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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
407 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2020

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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              91   04/28/2009
 LOW               15   04/04/2016
HIGHEST            59   04/19        79     -20       71
LOWEST             27   04/23        26       1       23
                        04/17
AVG. MAXIMUM     50.1              53.6    -3.5     52.0
AVG. MINIMUM     33.5              34.9    -1.4     35.1
MEAN             41.8              44.3    -2.5     43.6
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.3    -0.3        1
DAYS MIN <= 32     14               9.6     4.4       10
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        10.62   2005
 MINIMUM         0.35   1999
TOTALS           5.61              4.38    1.23     5.06
DAILY AVG.       0.19              0.15    0.04     0.17
DAYS >= .01         9              11.1    -2.1       19
DAYS >= .10         6               6.7    -0.7       12
DAYS >= .50         5               2.9     2.1        5
DAYS >= 1.00        3               1.2     1.8        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.67   04/02 TO 04/03

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           27.2   2007
TOTALS            6.8               4.8     2.0      5.0
SINCE 7/1        68.9              83.8   -14.9     79.1
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0
DAYS >= TRACE       8               2.2     5.8        6
DAYS >= 1.0         1               1.0     0.0        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         5   04/10                          5
 24 HR TOTAL      6.8   04/09

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     689               624      65      637
 SINCE 7/1       6543              6775    -232     7093
COOLING TOTAL       0                 1      -1        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 1      -1        0
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

APRIL BEGAN WITH A STRETCH OF MILD WEATHER. A STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT
NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON APRIL 2 AND 3. THE NEXT ONE BROUGHT RAIN
CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW AS THE TEMPERATURE COOLED ON APRIL 9.
MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW BROUGHT DOWN TREE LIMBS AND
CAUSED POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF COOL WEATHER,
MILD WEATHER AND RAIN RETURNED WITH MORE THAN AN INCH FALLING ON THE
13TH. THE COOL WEATHER QUICKLY RETURNED AND LASTED FOR THE REST OF
THE MONTH. A SHIFT IN THE JET STREAM PATTERN FAVORED PERSISTENT
TROUGHS OVER THE EASTERN US WHICH KEPT COOL WEATHER IN PLACE ALONG
WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 41.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.8
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COOLEST APRIL WAS IN 2018 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 40.9 DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS IN 2010 WHEN IT WAS
49.0 DEGREES. THE COOL CONDITIONS IN 2020 WERE MOST NOTABLE IN
DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WHICH WERE 3.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE WHOLE MONTH WAS ONLY 59 DEGREES ON THE
19TH. THIS WAS THE COOLEST MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL ON
RECORD. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE COOLEST MONTHLY HIGH
TEMPERATURES FOR APRIL.

MAXIMUM APRIL TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1995)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1      59   2020  <===
2      66   1999
3      69   2015
       69   2014
       69   1997

A TOTAL OF 5.61 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.23 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE APRIL WITH MORE THAN 5 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS ON APRIL 2 AND 3
WHEN 1.96 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST APRIL WAS IN 2005 WHEN 10.62
INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1999 WITH ONLY 0.35 INCHES.

THERE WAS 6.8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 2.0 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
ALL OF THIS SNOW FELL ON APRIL 9. SNOWFALL IN APRIL IS COMMON BUT
INCONSISTENT. THE SNOWIEST WAS IN 2007 WHEN 27.2 INCHES FELL. NO
SNOW FELL IN 1999. AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS RECORDED ONLY A TRACE OF
SNOWFALL IN APRIL, MOST RECENTLY IN 2009.

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