAY WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 94 DEGREES. ALSO DURING
THIS STRETCH THE LOW TEMPERATURE DID NOT DROP BELOW 70 DEGREES FROM
THE 5TH TO THE 7TH. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA LATE
AUGUST 9TH BRINGING RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING
BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. THE SECOND HALF OF AUGUST
FEATURED A BUILDING RIDGE IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC THAT ALLOWED FOR
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO RETURN WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF SUMMER. DURING THE SECOND HALF OF AUGUST A
SERIES OF UPPER TROUGHS BROUGHT FRONTAL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE AREA AND
THESE SYSTEMS CAPITALIZED ON ABUNDANT MOISTURE, BRINGING BOUTS OF
RAINFALL WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRING ON AUGUST 31ST WHEN
THE GRAY AREA RECEIVED 1.74 INCHES. BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL IN JUNE
AND JULY LED TO EXPANDING AND INTENSIFYING DROUGHT CONDITIONS,
ALTHOUGH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL DURING THE END OF AUGUST HELP LESSEN
THE SEVERITY OF THE DROUGHT. DESPITE THE HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE END
OF AUGUST, DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE STILL IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF NEW
ENGLAND TO END SUMMER WITH GRAY AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN MODERATE TO
SEVERE DROUGHT.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SUMMER WAS 69.3 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.1
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE SECOND
WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 2021 ALONG WITH 2016 AND 1999 WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 69.2 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 65.5
DEGREES IN 2009 AND IN 2000. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST
SUMMERS ON RECORD AT GRAY.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER (SINCE 1996)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     69.3  2022  <===
2     69.2  2021
      69.2  2016
      69.2  1999
5     69.1  2001

A TOTAL OF 9.60 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 2.70 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST SUMMER WAS IN 1999 WHEN ONLY 6.92 INCHES
FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 21.77 INCHES IN 2009.

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