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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
747 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2020

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM
3/1/2020 TO 5/31/2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              95   05/18/2017
 LOW               -4   03/09/2007
                        03/07/2007
                        03/06/2007
HIGHEST            88   05/28        86       2       78
                        05/22
LOWEST             12   03/02         6       6        1
AVG. MAXIMUM     53.4              53.5    -0.1     50.7
AVG. MINIMUM     34.6              34.5     0.1     33.6
MEAN             44.0              44.0     0.0     42.2
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.5    -0.5        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      1               5.7    -4.7        5
DAYS MIN <= 32     40              36.1     3.9       37
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.5    -0.5        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        23.27   2005
TOTALS          10.54             12.45   -1.91    12.57
DAILY AVG.       0.12              0.14   -0.02     0.14
DAYS >= .01        26              36.1   -10.1       47
DAYS >= .10        17              22.2    -5.2       29
DAYS >= .50        10               8.8     1.2       11
DAYS >= 1.00        4               3.2     0.8        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.67   04/02 TO 04/03              1.86

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           58.8   2001
TOTALS           16.1              24.7    -8.6     18.4
SINCE 7/1        70.0              83.8   -13.8     79.1
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1
DAYS >= TRACE      17               8.4     8.6       17
DAYS >= 1.0         3               4.9    -1.9        6
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         7   03/24                         20
                        03/02
                        03/03
 24 HR TOTAL      7.6   03/23 TO 03/24               5.7

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1936              1940      -4     2085
 SINCE 7/1       6906              7098    -192     7487
COOLING TOTAL      30                11      19        0
 SINCE 1/1         30                11      19        0
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

AFTER A WINTER THAT WAS MOSTLY MILD, SPRING BEGAN WITH MORE MILD
WEATHER. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 66 DEGREES ON MARCH 9, A MARK NOT
REACHED AGAIN FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS. THE MILD WEATHER AND SOME RAIN
FINALLY MELTED THE LAST OF THE WINTER SNOW COVER BY THE MORNING OF
MARCH 21. BUT WINTER WASN`T QUITE DONE WITH US YET. A WINTER STORM
ON MARCH 23 AND 24 BROUGHT MORE THAN 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AS WE
ENTERED A STORMIER WEATHER PATTERN. MORE RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW FELL AT
THE END OF MARCH, WHILE NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON APRIL 2 AND
3. THE NEXT STORM BROUGHT RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW DURING
THE DAY ON APRIL 9, CAUSING POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA. JUST A FEW
DAYS LATER THE SNOW WAS ALL MELTED AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN FELL.
GRADUALLY THE PATTERN WAS SHIFTING TOWARD PERSISTENT TROUGHS IN THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES WHICH BROUGHT COOL CONDITIONS FOR NEW ENGLAND.
MUCH OF APRIL WAS BELOW NORMAL AS WELL AS THE FIRST PART OF MAY. IN
FACT, RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ON MAY 9 WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF SNOW
ACCUMULATING. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SNOW HAD BEEN MEASURED IN THE
MONTH OF MAY IN THE 24-YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY. GRADUALLY WARMER AIR WAS BUILDING
OVER THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY AND EVENTUALLY THIS WOULD SPILL INTO
NEW ENGLAND. THIS ARRIVED BRIEFLY AT FIRST WITH 79 DEGREES ON MAY 21
AND 88 DEGREES ON MAY 22. THEN, AFTER A BRIEF COOL DOWN, A LONGER
STRETCH OF SUMMER LIKE WARMTH CAME FOR THE END OF MAY. ANOTHER 4
STRAIGHT DAYS TOPPED 80 DEGREES.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS 44.0 DEGREES WHICH IS THE
NORMAL VALUE FOR SPRING. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN IT WAS
49.3 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 40.8 DEGREES IN 2014.

A TOTAL OF 10.54 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.91 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS ON APRIL 2 AND 3 WHEN
1.96 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 2015 WHEN ONLY
7.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2005
WITH 23.27 INCHES.

THERE WAS 16.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 8.6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL ON MARCH 23 AND 24 WHEN 7.6 INCHES WAS
MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST SPRING WAS IN 2001 WHEN 58.8 INCHES WAS
RECORDED. THE LEAST SNOWY WAS IN 2010 WITH ONLY 1.0 INCHES. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LATEST SNOWFALLS ON RECORD AT GRAY.

LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AT GRAY (SINCE 1996)...
RANK  SNOWFALL  DATE
1        1.1    MAY 9, 2020  <===
2        0.8    APRIL 29, 2002
3        4.2    APRIL 26, 2016
4        3.6    APRIL 25-26, 2002
5        0.7    APRIL 22, 2002
6        2.5    APRIL 21-22, 2000

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KIMBLE


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