CXUS51 KGYX 032017 CLAMHT PWMCLAMHT 000 TTAA00 GYX 031907 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 206 PM EST WED JAN 03 2024 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023... 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 95 06/02 97 -2 99 08/04 09/07 08/08 LOWEST -12 02/04 -5 -7 -3 01/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.0 59.8 2.2 62.2 AVG. MINIMUM 42.6 40.4 2.2 41.6 MEAN 52.3 50.1 2.2 51.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 15 16.2 -1.2 31 DAYS MAX <= 32 8 34.1 -26.1 28 DAYS MIN <= 32 119 129.1 -10.1 115 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 3.9 -1.9 3 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 55.39 40.39 15.00 39.81 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.11 0.04 0.11 DAYS >= .01 123 129.5 -6.5 105 DAYS >= .10 79 76.3 2.7 72 DAYS >= .50 29 26.5 2.5 23 DAYS >= 1.00 14 8.3 5.7 7 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.66 12/17 TO 12/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 48.9 42.2 SINCE 7/1 1.6 5.9 DAYS >= TRACE 41 33 DAYS >= 1.0 7 8 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 10 01/23 AND 03/23 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 5296 6172 -876 5656 SINCE 7/1 1902 2258 -356 2000 COOLING TOTAL 813 773 40 1020 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/320 DATE 04/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/300 DATE 02/03 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.64 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 28 HEAVY RAIN 42 RAIN 63 LIGHT RAIN 149 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 8 LIGHT SNOW 41 FOG 172 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 30 HAZE 42 - 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 52.3 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE 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 55.39 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 15.00 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS INCLUDES THE 48.9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 1954 WHEN 56.54 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 27.45 INCHES IN 2015. 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