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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
217 PM EST SUN DEC 01 2024

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2024 TO 11/30/2024...

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
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             96   09/09/2002
 LOW               4   11/22/2018
                       11/27/1978
                       11/28/1951
HIGHEST           87   09/17         85       2       90  09/05
                                                          09/07
LOWEST            25   11/14         16       9       18  11/21
AVG. MAXIMUM    62.4               58.2     4.2     61.0
AVG. MINIMUM    43.4               40.6     2.8     44.4
MEAN            52.9               49.4     3.5     52.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.5    -0.5        2
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                2.3    -2.3        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    17               23.8    -6.8       25
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       23.76   2005
 MINIMUM        6.48   1984
TOTALS          5.34R             12.54   -7.20    10.28
DAILY AVG.      0.06               0.14   -0.08     0.11
DAYS >= .01       20               33.8   -13.8       23
DAYS >= .10        9               20.1   -11.1       15
DAYS >= .50        5                8.1    -3.1        9
DAYS >= 1.00       1                3.3    -2.3        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.48   09/26


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1114               1463    -349     1200
 SINCE 7/1      1120               1496    -376     1207
COOLING TOTAL     45                 40       5      110
 SINCE 1/1       674                427     247      585
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/340    DATE  11/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/320    DATE  10/12

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 2
RAIN                      9     LIGHT RAIN                22
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                2     FOG                       35
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    16     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 52.9 DEGREES, WHICH
WAS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD. THE
NEXT WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2021 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 52.8 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 45.2 DEGREES IN 1974. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST FALLS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FALL (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     52.9  2024  <===
2     52.8  2021
3     52.7  2023
4     52.6  2017
5     52.5  1999
6     52.3  2022
7     52.0  1971
8     51.9  2011
9     51.6  1961
10    51.3  2016
      51.3  2001

A TOTAL OF 5.34 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 7.20 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL AND DRIEST FALL ON RECORD. THE NEXT DRIEST FALL WAS IN
1984 WHEN 6.48 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 23.76
INCHES IN 2005. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DRIEST FALLS ON RECORD
AT AUGUSTA.

LEAST PRECIPITATION IN FALL (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     5.34  2024  <===
2     6.48  1984
3     6.62  1978
4     7.30  2000
5     7.33  1986
6     7.61  1952
7     7.62  1982
8     7.79  2001
9     7.87  2014
10    7.93  1997


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