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

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

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              94   05/22/1992
 LOW              -11   03/01/1982
HIGHEST            88   05/22        85       3       75  05/20
LOWEST             12   03/02         3       9        4  03/08
AVG. MAXIMUM     53.6              52.9     0.7     50.2
AVG. MINIMUM     34.6              34.2     0.4     33.6
MEAN             44.1              43.5     0.6     41.9
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.4    -0.4        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      1               6.2    -5.2        7
DAYS MIN <= 32     38              36.8     1.2       38
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.6    -0.6        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        20.21   1983
 MINIMUM         4.57   1965
TOTALS           9.81             10.85   -1.04     9.96
DAILY AVG.       0.11              0.12   -0.01     0.11
DAYS >= .01        27              36.3    -9.3       43
DAYS >= .10        20              21.0    -1.0       24
DAYS >= .50         8               7.1     0.9        4
DAYS >= 1.00        3               2.1     0.9        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.78   04/13

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1930              1983     -53     2108
 SINCE 7/1       7003              7326    -323     7632
COOLING TOTAL      31                 9      22        0
 SINCE 1/1         31                 9      22        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/300    DATE  05/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/260    DATE  03/04

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     61

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

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THE SPRING BEGAN MUCH THE WAY THE WINTER HAD BEEN, WITH MOSTLY MILD
CONDITIONS  BRIEFLY PUNCTUATED BY COOLER WEATHER. THE TEMPERATURE
REACHED 61 ON MARCH 9, A MILESTONE THAT WOULD NOT BE REACHED AGAIN
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS SAW MORE FREQUENT WET AND
EVEN WINTRY WEATHER. MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FELL ON APRIL 2 AND
3. A WEEK LATER ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT MORE THAN AN INCH OF
PRECIPITATION AS RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ON APRIL 9. ANOTHER STORM
SYSTEM BROUGHT MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION ON APRIL 13.
THE WEATHER PATTERN HAD BEGUN A SHIFT TOWARD COOLER WEATHER WHICH
LASTED MOST OF THE MONTH OF APRIL. PERSISTENT TROUGHS OVER THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES KEPT A FLOW OF COOL AIR OUT OF CANADA. THIS
COOL WEATHER LASTED WELL INTO MAY, AND AUGUSTA EVEN REPORTED SNOW ON
MAY 9. GRADUALLY, THOUGH, WARMER WEATHER BEGAN TO BUILD OVER THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY AND EVENTUALLY THIS WOULD SPILL INTO NEW
ENGLAND. THE FIRST TASTE OF THIS WARMTH WAS ON MAY 21 AND 22 WHEN
AUGUSTA TOPPED 80 DEGREES BOTH DAYS. THEN A LONGER STRETCH OF SUMMER
LIKE WARMTH BEGAN AT THE END OF MAY WITH A FEW MORE 80 DEGREE DAYS.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 44.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.6
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 37.9 DEGREES
IN 1956.

A TOTAL OF 9.81 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.04 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS ON APRIL 13 WHEN 1.78
INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 1965 WHEN ONLY 4.57
INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 20.21 INCHES.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2020...
DATE    RECORD                               PREVIOUS
MAR 4   36   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       36 IN 1974 (TIED)
APR 9   1.15 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        0.87 IN 2000
APR 13  1.78 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        1.19 IN 2002
APR 22  37   - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE      38 IN 1989
MAY 1   0.76 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        0.62 IN 1974
MAY 29  65   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       61 IN 1987


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