Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
357 PM EDT TUE SEP 3 2019
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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM
6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2019
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 100 08/05/1955
LOW 36 06/09/1955
HIGHEST 92 07/21 93 -1 93 07/05
07/20 07/04
LOWEST 45 06/01 44 1 43 06/05
06/04
AVG. MAXIMUM 78.3 77.1 1.2 78.8
AVG. MINIMUM 58.3 57.6 0.7 58.6
MEAN 68.3 67.3 1.0 68.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 4 4.0 0.0 6
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 18.94 2009
MINIMUM 4.76 1949
TOTALS 11.28 10.29 0.99 8.83
DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.11 0.01 0.10
DAYS >= .01 36 34.9 1.1 32
DAYS >= .10 19 19.6 -0.6 20
DAYS >= .50 8 6.3 1.7 6
DAYS >= 1.00 3 2.1 0.9 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.74 08/28 TO 08/29
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 86 137 -51 109
SINCE 7/1 10 42 -32 4
COOLING TOTAL 424 348 76 479
SINCE 1/1 424 357 67 488
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/330 DATE 07/21
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/020 DATE 06/22
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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THE WEATHER PATTERN THAT BROUGHT COOL, WET WEATHER FOR MOST OF THE
SPRING CONTINUED INTO JUNE. AN ACTIVE JET STREAM KEPT NEW STORM
SYSTEMS TRACKING NEAR THE REGION EVERY FEW DAYS. WARMER WEATHER
BEGAN TO ARRIVE TOWARD THE END OF JUNE AND IN THE FIRST PART OF
JULY. THIS WARM PERIOD PEAKED WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES ON
JULY 6. A COLD FRONT THEN BROUGHT SOME COOLER WEATHER FOR A FEW
DAYS. HOT WEATHER RETURNED A FEW WEEKS LATER WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
REACHED 92 DEGREES ON JULY 20 AND 21 ALONG WITH HIGH HUMIDITY. A
COLD FRONT BROUGHT SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT FOR ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE
THE HOT WEATHER RETURNED AGAIN WITH ONE MORE 90 DEGREE DAY ON JULY
30. THE WARM AND HUMID WEATHER GRADUALLY FADED IN AUGUST AS SEVERAL
COLD FRONTS DROPPED OUT OF CANADA. JUST AS WARM AND HUMID AIR WOULD
RETURN, A NEW COLD FRONT WOULD BRING THUNDERSTORMS AND A FRESH ROUND
OF COOL, DRY AIR OUT OF CANADA. A WARM FRONT WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE
FROM DISTANT OFFSHORE TROPICAL STORM ERIN BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL THE
NIGHT OF AUGUST 28 INTO THE MORNING OF AUGUST 29. A TOTAL OF 1.74
INCHES FELL WHICH WAS THE MOST OF THE SUMMER.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 68.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS
1.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SUMMER WAS IN 1973 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 71.2 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1968 AT
63.7 DEGREES.
A TOTAL OF 11.28 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WHICH WAS 0.99 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN CAME ON AUGUST 28 AND 29 WHEN 1.74 INCHES
FELL. THE WETTEST SUMMER WAS IN 2009 WHEN 18.94 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
THE DRIEST WAS IN 1949 WHEN ONLY 4.76 INCHES WAS OBSERVED.
THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SUMMER 2019...
DATE RECORD PREVIOUS
JUN 20 1.56 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.52 IN 1949
JUL 21 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 71 IN 1980 (TIED)
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