Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
779 CXUS51 KGYX 020034 CLMPWM PWMCLMPWM 000 TTAA00 GYX 020006 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 806 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1941 TO 2024 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024 (FOR PRECIPITATION) CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1882 TO 2024 (FOR SNOWFALL) WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 08/02/1975 LOW 33 08/31/1965 HIGHEST 89 08/01 90 -1 84 08/21 LOWEST 49 08/30 47 2 50 08/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.7 78.7 -2.0 75.5 AVG. MINIMUM 59.7 59.7 -0.0 59.2 MEAN 68.2 69.2 -1.0 67.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.3 -1.3 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.22 1991 MINIMUM 0.27 1947 TOTALS 3.95 3.57 0.38 5.80 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.12 0.01 0.19 DAYS >= .01 15 9.4 5.6 15 DAYS >= .10 11 5.2 5.8 9 DAYS >= .50 3 1.9 1.1 6 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.32 08/03 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 18 16 2 17 SINCE 7/1 18 21 -3 19 COOLING TOTAL 123 146 -23 95 SINCE 1/1 496 401 95 342 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/200 DATE 08/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/200 DATE 08/09 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 80 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN AUGUST 2024... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS AUG 3 70 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE - 70 IN 2020 AND OTHERS (TIED) $$ DS