Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS51 KGYX 060416 CLAAUG PWMCLAAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 060102 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 802 PM EST WED JAN 05 2022 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 08/05/1955 LOW -23 02/02/1962 HIGHEST 94 06/28 93 1 94 06/20 06/29 06/30 LOWEST -3 01/31 -10 7 -9 02/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.2 55.3 1.9 56.6 AVG. MINIMUM 39.8 37.0 2.8 38.7 MEAN 48.5 46.1 2.4 47.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 9 4.9 4.1 5 DAYS MAX <= 32 50 56.6 -6.6 35 DAYS MIN <= 32 131 146.7 -15.7 150 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 10.0 -9.0 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 57.31 2005 MINIMUM 25.79 2001 TOTALS 35.48 41.84 -6.36 43.33 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.11 -0.01 0.12 DAYS >= .01 138 137.3 0.7 122 DAYS >= .10 71 78.8 -7.8 71 DAYS >= .50 21 26.4 -5.4 29 DAYS >= 1.00 7 9.2 -2.2 12 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.78 10/30 TO 10/31 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6382 7278 -896 6803 SINCE 7/1 2234 2667 -433 2452 COOLING TOTAL 542 428 114 581 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/300 DATE 03/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/310 DATE 03/02 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 19 HEAVY RAIN 28 RAIN 50 LIGHT RAIN 140 FREEZING RAIN 4 LT FREEZING RAIN 12 HEAVY SNOW 5 SNOW 13 LIGHT SNOW 46 FOG 186 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 59 HAZE 38 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE YEAR BEGAN WITH MILD WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF JANUARY. ALTHOUGH JANUARY STARTED MILD THE JANUARY THAW ARRIVED ON 16TH WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 43 DEGREES WITH 1.22 INCHES OF RAIN. CONDITIONS TURNED COLDER THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY WITH MORE FREQUENT COLD IN FEBRUARY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR WAS THREE DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON JANUARY 31ST. MARCH FEATURED LARGE TEMPERATURE SWINGS BETWEEN ABOVE NORMAL TO WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. THE SECOND HALF OF MARCH TURNED MILD AND THROUGH THE REST OF SPRING TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE FIRST 70 DEGREE DAY ARRIVED ON APRIL 10TH WITH A HIGH OF 78 DEGREES AND THE LAST FREEZE WAS ON APRIL 22ND. THE WARM AND DRY SPRING LED TO LITTLE IN THE WAY OF THE TRADITIONAL MUD SEASON ALONG WITH A RESURGENCE IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. AFTER A HIGH OF 92 DEGREES ON MAY 26TH THE WARM AND DRY WEATHER PATTERN WAS INTERRUPTED BY COOL AND RAINY CONDITIONS OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES REBOUNDED QUICKLY GOING INTO JUNE. THERE WERE TWO HEAT WAVES IN JUNE WITH THE FIRST ONE OCCURRING FROM JUNE 5TH TO THE 9TH WHEN HIGHS WERE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. THE HEAT BACKED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE, BUT CAME BACK AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR THE HOTTEST WEATHER OF THE YEAR WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 94 DEGREES ON JUNE 28TH, 29TH, AND 30TH. THE HOT AND DRY WEATHER TOOK QUITE THE TURN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION GOING INTO JULY. THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND WAS COOL AND VERY WET WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DID NOT GET ABOVE 64 DEGREES FOR THREE STRAIGHT DAYS. THE COOLEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND WAS JULY 4TH WITH A HIGH OF ONLY 57 DEGREES ALONG WITH 1.18 INCHES OF RAIN. THE COOL AND RAINY HOLIDAY WEEKEND WAS FOLLOWED BY THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ELSA BRINGING 2.39 INCHES OF RAIN ON JULY 9TH. WET AND COOL WEATHER WOULD END UP BEING THE THEME FOR JULY HELPING TO REDUCE THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT SET IN OVER THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER. THE WEATHER PATTERN THAT BROUGHT COOL AND WET CONDITIONS IN JULY BROKE DOWN GOING INTO AUGUST. THERE WERE TWO PERIODS OF