Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
570 CXUS51 KGYX 011924 CLMMHT PWMCLMMHT 000 TTAA00 GYX 011623 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 0225 PM EST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 62 02/10 54 8 02/27 LOWEST 14 02/25 1 13 AVG. MAXIMUM 43.0 37.4 5.6 AVG. MINIMUM 23.6 19.0 4.6 MEAN 33.3 28.2 5.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 8.7 -8.7 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 25.9 0.1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.9 -0.9 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 0.58R 2.73 -2.15 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.10 -0.08 DAYS >= .01 5 9.5 -4.5 DAYS >= .10 3 5.9 -2.9 DAYS >= .50 0 1.8 -1.8 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.26 02/28 TO 02/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 1.7 SINCE 7/1 24.9 DAYS >= TRACE 10 DAYS >= 1.0 7 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 912 1030 -118 SINCE 7/1 3883 4575 -692 3878 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/310 DATE 02/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/290 DATE 02/14 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 33.3 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 5.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 2018 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 34.4 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 13.4 DEGREES IN 1934. A TOTAL OF 0.58 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 2.15 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2008 WHEN A TOTAL OF 7.83 INCHES WAS MEASURED. 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. $$ HAT