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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
927 PM EST THU JAN 02 2025

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...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 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            103   07/22/2011
 LOW             -20   02/13/1967
HIGHEST           99   06/20         97       2       95  06/02
                                                          09/07
LOWEST             4   12/23         -5       9      -12  02/04
AVG. MAXIMUM    62.9               59.8     3.1     62.0
AVG. MINIMUM    42.4               40.4     2.0     42.6
MEAN            52.7               50.1     2.6     52.3
DAYS MAX >= 90    29               16.2    12.8       15
DAYS MAX <= 32    14               34.1   -20.1        8
DAYS MIN <= 32   118              129.1   -11.1      119
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                3.9    -3.9        2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS         40.24              40.39   -0.15    55.39
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.11   -0.00     0.15
DAYS >= .01      123              129.5    -6.5      123
DAYS >= .10       78               76.3     1.7       79
DAYS >= .50       27               26.5     0.5       29
DAYS >= 1.00       9                8.3     0.7       14
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.06   03/23

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS           39.0
SINCE 7/1         2.8
DAYS >= TRACE     41
DAYS >= 1.0       11
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        8   01/08
 24 HR. TOTAL    8.7   01/07
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   5351               6172    -821     5296
 SINCE 7/1      2025               2258    -233     1902
COOLING TOTAL    968                773     195      813
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    40/310    DATE  02/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/290    DATE  02/14

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     64

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             22     HEAVY RAIN                28
RAIN                     51     LIGHT RAIN               135
FREEZING RAIN             1     LT FREEZING RAIN           6
HEAVY SNOW                4     SNOW                       8
LIGHT SNOW               43     FOG                      140
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE    26     HAZE                      37

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

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THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 52.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.6
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS
WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2020 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
52.5 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 45.2 DEGREES IN 1887.

A TOTAL OF 40.24 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 0.15 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS INCLUDES THE 39.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE DRIEST
YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2015 WHEN WHEN ONLY 27.45 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 56.54 INCHES IN 1954.

HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885, BUT WITHIN THIS
RECORD THERE REMAIN NUMEROUS YEARS OF UNAVAILABLE DATA. DUE TO THIS,
HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AS SOME
SIGNIFICANT EXTREMES MAY BE MISSING FROM THE DATA. MORE CONSISTENT
MODERN RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998 AND CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT.

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