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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
923 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2024

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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM
6/1/2024 TO 8/31/2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 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            102   07/03/1966
                       07/04/1911
 LOW              29   08/31/1965
HIGHEST           96   06/20         95       1       94  06/02
LOWEST            40   06/16         37       3       45  06/09
                                                          06/11
                                                          08/02
AVG. MAXIMUM    82.3               80.8     1.5     79.3
AVG. MINIMUM    58.6               56.7     1.9     57.8
MEAN            70.4               68.8     1.6     68.6
DAYS MAX >= 90    18               11.6     6.4        6
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       20.49   1897
 MINIMUM        2.74   1999
TOTALS         11.71              11.02    0.69    15.52
DAILY AVG.      0.13               0.12    0.01     0.17
DAYS >= .01       39               33.6     5.4       36
DAYS >= .10       27               20.0     7.0       27
DAYS >= .50        8                7.3     0.7       12
DAYS >= 1.00       2                2.8    -0.8        5
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.72   08/03

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL
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
 24 HR TOTAL     0.0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     54                103     -49       98
 SINCE 7/1        17                 29     -12       18
COOLING TOTAL    580                453     127      459
 SINCE 1/1       621                475     146      468
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              4.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    28/330    DATE  06/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/340    DATE  07/09

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.39

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             16     HEAVY RAIN                18
RAIN                     19     LIGHT RAIN                49
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     FOG                       53
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     8     HAZE                       3

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

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER AT CONCORD WAS 70.4 DEGREES,
WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES WITH 1877 AS THE SIXTH
WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 1872
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 72.4 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 62.6
DEGREES IN 1903. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SUMMERS ON
RECORD AT CONCORD.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER (SINCE 1868)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     72.4  1872
2     72.1  1876
3     71.7  1870
4     70.7  2020
5     70.5  2016
6     70.4  2024 <===
      70.4  1877
8     70.3  2021
9     70.2  2018
10    70.1  1949

A TOTAL OF 11.71 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.69 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 1897 WHEN 20.49
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 3.65 INCHES IN 1913.

THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SUMMER 2024...
DATE     RECORD                              PREVIOUS
JUNE 19   69  - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE  - 69 IN 2017 AND 1876 (TIED)
JULY 11   75  - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE  - 75 IN 2011 (TIED)
AUG   3  1.72 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION   - 1.41 IN 2018

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