Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
731 CXUX51 KGYX 041908 CLMGYX PWMCLSGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 011917 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 217 PM EST SUN DEC 01 2024 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2024 TO 11/30/2024... 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 96 09/09/2002 LOW 3 11/22/2018 HIGHEST 82 09/01 86 -4 88 09/17 09/18 LOWEST 26 11/14 18 8 17 11/26 11/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.5 58.1 2.4 59.0 AVG. MINIMUM 43.2 41.2 2.0 43.8 MEAN 51.9 49.6 2.3 51.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2.3 -2.3 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 17 22.3 -5.3 25 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 26.48 2005 TOTALS 6.12R 14.39 -8.27 10.56 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.16 -0.09 0.11 DAYS >= .01 22 32.9 -10.9 24 DAYS >= .10 9 20.1 -11.1 16 DAYS >= .50 2 9.3 -7.3 8 DAYS >= 1.00 2 4.3 -2.3 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.90 09/25 TO 09/26 2.27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.9 1997 TOTALS 1.1 4.4 -3.3 0.1 SINCE 7/1 1.1 4.4 -3.3 0.1 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 3 2.5 0.5 6 DAYS >= 1.0 1 1.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 11/29 0 11/30 24 HR TOTAL 1.1 11/28 0.1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1205 1436 -231 1290 SINCE 7/1 1225 1471 -246 1302 COOLING TOTAL 31 38 -7 82 SINCE 1/1 503 395 108 429 .............................................................. - 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 51.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.3 DEGREES WARMER ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 53.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 47.2 DEGREES IN 2018. A TOTAL OF 6.12 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 8.27 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE DRIEST FALL ON RECORD. THE NEXT DRIEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2001 WHEN ONLY 8.91 INCHES FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 26.48 INCHES IN 2005. A TOTAL OF 1.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 3.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SNOW IN FALL IS OFTEN HIT OR MISS. IN THE 30 YEAR HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS AT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY THERE HAVE BEEN 4 YEARS WHICH RECORDED ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW IN FALL, MOST RECENTLY IN 2006. THE SNOWIEST FALL WAS IN 1997 WHEN 23.9 INCHES FELL. $$