SUMMER HEAT WITH MULTIPLE DAYS INTO THE UPPER 80S TO 90 DEGREES ALONG WITH EXTENDED PERIODS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. THE EXTENDED DRY PERIODS WERE INTERRUPTED BY THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FRED THAT BROUGHT 0.67 INCHES OF RAIN ON AUGUST 19TH. THE WEATHER TURNED MORE ACTIVE INTO SEPTEMBER WITH THE THEME FOR THE FALL BEING WARM AND WET CONDITIONS. THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA BROUGHT ALMOST AN INCH OF RAIN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AND 2ND, CONTINUING THE TREND OF POST TROPICAL SYSTEMS BRINGING HEAVY BOUTS OF RAIN TO THE AREA. MILD AND RELATIVELY DRY WEATHER DOMINATED THE FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER. GOING INTO THE END OF OCTOBER THE PATTERN CHANGED FAVORING NOR`EASTERS. A STRONG NOR`EASTER BROUGHT RAIN AND WINDS ON OCTOBER 27TH FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SYSTEM BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER HALLOWEEN WEEKEND. THE SYSTEM OVER HALLOWEEN WEEKEND BROUGHT THE GREATEST STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF THE YEAR WITH 2.82 INCHES ON OCTOBER 30TH AND 31ST. MILD CONDITIONS CONTINUED INTO NOVEMBER WITH THE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO 60 DEGREES OR GREATER TWICE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. THE FIRST FREEZE DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL NOVEMBER 3RD MAKING THIS THE SECOND LATEST FREEZE ON RECORD. COOLER WEATHER FINALLY ARRIVED AROUND THANKSGIVING LASTING THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER. THE FIRST HALF OF DECEMBER FEATURED SOME LARGE SWINGS IN TEMPERATURES WITH MORE PERSISTENT COLD SETTLING INTO THE AREA THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH. WITH THIS COLDER AIR CAME SOME SNOW WITH SNOW FALLING ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 48.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 2ND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE WARMEST YEAR WAS IN 1999 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AS 49.3 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 42.8 DEGREES IN 1968. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR EACH MONTH OF 2021 INCLUDING DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BY MONTH IN 2021 MONTH MAXIMUM MINIMUM AVERAGE NOTES JANUARY 32.1 (+4.5) 19.1 (+8.1) 25.6 (+6.3) 5TH WARMEST FEBRUARY 31.0 (-0.8) 16.9 (+2.4) 23.9 (+0.7) MARCH 43.1 (+2.7) 23.8 (+0.4) 33.5 (+1.6) APRIL 56.6 (+3.5) 36.3 (+1.7) 46.4 (+2.5) MAY 67.5 (+1.7) 45.1 (+0.4) 56.3 (+1.0) JUNE 79.8 (+5.4) 57.6 (+3.5) 68.7 (+4.5) 2ND WARMEST JULY 74.2 (-5.7) 58.6 (-1.7) 66.4 (-3.7) 5TH COOLEST AUGUST 80.8 (+1.9) 63.3 (+4.5) 72.0 (+3.1) 2ND WARMEST SEPTEMBER 72.8 (+1.9) 55.7 (+4.7) 64.2 (+3.2) 6TH WARMEST OCTOBER 62.3 (+4.4) 46.5 (+6.1) 54.4 (+5.2) 3RD WARMEST NOVEMBER 48.6 (+2.9) 31.3 (+1.0) 39.9 (+1.9) DECEMBER 38.0 (+3.3) 23.2 (+3.4) 30.6 (+3.4) ANNUAL 57.2 (+1.9) 39.8 (+2.8) 48.5 (+2.4) 2ND WARMEST *NOTE THAT THE NWS BEGAN USING NEW 30-YEAR NORMAL VALUES IN MAY OF 2021. THE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL LISTED HERE IS THE DEPARTURE FROM THE NORMAL USED AT THE TIME. JANUARY THROUGH APRIL USES THE OLD NORMAL VALUES, WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND THE ANNUAL VALUES ARE REPORTED RELATIVE TO THE NEW 1991-2020 NORMALS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 48.5 DEGREES WAS THE 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD FOR AUGUSTA. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURES AT AUGUSTA. WARMEST ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1948)... RANK AVE YEAR 1 49.3 1999 2 48.5 2021 <=== 3 48.4 2010 4 47.9 1998 5 47.8 2006 6 47.7 2020 47.7 2012 8 47.5 1973 9 47.4 1953 10 47.2 2016 47.2 1990 47.2 1971 THE GROWING SEASON, AS DEFINED AS THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE FREEZING, LASTED FOR 196 DAYS IN 2021 FROM APRIL 22ND THROUGH NOVEMBER 3RD. THIS WAS 24 DAYS LONGER THAN THE NORMAL OF 172 DAYS. THE LONGEST GROWING SEASON WAS 201 DAYS IN 2017 AND 1968. THE SHORTEST GROWING SEASON WAS 117 DAYS LONG IN 1956. