CXUS51 KGYX 022226 CLAPWM PWMCLAPWM 000 TTAA00 GYX 021944 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 244 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1941 TO 2023 (FOR TEMPERATURES) CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2023 (FOR PRECIPITATION) CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1882 TO 2023 (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 -39 02/16/1943 HIGHEST 89 05/28 93 -4 96 08/07 07/12 LOWEST -14 02/04 -10 -4 -7 01/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.1 56.4 0.7 57.6 AVG. MINIMUM 40.4 38.6 1.8 38.8 MEAN 48.8 47.5 1.3 48.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 5.1 -5.1 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 21 40.7 -19.7 39 DAYS MIN <= 32 136 144.1 -8.1 130 DAYS MIN <= 0 3 6.7 -3.7 7 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 66.45 2005 MINIMUM 25.27 1941 TOTALS 56.67 48.12 8.55 46.66 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.13 0.03 0.13 DAYS >= .01 141 131.4 9.6 118 DAYS >= .10 85 80.0 5.0 70 DAYS >= .50 39 30.9 8.1 30 DAYS >= 1.00 18 11.9 6.1 16 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.24 09/18 TO 09/19 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 150.1 1956 TOTALS 52.5 68.7 -16.2 36.6 SINCE 7/1 0.7 17.1 -16.4 4.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 48 28.6 19.4 36 DAYS >= 1.0 10 16.4 -6.4 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 15 03/05 24 HR TOTAL 9.1 01/22 TO 01/23 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6197 6795 -598 6544 SINCE 7/1 2182 2451 -269 2252 COOLING TOTAL 423 447 -24 542 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/14/1963 LATEST 05/31/1961 EARLIEST 10/31 LATEST 05/18 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/150 DATE 12/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/160 DATE 12/18 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 19 HEAVY RAIN 33 RAIN 61 LIGHT RAIN 145 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 11 LIGHT SNOW 47 FOG 189 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 37 HAZE 28 - 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 48.8 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED FOR THE FOURTH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS 2020 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.4 DEGREES. THE COOLEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 1962 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 43.3 DEGREES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD AT PORTLAND. WARMEST ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1941). RANK AVE YEAR 1 49.4 2020 2 49.2 2012 49.2 2010 4 48.8 2023 <=== 48.8 2021 6 48.5 2016 48.5 2006 8 48.3 1998 9 48.2 2022 10 48.1 1990 A TOTAL OF 56.67 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 8.55 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2005 WHEN 66.40 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 25.28 INCHES IN 1941. A TOTAL OF 52.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 16.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE LEAST SNOWY YEAR ON RECORD WAS 1973 WHEN ONLY 27.5 INCHES FELL. THE SNOWIEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS 1956 WHEN 150.1 INCHES FELL. $$ DS