Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
022 CXUS51 KGYX 050302 CLSMHT PWMCLSMHT 000 TTAA00 GYX 012257 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1102 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2021 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 94 05/26 90 4 92 05/27 LOWEST 9 03/02 9 0 19 03/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.0 58.2 2.8 58.6 AVG. MINIMUM 39.0 37.5 1.5 39.2 MEAN 50.0 47.9 2.1 48.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.3 0.7 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 3.1 -0.1 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 29.6 -3.6 22 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 8.39 10.16 -1.77 9.17 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.11 -0.02 0.10 DAYS >= .01 25 34.6 -9.6 28 DAYS >= .10 18 20.3 -2.3 20 DAYS >= .50 6 6.7 -0.7 7 DAYS >= 1.00 1 2.2 -1.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.31 04/15 TO 04/16 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 1.7 6.0 SINCE 7/1 47.7 45.5 DAYS >= TRACE 6 7 DAYS >= 1.0 1 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 03/03 6 03/24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1421 1615 -194 1521 SINCE 7/1 5597 6124 -527 5810 COOLING TOTAL 62 38 24 64 SINCE 1/1 62 38 24 64 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/300 DATE 03/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/300 DATE 03/02 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.58 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 53 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 32 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 6 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 11 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SPRING BEGAN WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH BROUGHT COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS. THE WIND GUSTED TO 54 MPH AND THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 9 DEGREES ON MARCH 2. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF COLD WEATHER SOME MORE MILD AIR MOVED IN FOR A WEEK. ANOTHER STRONG FRONT ON MARCH 14 BROUGHT THE LAST INTENSE ARCTIC BLAST OF THE SEASON. THE COLD DIDN`T LAST VERY LONG WITH MILD WEATHER RETURNING JUST A FEW DAYS LATER. SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT RAIN AT THE END OF MARCH AND BEGINNING OF APRIL. THE HEAVIEST FELL ON MARCH 28 WHEN 0.76 INCHES WAS RECORDED. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS FOLLOWED THIS STORM WITH GUSTS TO 51 MPH. THE WEATHER TURNED DRY AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL WITH SOME MILD WEATHER AS WELL. THE WARMEST WAS 78 ON APRIL 10. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NEAR THE AREA BROUGHT RAIN AND WET SNOW ON APRIL 16 WITH MORE THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATING. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER RAINIER STRETCH OF WEATHER WITH FREQUENT FRONTAL SYSTEMS BRINGING ALTERNATING WARMER AND COOLER WEATHER AND OCCASIONAL RAINFALL. THIS LASTED INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY BEFORE THINGS BEGAN TO DRY OUT YET AGAIN. MANCHESTER SAW NEARLY THREE WEEKS OF DRY AND INCREASINGLY WARM WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MAY. THE TEMPERATURE WARMED THROUGH THE 70S AND THEN THE 80S AND EVEN INTO THE 90S A FEW TIMES. THE HOTTEST WAS 94 ON MAY 26 JUST BEFORE A COLD FRONT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS AND A SHIFT TOWARD COOLER WEATHER. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS A COOL AND WET ONE WITH MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN THE FINAL DAYS OF MAY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 50.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2012 WHEN THEA AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.4 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1967 AT 40.4 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 8.39 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.77 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. OF THIS, THERE WAS 1.7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS AT THE END OF MAY WHEN 2.02 INCHES WAS MEASURED FROM MAY 28 THROUGH MAY 31. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 2015 WHEN ONLY 3.71 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1953 WITH 18.24 INCHES. 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. $$ KIMBLE