CXUS51 KGYX 031543 CLACON PWMCLACON 000 TTAA00 GYX 021944 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 244 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024 ................................... ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1868 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 07/03/1966 07/04/1911 LOW -37 02/16/1943 HIGHEST 94 06/02 96 -2 98 08/04 LOWEST -15 02/04 -15 0 -10 01/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.0 58.3 1.7 60.3 AVG. MINIMUM 38.8 36.1 2.7 36.5 MEAN 49.4 47.2 2.2 48.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 11 13.7 -2.7 26 DAYS MAX <= 32 16 43.5 -27.5 38 DAYS MIN <= 32 144 164.8 -20.8 154 DAYS MIN <= 0 3 12.8 -9.8 11 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 57.99 2008 MINIMUM 24.17 1965 TOTALS 50.59 41.95 8.64 40.74 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.11 0.03 0.11 DAYS >= .01 134 132.8 1.2 122 DAYS >= .10 85 79.6 5.4 82 DAYS >= .50 36 28.0 8.0 33 DAYS >= 1.00 13 9.5 3.5 8 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.36 12/17 TO 12/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 128.4 1956 TOTALS 63.3 67.7 -4.4 42.3 SINCE 7/1 4.6 17.6 -13.0 5.8 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 DAYS >= TRACE 45 30.3 14.7 36 DAYS >= 1.0 17 16.5 0.5 11 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 17 01/24 03/15 24 HR TOTAL 14.5 01/22 TO 01/23 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6129 6980 -851 6578 SINCE 7/1 2237 2610 -373 2355 COOLING TOTAL 574 528 46 650 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/29/1986 LATEST 06/26/1979 EARLIEST 10/24 LATEST 05/18 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/340 DATE 03/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 57/350 DATE 03/15 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 23 HEAVY RAIN 32 RAIN 57 LIGHT RAIN 132 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HEAVY SNOW 4 SNOW 10 LIGHT SNOW 46 FOG 200 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 58 HAZE 18 - 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 49.4 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2016 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.3 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 41.1 DEGREES IN 1918. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD AT CONCORD. WARMEST ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (SINCE 1868)... RANK AVE YEAR 1 49.4 2023 <=== 2 49.3 2016 3 49.2 1978 4 49.1 2021 49.1 2012 49.1 1877 7 48.9 2020 8 48.8 1880 9 48.7 2010 48.7 1998 A TOTAL OF 50.59 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 8.64 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE SEVENTH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD WAS IN 2008 WHEN 57.97 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 24.17 INCHES IN 1965. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD AT CONCORD. GREATEST ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (SINCE 1868)... RANK PRECIP YEAR 1 57.97 2008 2 57.20 2005 3 55.24 2006 4 54.77 2011 5 53.30 2018 6 52.33 1888 7 50.59 2023 <=== 8 50.05 1897 9 49.27 1951 10 48.79 1936 A TOTAL OF 63.3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 4.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE YEAR WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOW WAS IN 2006 WHEN ONLY 26.7 INCHES FELL. THE MOST SNOW OCCURRED IN 1956 WHEN 128.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. $$ DS