Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
000 CXUS51 KGYX 032051 CLSGYX PWMCLMGYX 000 TTAA00 KGYX 021609 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 451 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2019 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM 6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 07/22/2011 LOW 37 06/01/2009 HIGHEST 91 07/21 93 -2 92 07/06 LOWEST 42 06/04 44 -2 43 AVG. MAXIMUM 77.6 77.2 0.4 77.7 AVG. MINIMUM 58.5 57.5 1.0 58.9 MEAN 68.0 67.4 0.6 68.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 4.1 -1.1 3 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 21.77 2009 TOTALS 13.16 12.19 0.97 12.01 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.13 0.01 0.13 DAYS >= .01 33 37.1 -4.1 37 DAYS >= .10 22 21.6 0.4 19 DAYS >= .50 9 7.8 1.2 8 DAYS >= 1.00 5 3.0 2.0 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.02 08/28 TO 08/29 2.19 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 101 130 -29 116 SINCE 7/1 11 36 -25 11 COOLING TOTAL 406 349 57 441 SINCE 1/1 406 359 47 451 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && JUNE BEGAN WITH MUCH THE SAME WEATHER PATTERN THAT DOMINATED SPRING. AN ACTIVE JET STREAM BROUGHT FREQUENT STORM SYSTEMS NEAR THE AREA BRINGING MORE RAIN EVERY FEW DAYS. THE FREQUENT CLOUDS AND RAIN KEPT TEMPERATURES COOL UNTIL THE PATTERN FINALLY BEGAN TO SHIFT IN LATE JUNE WITH WARMER SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER ARRIVING. THIS WARMER WEATHER GRADUALLY BUILT THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF JULY, PEAKING AT 91 DEGREES ON JULY 6. A COLD FRONT BROUGHT TEMPERATURES BACK TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO BEFORE THE HEAT BEGAN TO BUILD AGAIN. THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED 90 DEGREES AGAIN ON JULY 20 AND 21 BEFORE THE NEXT COLD FRONT KNOCKED THE TEMPERATURE BACK AGAIN FOR THE NEXT WEEK. ONE FINAL STRETCH OF WARM WEATHER ARRIVED IN LATE JULY BUT GRADUALLY FADED IN THE FIRST PART OF AUGUST. SEVERAL COOL, DRY CANADIAN AIR MASSES MOVED INTO THE REGION. JUST AS THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WOULD BUILD AGAIN, ANOTHER COLD FRONT WOULD BRING THUNDERSTORMS AND A FRESH SUPPLY OF COOL, DRY AIR FROM CANADA. A WARM FRONT WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM DISTANT OFFSHORE TROPICAL STORM ERIN BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 28 AND 29 WITH MORE THAN 2 INCHES FALLING, THE HEAVIEST OF THE SUMMER. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 68.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BUT THE COOLEST SUMMER SINCE 2015. THE WARMEST SUMMER WAS 69.2 DEGREES IN 2016 AND 1999. THE COOLEST WAS 65.5 DEGREES IN 2009. A TOTAL OF 13.16 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WHICH WAS 0.97 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN CAME ON AUGUST 28 AND 29 WHEN 2.02 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST SUMMER WAS IN 2009 WHEN 21.77 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST WAS IN 1999 WITH ONLY 6.92 INCHES. $$ KIMBLE