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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1132 PM EST FRI DEC 01 2023

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...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM
9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           95   09/07         89       6       90  09/04
LOWEST            18   11/21         19      -1       16  11/21
AVG. MAXIMUM    64.1               62.2     1.9     64.7
AVG. MINIMUM    44.8               43.1     1.7     43.3
MEAN            54.5               52.7     1.8     54.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     3                1.1     1.9        1
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.7    -0.7        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    23               18.9     4.1       18
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS         10.08              11.08   -1.00    12.72
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.12   -0.01     0.14
DAYS >= .01       25               30.5    -5.5       18
DAYS >= .10       14               17.8    -3.8       13
DAYS >= .50        7                7.1    -0.1        8
DAYS >= 1.00       4                2.5     1.5        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.12   09/18

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS           1.6                                   T
SINCE 7/1        1.6                                   T
DAYS >= TRACE      4                                   4
DAYS >= 1.0        1                                   0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        1   11/22                           0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1088               1207    -119     1051
 SINCE 7/1      1089               1217    -128     1051
COOLING TOTAL    153                 84      69       70
 SINCE 1/1       813                773      40     1020
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/310    DATE  09/16
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/320    DATE  09/16

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.61

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     HEAVY RAIN                 7
RAIN                     12     LIGHT RAIN                31
FREEZING RAIN             1     LT FREEZING RAIN           1
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                5     FOG                       41
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     8     HAZE                       6

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

&&

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 54.5 DEGREES, WHICH
WAS 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2017
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 55.7 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 46.9
DEGREES IN 1936.

A TOTAL OF 10.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.00 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 1914 WHEN 3.26 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST 19.45 INCHES IN 2018. INCLUDED IN
THE 10.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS 1.6 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL
IN FALL.

HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885, BUT WITHIN THIS
RECORD THERE REMAIN NUMEROUS YEARS OF UNAVAILABLE DATA. DUE TO THIS,
HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AS SOME
SIGNIFICANT EXTREMES MAY BE MISSING FROM THE DATA. MORE CONSISTENT
MODERN RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998 AND CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT.

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