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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
434 PM EST THU DEC 08 2022

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM
9/1/2022 TO 11/30/2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             96   09/09/2002
 LOW               3   11/22/2018
HIGHEST           82   09/10         86      -4       79
LOWEST            15   11/21         18      -3       17
AVG. MAXIMUM    60.1               58.1     2.0     59.6
AVG. MINIMUM    42.4               41.2     1.2     44.0
MEAN            51.2               49.6     1.6     51.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.4    -0.4        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                2.3    -1.3        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    19               22.3    -3.3       19
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       26.48   2005
TOTALS         17.46              14.39    3.07    15.20
DAILY AVG.      0.19               0.16    0.03     0.17
DAYS >= .01       31               32.9    -1.9       39
DAYS >= .10       24               20.1     3.9       24
DAYS >= .50       14                9.3     4.7        8
DAYS >= 1.00       7                4.3     2.7        6
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.38   10/13 TO 10/14               3.30

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          23.9   1997
TOTALS           1.6                4.4    -2.8      0.4
SINCE 7/1        1.6                4.4    -2.8      0.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0
DAYS >= TRACE      7                2.5     4.5        7
DAYS >= 1.0        1                1.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        1   11/16                           T
 24 HR TOTAL     1.2   11/16                         0.4

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1261               1436    -175     1202
 SINCE 7/1      1264               1471    -207     1250
COOLING TOTAL     34                 38      -4       26
 SINCE 1/1       584                395     189      536
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-  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
3.49 INCHES OF RAIN THE NIGHT OF THE 13TH THROUGH THE 14TH AND
ANOTHER SYSTEM BRINGING 1.47 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 17TH INTO THE
18TH. THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE FALL SEASON OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 29TH
WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE REACHED 31 DEGREES. 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 THIS WARM PERIOD THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN GRAY ECLIPSED
THE 70 DEGREE MARK FIVE TIMES WITH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER
RECORDED IN NOVEMBER OCCURRING ON NOVEMBER 5TH WHEN THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE REACHED 76 DEGREES. 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. ONE OF THESE FRONTAL
SYSTEMS BROUGHT THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON WHEN 1.3
INCHES FELL NOVEMBER 16TH INTO THE 17TH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 51.2 DEGREES, WHICH
WAS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2017
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 53.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 47.2
DEGREES IN 2018.

A TOTAL OF 17.46 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.07 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON OCTOBER 13TH INTO
THE 14TH WHEN A STORM TOTAL OF 3.49 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE WETTEST
FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2005 WHEN 26.48 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.
THE DRIEST WAS 8.91 INCHES IN 2001.

A TOTAL OF 1.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 2.8 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. ALL OF THIS SNOW FELL IN NOVEMBER WITH THE MAJORITY
OCCURRING ON NOVEMBER 16TH INTO THE 17TH WHEN 1.3 INCHES WAS
MEASURED. FALL SNOWFALL IS OFTEN HIT OR MISS. IN THE 28-YEAR HISTORY
OF OBSERVATIONS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY THERE
HAVE BEEN 4 YEARS WHICH RECORDED ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW IN FALL, MOST
RECENTLY IN 2006. THE SNOWIEST FALL WAS IN 1997 WHEN 23.9 INCHES
FELL.

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