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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1257 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024

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...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           64   12/18         59       5
LOWEST            17   12/23          5      12
AVG. MAXIMUM    46.0               39.3     6.7
AVG. MINIMUM    31.1               23.5     7.6
MEAN            38.5               31.4     7.1
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                7.7    -6.7
DAYS MIN <= 32    16               25.8    -9.8
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.4    -0.4

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS          7.80R              3.29    4.51
DAILY AVG.      0.25               0.11    0.14
DAYS >= .01       13               10.7     2.3
DAYS >= .10        8                6.3     1.7
DAYS >= .50        6                2.3     3.7
DAYS >= 1.00       2                0.4     1.6
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.66   12/17 TO 12/18

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS             T
SINCE 7/1        1.6
DAYS >= TRACE      2
DAYS >= 1.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    813               1042    -229      949
 SINCE 7/1      1902               2258    -356     2000
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1       813                773      40     1020
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/130    DATE  12/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    50/140    DATE  12/18

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     71

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               15     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                2     SLEET                      0
FOG                      16     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      6
HAZE                      2

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 38.5 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
7.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SECOND WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.
THE WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD WAS IN 2015 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 40.6 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 18.5 DEGREES IN 1890.

A TOTAL OF 7.80 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 4.51 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. ONLY A TRACE OF
SNOW WAS RECORDED AT MANCHESTER FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. THE
SECOND WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD WAS IN 1936 WHEN 7.30 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.62 INCHES IN 1943.

HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885, BUT WITHIN THIS
RECORD THERE REMAIN NUMEROUS YEARS OF UNAVAILABLE DATA. DUE TO THIS,
HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AS SOME
SIGNIFICANT EXTREMES MAY BE MISSING FROM THE DATA. MORE CONSISTENT
MODERN RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998 AND CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT.

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