Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 011027 CLMAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 010816 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 416 AM EDT TUE AUG 01 2023 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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 99 07/14/1952 07/13/1952 LOW 43 07/07/1965 HIGHEST 92 07/06 91 1 92 07/23 07/24 LOWEST 56 07/30 52 4 55 07/07 07/10 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.5 79.9 1.6 84.5 AVG. MINIMUM 65.1 60.3 4.8 62.5 MEAN 73.3 70.1 3.2 73.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 1.8 -0.8 4 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 8.67 1996 MINIMUM 0.45 1989 TOTALS 5.14 3.20 1.94 3.17 DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.10 0.07 0.10 DAYS >= .01 15 12.2 2.8 9 DAYS >= .10 8 6.8 1.2 6 DAYS >= .50 3 1.8 1.2 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.6 1.4 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.22 07/02 TO 07/03 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 13 -13 0 SINCE 7/1 0 5 -5 0 COOLING TOTAL 266 171 95 272 SINCE 1/1 351 248 103 372 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 20/280 DATE 07/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 31/270 DATE 07/12 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 FOG 24 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE NAO REMAINED DEEP INTO NEGATIVE TERRITORY THROUGH THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JULY ALLOWING FOR THE THEME OF WET, CLOUDY, AND OFTEN FOGGY WEATHER TO CONTINUE IN THE AUGUSTA AREA. A BLOCKING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NEAR LABRADOR, CANADA INHIBITED THE ABILITY FOR INCOMING FRONTAL SYSTEMS TO SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. INSTEAD, THESE FRONTS OFTEN STALLED OVER THE AREA PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS AND ALLOWED FOR HUMID AIRMASSES TO BECOME ENTRENCHED ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN OF MAINE. DURING THE SECOND HALF OF JULY THE NAO TRENDED TOWARDS NEUTRAL AS THE BLOCKING RIDGE WEAKENED AND SHIFTED EAST. HOWEVER, BROAD TROUGHING CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH, ONLY DURING THIS TIME FRONTS WERE ABLE TO MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA LEAVING A FEW DAYS OF DRY WEATHER IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS. THE HUMID AIRMASSES LIMITED THE AUGUSTA AREA TO COOL OFF AT NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES STAYING ABOVE 60 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. AT THE END OF THE MONTH A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS CROSSED THE AREA BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIR ALLOWING FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE TO DROP INTO THE 50S THE LAST THREE NIGHTS OF THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 73.3 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 5TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. THE WARMEST JULY ON RECORD WAS IN 1952 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 75.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1962 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 64.7 DEGREES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST JULYS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN JULY (SINCE 1948)... RANK TEMP YEAR 1 75.0 1952 2 74.1 1999 3 73.9 1973 4 73.5 2022 5 73.3 2023 <=== 6 73.0 1971 7 72.7 2019 8 72.5 2010 72.5 1994 10 72.4 1955 A TOTAL OF 5.14 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.94 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 2ND INTO THE 3RD WHEN 1.22 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST JULY ON RECORD WAS IN 1996 WHEN 8.67 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 0.45 INCHES IN 1989. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN JULY 2023... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS JUL 2 1.18 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.85 IN 1986 JUL 16 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2013 AND OTHERS JUL 29 0.93 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.93 IN 1981 (TIED) $$ DS