Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 021151 CCA CLMAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 021942 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 342 PM EDT SUN JUL 02 2023 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 06/19/1995 LOW 36 06/09/1955 HIGHEST 93 06/01 89 4 91 06/26 LOWEST 43 06/04 44 -1 44 06/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.1 74.4 -2.3 74.5 AVG. MINIMUM 54.7 54.1 0.6 54.4 MEAN 63.4 64.2 -0.8 64.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.0 1.0 2 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 10.32 1998 MINIMUM 0.48 1979 TOTALS 5.47 4.01 1.46 3.21 DAILY AVG. 0.18 0.13 0.05 0.11 DAYS >= .01 22 12.7 9.3 10 DAYS >= .10 12 7.3 4.7 9 DAYS >= .50 4 2.7 1.3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.31 06/16 TO 06/17 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 106 90 16 76 SINCE 7/1 6182 7280 -1098 6320 COOLING TOTAL 66 67 -1 65 SINCE 1/1 85 77 8 100 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/350 DATE 06/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/040 DATE 06/03 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 22 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 FOG 25 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && JUNE GLOOM WAS THE THEME FOR THE MONTH IN THE AUGUSTA AREA. THERE WERE 22 DAYS DURING THE MONTH THAT THE AUGUSTA AREA RECEIVED MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. WHEN IT WASN`T RAINING IT WAS OFTEN CLOUDY WITH THE FREQUENCY OF MID DAY OVERCAST SKIES NEARLY TWICE THAT AS THE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE 25 DAYS DURING THE MONTH WHEN FOG WAS REPORTED AT AUGUSTA. AS A RESULT, TEMPERATURES AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL MOSTLY DUE TO DAY TIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OFTEN BEING RELEGATED TO THE 60S WITH THREE DAYS WHERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DID NOT GET ABOVE 60 DEGREES. THE PRIMARY CULPRIT OF THIS DREARY WEATHER WAS A SERIES OF UPPER LOWS THAT SLOWLY MEANDERED THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. WITH JET STREAM WINDS WEAKER THAN NORMAL THESE UPPER LOWS WERE SLOW TO EXIT INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC. DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH THE HUMIDITY ALSO STARTED TO BUILD INTO NEW ENGLAND AND THIS INCREASE IN MOISTURE LED TO SEVERAL DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THESE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EVENTS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE FLASH FLOODING EVENTS IN MAINE, WHILE THE AUGUSTA AREA WAS GENERALLY SPARED FROM THESE EVENTS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 63.4 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 0.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COOLEST JUNE ON RECORD WAS IN 1968 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 59.1 DEGREES. THE WARMEST WAS 69.5 DEGREES IN 1999. A TOTAL OF 5.47 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.46 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON THE 16TH INTO THE 17TH FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED 1.31 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD WAS IN 1998 WHEN A TOTAL OF 10.32 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.48 INCHES IN 1979. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN JUNE 2023... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS JUNE 1 93 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 92 IN 2013 JUNE 2 91 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 86 IN 1990 JUNE 4 50 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURES 55 IN 2018 $$ DS