Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
371 CXUS51 KGYX 031256 CLSMHT PWMCLSMHT 000 TTAA00 GYX 020432 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1132 PM EST FRI DEC 01 2023 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM 9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 95 09/07 89 6 90 09/04 LOWEST 18 11/21 19 -1 16 11/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.1 62.2 1.9 64.7 AVG. MINIMUM 44.8 43.1 1.7 43.3 MEAN 54.5 52.7 1.8 54.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 1.1 1.9 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.7 -0.7 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 23 18.9 4.1 18 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 10.08 11.08 -1.00 12.72 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.12 -0.01 0.14 DAYS >= .01 25 30.5 -5.5 18 DAYS >= .10 14 17.8 -3.8 13 DAYS >= .50 7 7.1 -0.1 8 DAYS >= 1.00 4 2.5 1.5 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.12 09/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 1.6 T SINCE 7/1 1.6 T DAYS >= TRACE 4 4 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 11/22 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1088 1207 -119 1051 SINCE 7/1 1089 1217 -128 1051 COOLING TOTAL 153 84 69 70 SINCE 1/1 813 773 40 1020 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/310 DATE 09/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/320 DATE 09/16 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 12 LIGHT RAIN 31 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 5 FOG 41 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 54.5 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 55.7 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 46.9 DEGREES IN 1936. A TOTAL OF 10.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.00 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 1914 WHEN 3.26 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST 19.45 INCHES IN 2018. INCLUDED IN THE 10.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS 1.6 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL IN FALL. 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. $$ DS