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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
416 AM EDT TUE AUG 01 2023

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             99   07/14/1952
                       07/13/1952
 LOW              43   07/07/1965
HIGHEST           92   07/06         91       1       92  07/23
                                                          07/24
LOWEST            56   07/30         52       4       55  07/07
                                                          07/10
AVG. MAXIMUM    81.5               79.9     1.6     84.5
AVG. MINIMUM    65.1               60.3     4.8     62.5
MEAN            73.3               70.1     3.2     73.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                1.8    -0.8        4
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        8.67   1996
 MINIMUM        0.45   1989
TOTALS          5.14               3.20    1.94     3.17
DAILY AVG.      0.17               0.10    0.07     0.10
DAYS >= .01       15               12.2     2.8        9
DAYS >= .10        8                6.8     1.2        6
DAYS >= .50        3                1.8     1.2        2
DAYS >= 1.00       2                0.6     1.4        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.22   07/02 TO 07/03


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                 13     -13        0
 SINCE 7/1         0                  5      -5        0
COOLING TOTAL    266                171      95      272
 SINCE 1/1       351                248     103      372
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              4.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    20/280    DATE  07/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    31/270    DATE  07/12

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.47

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     78

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              7     HEAVY RAIN                 6
RAIN                      8     LIGHT RAIN                16
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     FOG                       24
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    11     HAZE                       2

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

&&

THE NAO REMAINED DEEP INTO NEGATIVE TERRITORY THROUGH THE FIRST TWO
WEEKS OF JULY ALLOWING FOR THE THEME OF WET, CLOUDY, AND OFTEN FOGGY
WEATHER TO CONTINUE IN THE AUGUSTA AREA. A BLOCKING RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE NEAR LABRADOR, CANADA INHIBITED THE ABILITY FOR INCOMING
FRONTAL SYSTEMS TO SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. INSTEAD, THESE
FRONTS OFTEN STALLED OVER THE AREA PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL EVENTS AND ALLOWED FOR HUMID AIRMASSES TO BECOME ENTRENCHED
ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN OF MAINE. DURING THE SECOND HALF OF JULY THE
NAO TRENDED TOWARDS NEUTRAL AS THE BLOCKING RIDGE WEAKENED AND
SHIFTED EAST. HOWEVER, BROAD TROUGHING CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHEAST
THROUGH MUCH OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH, ONLY DURING THIS TIME
FRONTS WERE ABLE TO MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA LEAVING A FEW
DAYS OF DRY WEATHER IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS. THE HUMID AIRMASSES LIMITED
THE AUGUSTA AREA TO COOL OFF AT NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES STAYING
ABOVE 60 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. AT THE END OF THE MONTH A
SERIES OF COLD FRONTS CROSSED THE AREA BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIR
ALLOWING FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE TO DROP INTO THE 50S THE LAST THREE
NIGHTS OF THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 73.3 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 5TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. THE
WARMEST JULY ON RECORD WAS IN 1952 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
75.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1962 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 64.7 DEGREES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST JULYS ON
RECORD AT AUGUSTA.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN JULY (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     75.0  1952
2     74.1  1999
3     73.9  1973
4     73.5  2022
5     73.3  2023  <===
6     73.0  1971
7     72.7  2019
8     72.5  2010
      72.5  1994
10    72.4  1955

A TOTAL OF 5.14 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.94 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 2ND INTO THE
3RD WHEN 1.22 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST JULY ON RECORD WAS IN 1996
WHEN 8.67 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.45 INCHES IN 1989.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN JULY 2023...
DATE    RECORD                                 PREVIOUS
JUL   2  1.18  - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        0.85 IN 1986
JUL  16   71   - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE       70 IN 2013 AND OTHERS
JUL  29  0.93  - GREATEST PRECIPITATION        0.93 IN 1981 (TIED)

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