Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
747 CXUS51 KGYX 031029 CLAGYX PWMCLAGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 030228 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 927 PM EST THU JAN 02 2025 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 07/22/2011 LOW -17 02/04/2023 HIGHEST 92 06/20 93 -1 90 LOWEST 5 12/22 -7 12 -17 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.7 55.1 1.6 56.1 AVG. MINIMUM 40.4 37.6 2.8 40.3 MEAN 48.6 46.3 2.3 48.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 4.7 -2.7 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 39 51.7 -12.7 36 DAYS MIN <= 32 128 143.8 -15.8 141 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 7.1 -7.1 3 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 71.90 2005 TOTALS 49.89 50.14 -0.25 59.95 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.14 0.00 0.16 DAYS >= .01 128 139.8 -11.8 145 DAYS >= .10 82 84.4 -2.4 93 DAYS >= .50 28 33.2 -5.2 38 DAYS >= 1.00 12 13.1 -1.1 17 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.17 3/10 3.74 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 125.2 2008 TOTALS 66.9 84.0 -17.1 77.1 SINCE 7/1 9.9 22.1 -12.2 4.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 53 35.0 54 DAYS >= 1.0 16 19.9 -3.9 18 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 17 04/05 25 24 HR TOTAL 18.0 04/03 TO 04/04 16.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6405 7163 -758 6420 SINCE 7/1 2374 2613 -239 2294 COOLING TOTAL 503 396 107 429 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/29/2000 LATEST 05/11/2010 EARLIEST 10/27 LATEST 04/27 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 48.6 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SECOND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2010 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 48.9 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 45.1 DEGREES IN 1997. A TOTAL OF 49.89 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.25 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2001 WHEN 34.77 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 71.90 INCHES IN 2005. A TOTAL OF 66.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 17.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE LEAST SNOWY YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2006 WHEN ONLY 34.0 INCHES FELL. THE MOST SNOW OCCURRED IN 2008 WHEN 125.3 INCHES FELL. $$ DS