CXUS51 KGYX 031633 CLAAUG PWMCLAAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 021944 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 244 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 08/05/1955 LOW -23 02/02/1962 HIGHEST 93 06/01 93 0 93 08/04 08/07 LOWEST -17 02/04 -10 -7 -13 01/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.6 55.3 2.3 58.3 AVG. MINIMUM 40.9 37.0 3.9 39.1 MEAN 49.3 46.1 3.2 48.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 6 4.9 1.1 11 DAYS MAX <= 32 35 56.6 -21.6 45 DAYS MIN <= 32 135 146.7 -11.7 127 DAYS MIN <= 0 3 10.0 -7.0 10 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 57.31 2005 MINIMUM 25.79 2001 TOTALS 52.40 41.84 10.56 43.12 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.11 0.03 0.12 DAYS >= .01 144 137.3 6.7 122 DAYS >= .10 89 78.8 10.2 77 DAYS >= .50 31 26.4 4.6 28 DAYS >= 1.00 14 9.2 4.8 12 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.56 04/30 TO 05/01 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6182 7278 -1096 6281 SINCE 7/1 2196 2667 -471 2196 COOLING TOTAL 585 428 157 656 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/160 DATE 12/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 68/160 DATE 12/19 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 16 HEAVY RAIN 33 RAIN 61 LIGHT RAIN 118 FREEZING RAIN 3 LT FREEZING RAIN 9 HEAVY SNOW 5 SNOW 15 LIGHT SNOW 46 FOG 203 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 79 HAZE 29 - 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 49.3 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES WITH 1999 AS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE COOLEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 1968 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 42.8 DEGREES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. WARMEST ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1948)... RANK AVE YEAR 1 49.3 2023 <=== 49.3 1999 3 48.7 2022 4 48.5 2021 5 48.4 2010 6 47.9 1998 7 47.8 2006 8 47.7 2020 47.7 2012 10 47.5 1973 A TOTAL OF 52.40 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 10.56 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SEVENTH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2005 WHEN A TOTAL 57.31 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 25.79 INCHES IN 2001. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. GREATEST ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (SINCE 1948)... RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 57.31 2005 2 55.64 1954 3 55.15 1973 4 54.27 1977 5 54.14 1983 6 52.60 1969 7 52.40 2023 <=== 8 52.17 1996 9 52.16 1979 10 51.08 1990 $$ DS