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR 2021 MONTH PRECIPITATION NOTES JANUARY 1.89 (-0.72) FEBRUARY 2.14 (-0.29) MARCH 1.95 (-1.42) APRIL 3.58 (-0.21) MAY 1.67 (-1.60) JUNE 0.70 (-3.31) 3RD DRIEST JULY 6.62 (+3.42) 5TH WETTEST AUGUST 1.12 (-2.29) 6TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER 6.14 (+2.24) OCTOBER 4.19 (-0.50) NOVEMBER 3.10 (-0.85) DECEMBER 2.38 (-1.06) ANNUAL 35.48 (-6.36) *NOTE THAT THE NWS BEGAN USING NEW 30-YEAR NORMAL VALUES IN MAY OF 2021. THE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL LISTED HERE IS THE DEPARTURE FROM THE NORMAL USED AT THE TIME. JANUARY THROUGH APRIL USES THE OLD NORMAL VALUES, WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND THE ANNUAL VALUES ARE REPORTED RELATIVE TO THE NEW 1991-2020 NORMALS. DAYS WITH AT LEAST 1.00 INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN 2021 DAY PRECIPITATION JANUARY 16 1.22 JULY 4 1.18 JULY 9 2.39 SEPTEMBER 24 1.06 SEPTEMBER 26 1.76 OCTOBER 31 2.10 NOVEMBER 12 1.57 THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN 2021... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS JAN 16 1.22 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.94 IN 1959 MAR 5 18 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 18 IN 2014, 1978 (TIED) MAR 15 18 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 20 IN 1993 MAR 26 43 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 43 IN 1953 (TIED) APR 8 66 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 66 IN 1991, 1981 (TIED) APR 9 67 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 65 IN 1981 APR 10 78 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 70 IN 2017 APR 12 44 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 44 IN 2017 (TIED) APR 22 36 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 37 IN 2020 MAY 26 92 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 88 IN 2010 MAY 31 55 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 56 IN 2005 JUN 4 61 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 59 IN 1960 JUN 6 89 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 85 IN 1968 AND OTHERS JUN 6 67 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 60 IN 2020, 1966 JUN 7 92 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 92 IN 1999 (TIED) JUN 7 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 61 IN 1999 JUN 24 48 - COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE 48 IN 1958 (TIED) JUN 28 94 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 93 IN 1991 JUN 29 94 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 IN 1997, 1965 JUN 29 72 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 71 IN 1999 JUN 30 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 1973 JUL 4 57 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 57 IN 1992 (TIED) JUL 4 1.18 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.18 IN 1973 (TIED) JUL 9 2.39 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.59 IN 1997 JUL 18 0.87 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.71 IN 1995 JUL 25 67 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 68 IN 2015, 1964 AUG 13 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 1984 AND OTHERS AUG 18 68 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 2009 AND OTHERS (TIED) AUG 19 68 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 2009, 1973 (TIED) AUG 20 69 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 67 IN 1971 AUG 24 69 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 68 IN 1972 AUG 25 70 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 70 IN 1972 (TIED) SEP 22 63 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 63 IN 1965 AND 1957 (TIED) SEP 23 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 64 IN 2019 (TIED) SEP 24 64 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 63 IN 2011 OCT 12 77 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 75 IN 1995, 1984, 1949 OCT 14 77 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 77 IN 2000 (TIED) NOV 12 1.57 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.96 IN 1995 DEC 16 33 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 33 IN 2011 AND OTHERS (TIED) $$ SCHROETER