Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
434 PM EST THU DEC 08 2022
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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM
9/1/2022 TO 11/30/2022...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2022
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 96 09/09/2002
LOW 4 11/22/2018
11/27/1978
11/28/1951
HIGHEST 84 09/10 85 -1 81 09/18
09/12
LOWEST 18 11/21 16 2 19 11/30
AVG. MAXIMUM 61.7 58.2 3.5 61.2
AVG. MINIMUM 42.9 40.6 2.3 44.5
MEAN 52.3 49.4 2.9 52.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2.3 -2.3 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 20 23.8 -3.8 18
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 23.76 2005
MINIMUM 6.48 1984
TOTALS 15.60 12.54 3.06 13.43
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.14 0.03 0.15
DAYS >= .01 28 33.8 -5.8 39
DAYS >= .10 20 20.1 -0.1 25
DAYS >= .50 11 8.1 2.9 7
DAYS >= 1.00 6 3.3 2.7 4
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 3.31 10/13 TO 10/14
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1177 1463 -286 1129
SINCE 7/1 1178 1496 -318 1177
COOLING TOTAL 46 40 6 46
SINCE 1/1 656 427 229 542
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/150 DATE 10/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/150 DATE 10/14
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.36
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 HEAVY RAIN 12
RAIN 18 LIGHT RAIN 33
FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 2 FOG 51
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 23 HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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A COLD FRONT CROSSED NEW ENGLAND TO START THE FALL SEASON FOLLOWED
BY A FEW DAYS OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT WARM AND SUNNY DAYS AND
COOL NIGHTS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT TRACKED INTO NEW ENGLAND AND STALLED
OVER THE AREA WITH SEVERAL WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ALONG THE
FRONT BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. THIS WAS THEN
FOLLOWED BY A DRIER STRETCH OF WEATHER FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF
SEPTEMBER BEFORE ANOTHER STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY BROUGHT A
WIDESPREAD SOAKING RAINFALL EVENT ON THE 18TH AND 19TH. ANOTHER
FEATURE OF INTEREST DURING SEPTEMBER WAS TROPICAL STORM FIONA
PASSING WELL OFFSHORE ON SEPTEMBER 23RD AND 24TH BRINGING HIGH SURF
CONDITIONS TO AREA BEACHES. DURING OCTOBER A RIDGE IN THE JET STREAM
DEVELOPED OVER THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA WITH A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND ANOTHER RIDGE NEAR NEWFOUNDLAND.
THIS JET STREAM CONFIGURATION LED TO SEVERAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS
TRACKING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY ACROSS NEW ENGLAND BRINGING PERIODS OF
RAIN AND MULTIPLE TEMPERATURE SWINGS. THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER WAS
PARTICULARLY ACTIVE WITH ONE STORM SYSTEM BRINGING A STORM TOTAL
3.33 INCHES OF RAIN THE NIGHT OF THE 13TH THROUGH THE 14TH AND
ANOTHER SYSTEM BRINGING 1.63 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 17TH INTO THE
18TH. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT CROSSED THE MORNING OF THE 14TH ALSO
BROUGHT STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS THAT CAUSED TREE DAMAGE IN
YORK COUNTY WITH THE PEAK WIND MEASURED AT AUGUSTA REACHING 46 MPH.
THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE FALL SEASON OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 11TH WHEN
THE LOW TEMPERATURE REACHED 31 DEGREES AND WAS THREE DAYS EARLIER
THAN THE NORMAL FIRST FREEZE DATE OF OCTOBER 14TH. THE RELATIVELY
ACTIVE PATTERN TRANSITIONED TO A MILD AND DRY PATTERN TO CLOSE OUT
THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUED THROUGH EARLY
NOVEMBER ALONG WITH EXCEPTIONAL WARMTH THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK AND A
HALF. DURING THE FIRST 12 DAYS OF NOVEMBER THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 55.0 DEGREES AND WAS THE WARMEST 12 DAY STRETCH ON RECORD IN THE
MONTH OF NOVEMBER BEATING THE PREVIOUS WARMEST 12 DAY STRETCH IN
1975 BY 4 DEGREES. ALSO DURING THIS STRETCH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
EXCEEDED THE 70 DEGREE MARK FOUR TIMES. THE WARMEST DAY OF THIS
STRETCH WAS THE 5TH WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 76 DEGREES
SETTING A NEW ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THE
JET STREAM CONFIGURATION ACROSS NORTH AMERICA DURING THIS WARM
STRETCH CONSISTED OF A DEEP TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND AN
ANOMALOUS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND BROKE DOWN DURING THE
MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER LEADING TO TEMPERATURES TRENDING BELOW NORMAL
THROUGH THE END OF FALL WITH A COUPLE OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS CROSSING
THE AREA. A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA NOVEMBER ON 30TH
BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TOPPING OUT AT 45
MPH.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 52.3 DEGREES, WHICH
WAS 2.9 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL AND THE 4TH WARMEST FALL ON
RECORD. THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2021 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 52.9 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 45.2 DEGREES IN 1974.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST FALLS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA.
WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FALL (SINCE 1948)...
RANK TEMP YEAR
1 52.9 2021
2 52.6 2017
3 52.5 1999
4 52.3 2022 <===
5 52.0 1971
6 51.9 2011
7 51.6 1961
8 51.3 2016
51.3 2001
10 50.9 2015
THE FIRST FREEZE OF FALL OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 11TH WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE REACHED 31 DEGREES. THIS OCCURRED THREE DAYS EARLIER
THAN THE NORMAL FIRST FREEZE DATE OF OCTOBER 14TH.
A TOTAL OF 15.60 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.06 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 10TH WETTEST FALL ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FELL ON OCTOBER 13TH INTO THE 14TH WHEN A STORM TOTAL
OF 3.33 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST FALL ON RECORD WAS
IN 2005 WHEN 23.76 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 6.48
INCHES IN 1984.
THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN FALL 2022...
DATE RECORD PREVIOUS
SEP 12 67 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 66 IN 2013
SEP 22 1.75 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.37 IN 1983
OCT 14 61 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 57 IN 2011 AND 1970
OCT 14 3.21 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.02 IN 1978
OCT 18 56 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 56 IN 1967 (TIED)
OCT 26 61 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 52 IN 1971
NOV 5 76* - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 67 IN 1994 AND 1982
NOV 6 60 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 51 IN 1988
NOV 6 72 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 66 IN 2020
NOV 7 75 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 73 IN 2020
NOV 12 55 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 52 IN 1984
NOV 12 71 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 63 IN 2020
*THE RECORD HIGH OF 76 DEGREES ON THE 5TH WAS ALSO A NEW ALL TIME
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THE PREVIOUS ALL
TIME RECORD HIGH FOR NOVEMBER WAS 74 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 1990.
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