Climatological Report (Seasonal)
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
100 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2020

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM
6/1/2020 TO 8/31/2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              99   07/22/2011
 LOW               37   06/01/2009
HIGHEST            92   06/20        93      -1       91
LOWEST             37R  06/01        44      -7       42
AVG. MAXIMUM     78.0              77.2     0.8     77.6
AVG. MINIMUM     59.7              57.5     2.2     58.5
MEAN             68.9              67.4     1.5     68.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      5               4.1     0.9        3
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        21.77   2009
TOTALS          12.83             12.19    0.64    13.16
DAILY AVG.       0.14              0.13    0.01     0.14
DAYS >= .01        28              37.1    -9.1       33
DAYS >= .10        17              21.6    -4.6       22
DAYS >= .50         7               7.8    -0.8        9
DAYS >= 1.00        3               3.0     0.0        5
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    3.77   06/29                       2.02

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            0.0
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1         0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0
DAYS >= TRACE       0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0                                  0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0                                0.0

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     111               130     -19      101
 SINCE 7/1         40                36       4       11
COOLING TOTAL     491               349     142      406
 SINCE 1/1        521               359     162      406
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE SUMMER MONTHS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY
WERE CHARACTERIZED BY VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS AND BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT HOW SUMMER BEGAN AS THE
LOW TEMPERATURE ON JUNE 1 WAS 37 DEGREES, THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE
OBSERVED AT GRAY IN THE MONTH OF JUNE IN ITS SHORT 25-YEAR HISTORY
OF OBSERVATIONS. WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS ARRIVED TOWARD THE
MIDDLE OF JUNE, PEAKING AT 92 DEGREES ON JUNE 20. A PROLONGED
STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER BEGAN IN MID-MAY AND EXTENDED UNTIL THE LAST
THREE DAYS OF JUNE WHEN NEARLY 5 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. MORE
FREQUENT RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST PART OF JULY, INCLUDING
OBSERVED PRECIPITATION ON 15 OF THE FIRST 17 DAYS OF THE MONTH, TO
HELP EASE THE ONGOING DROUGHT. IN FACT, GRAY HAD ITS WETTEST JULY
SINCE 2014, DESPITE DRIER CONDITIONS RETURNING FOR THE LATTER HALF
OF THE MONTH. AFTER A COOL START TO JULY, THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY
BEGAN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION AND PERSISTED THROUGH THE END OF THE
MONTH. THE WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUED THROUGH THE FIRST
HALF OF AUGUST, BUT A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS FINALLY BROUGHT COOLER
AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS FOR THE LATTER HALF. HOWEVER, THE ONGOING
DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSISTED AS GRAY SAW ITS DRIEST AUGUST SINCE
2010.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 68.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS
1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SUMMER WAS 69.2 DEGREES IN
2016 AND 1999. THE COOLEST WAS 65.5 DEGREES IN 2009 AND 2000.

A TOTAL OF 12.83 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WHICH WAS 0.64 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL AT THE END OF JUNE WHEN 4.89 INCHES
WAS RECORDED FROM JUNE 28 THROUGH JUNE 30. THE WETTEST SUMMER WAS IN
2009 WHEN 21.77 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1999 WITH ONLY 6.92
INCHES.

$$

KIMBLE/WATSON


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