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

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...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
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-  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.

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