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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
244 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             99   07/22/2011
 LOW             -17   02/04/2023
HIGHEST           90   05/28         93      -3       94
LOWEST           -17R  02/04         -7     -10       -9
AVG. MAXIMUM    56.1               55.1     1.0     57.0
AVG. MINIMUM    40.3               37.6     2.7     38.6
MEAN            48.2               46.3     1.9     47.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                4.7    -3.7        5
DAYS MAX <= 32    36               51.7   -15.7       51
DAYS MIN <= 32   141              143.8    -2.8      129
DAYS MIN <= 0      3                7.1    -4.1        9

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       71.90   2005
TOTALS         59.95              50.14    9.81    45.50
DAILY AVG.      0.16               0.14    0.02     0.12
DAYS >= .01      145              139.8     5.2      129
DAYS >= .10       93               84.4     8.6       85
DAYS >= .50       38               33.2     4.8       29
DAYS >= 1.00      17               13.1     3.9       11
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.74   12/17 TO 12/18               3.38

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL         125.2   2008
TOTALS          77.1               84.0    -6.9     41.1
SINCE 7/1        4.6               22.1   -17.5      8.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     3
DAYS >= TRACE     54               35.0               55
DAYS >= 1.0       18               19.9    -1.9       12
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       25   03/05                          12
 24 HR TOTAL    11.6   01/22 TO 01/23                8.1

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   6420               7163    -743     6715
 SINCE 7/1      2294               2613    -319     2318
COOLING TOTAL    429                396      33      584

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     09/29/2000
 LATEST       05/11/2010
EARLIEST                        10/31
LATEST                          04/10
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-  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 48.2 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 1.9
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2010 WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 48.9 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 45.1
DEGREES IN 1997.

A TOTAL OF 59.95 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 9.81 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2005 WHEN 71.90
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 34.77 INCHES IN 2001.

A TOTAL OF 77.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 6.9 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THE LEAST SNOWY YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2006 WHEN ONLY 34.0
INCHES FELL. THE MOST SNOW OCCURRED IN 2008 WHEN 125.3 INCHES FELL.

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