Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
748 CXUS51 KGYX 031117 CLAMHT PWMCLAMHT 000 TTAA00 GYX 030228 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 927 PM EST THU JAN 02 2025 ................................... ...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 ................................................................ 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 ................................................................ 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. && 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. $$ DS