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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
927 PM EST THU JAN 02 2025

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            100   08/05/1955
 LOW             -23   02/02/1962
HIGHEST           97   06/20         93       4       93  06/01
LOWEST             6   01/20        -10      16      -17  02/04
                       12/22
                       12/23
AVG. MAXIMUM    58.6               55.3     3.3     57.6
AVG. MINIMUM    41.0               37.0     4.0     40.9
MEAN            49.8               46.1     3.7     49.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     8                4.9     3.1        6
DAYS MAX <= 32    38               56.6   -18.6       35
DAYS MIN <= 32   124              146.7   -22.7      135
DAYS MIN <= 0      0               10.0   -10.0        3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       57.31   2005
 MINIMUM       25.79   2001
TOTALS         37.53              41.84   -4.31    52.40
DAILY AVG.      0.10               0.11   -0.01     0.14
DAYS >= .01      121              137.3   -16.3      144
DAYS >= .10       72               78.8    -6.8       89
DAYS >= .50       25               26.4    -1.4       31
DAYS >= 1.00       9                9.2    -0.2       14
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.54   12/11 TO 12/12


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   6124               7278   -1154     6182
 SINCE 7/1      2251               2667    -416     2196
COOLING TOTAL    674                428     246      585
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/330    DATE  03/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    57/150    DATE  02/29

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.46

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             23     HEAVY RAIN                30
RAIN                     56     LIGHT RAIN               119
FREEZING RAIN             3     LT FREEZING RAIN           5
HEAVY SNOW                7     SNOW                      13
LIGHT SNOW               42     FOG                      174
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    74     HAZE                      30

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 49.8 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 3.7
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND IS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS
WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS 2023 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
49.3 DEGREES. THE COOLEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 1968 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 42.8 DEGREES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE
WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA.

WARMEST ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  AVE   YEAR
1     49.8  2024  <===
2     49.3  2023
      49.3  1999
4     48.7  2022
5     48.5  2021
6     48.4  2010
7     47.9  1998
8     47.8  2006
9     47.7  2020
      47.7  2012

A TOTAL OF 37.53 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 4.31 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2001 WHEN 25.79
INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST 57.31 INCHES IN 2005.

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