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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
206 PM EST WED JAN 03 2024

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...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023...

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 DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            103   07/22/2011
 LOW             -20   02/13/1967
HIGHEST           95   06/02         97      -2       99  08/04
                       09/07
                                                          08/08
LOWEST           -12   02/04         -5      -7       -3  01/31
AVG. MAXIMUM    62.0               59.8     2.2     62.2
AVG. MINIMUM    42.6               40.4     2.2     41.6
MEAN            52.3               50.1     2.2     51.9
DAYS MAX >= 90    15               16.2    -1.2       31
DAYS MAX <= 32     8               34.1   -26.1       28
DAYS MIN <= 32   119              129.1   -10.1      115
DAYS MIN <= 0      2                3.9    -1.9        3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS         55.39              40.39   15.00    39.81
DAILY AVG.      0.15               0.11    0.04     0.11
DAYS >= .01      123              129.5    -6.5      105
DAYS >= .10       79               76.3     2.7       72
DAYS >= .50       29               26.5     2.5       23
DAYS >= 1.00      14                8.3     5.7        7
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.66   12/17 TO 12/18

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS          48.9                                42.2
SINCE 7/1        1.6                                 5.9
DAYS >= TRACE     41                                  33
DAYS >= 1.0        7                                   8
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       10   01/23 AND 03/23

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   5296               6172    -876     5656
 SINCE 7/1      1902               2258    -356     2000
COOLING TOTAL    813                773      40     1020
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/320    DATE  04/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    55/300    DATE  02/03

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.64

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     66

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             28     HEAVY RAIN                42
RAIN                     63     LIGHT RAIN               149
FREEZING RAIN             2     LT FREEZING RAIN           6
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       8
LIGHT SNOW               41     FOG                      172
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    30     HAZE                      42

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

&&

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 52.3 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2020 WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.5 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 45.2
DEGREES IN 1887.

A TOTAL OF 55.39 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 15.00
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS INCLUDES THE 48.9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE
WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 1954 WHEN 56.54 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 27.45 INCHES IN 2015.

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.

$$

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