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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1132 PM EST FRI DEC 01 2023

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...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM
9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             96   09/09/2002
 LOW               3   11/22/2018
HIGHEST           88   09/05         86       2       82
LOWEST            17   11/25         18      -1       15
AVG. MAXIMUM    59.0               58.1     0.9     60.1
AVG. MINIMUM    43.8               41.2     2.6     42.4
MEAN            51.4               49.6     1.8     51.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.4    -0.4        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     3                2.3     0.7        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    25               22.3     2.7       19
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       26.48   2005
TOTALS         10.56              14.39   -3.83    17.46
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.16   -0.05     0.19
DAYS >= .01       24               32.9    -8.9       31
DAYS >= .10       16               20.1    -4.1       24
DAYS >= .50        8                9.3    -1.3       14
DAYS >= 1.00       3                4.3    -1.3        7
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.27   09/18 TO 09/19               3.38

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          23.9   1997
TOTALS           0.1                4.4    -4.3      1.6
SINCE 7/1        0.1                4.4    -4.3      1.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0
DAYS >= TRACE      6                2.5     3.5        7
DAYS >= 1.0        0                1.1    -1.1        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   1
 24 HR TOTAL     0.1   11/22                         1.6

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1290               1436    -146     1261
 SINCE 7/1      1302               1471    -169     1264
COOLING TOTAL     82                 38      44       34
 SINCE 1/1       429                395      34      584
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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 FALL SEASON WAS 51.4 DEGREES, WHICH
WAS 1.8 DEGREES WARMER 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 10.56 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.83 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON SEPTEMBER 18TH INTO
THE 19TH WHEN A STORM TOTAL OF 2.27 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST
FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2001 WHEN ONLY 8.91 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST
WAS 26.48 INCHES IN 2005.

A TOTAL OF 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 4.3 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. ALL OF THIS SNOW FELL ON THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER. SNOW IN FALL
IS OFTEN HIT OR MISS. IN THE 29 YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS AT
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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