CXUS51 KGYX 040105 CLSAUG PWMCLSAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 012141 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 0805 PM EST SUN MAR 03 2024 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON, FROM 12/1/2023 TO 2/29/2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 67 12/06/2001 LOW -23 02/02/1962 HIGHEST 58 12/18 56 2 56 02/16 LOWEST 5 12/08 -9 14 -17 02/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 36.6 31.8 4.8 36.5 AVG. MINIMUM 22.4 15.4 7.0 21.5 MEAN 29.5 23.6 5.9 29.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 30 48.1 -18.1 34 DAYS MIN <= 32 77 84.8 -7.8 80 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 9.4 -9.4 3 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.78 1974 MINIMUM 3.23 1980 TOTALS 12.70 8.38 4.32 10.14 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.09 0.05 0.11 DAYS >= .01 29 31.9 -2.9 36 DAYS >= .10 20 18.0 2.0 23 DAYS >= .50 7 5.0 2.0 4 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.7 1.3 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.11 12/17 TO 12/18 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3212 3723 -511 3212 SINCE 7/1 4419 5294 -875 4390 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/160 DATE 12/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 68/160 DATE 12/19 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.51 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 10 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HEAVY SNOW 5 SNOW 8 LIGHT SNOW 28 FOG 43 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 20 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER SEASON WAS 29.5, WHICH WAS 5.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST ON RECORD. THE PRIOR WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD WAS THE 2022-2023 WINTER WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 29.0 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 17.3 DEGREES IN 1958- 1959. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST WINTERS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN WINTER (SINCE 1948)... RANK TEMP SEASON 1 29.5 2023-2024 <=== 2 29.0 2022-2023 3 28.6 2001-2002 4 28.4 2015-2016 5 26.7 2020-2021 6 26.6 1952-1953 7 26.5 2011-2012 8 26.3 2019-2020 9 26.2 1997-1998 10 26.0 2009-2010 26.0 1998-1999 A TOTAL OF 12.70 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 4.32 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 10TH WETTEST WINTER ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON DECEMBER 17TH INTO THE 18TH FOR A TOTAL OF 3.11 INCHES. THE WETTEST WINTER ON RECORD WAS IN 1973-1974 WHEN 17.78 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 3.23 INCHES IN 1979-1980. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST WINTERS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. MOST PRECIPITATION IN WINTER (SINCE 1948)... RANK SUM SEASON 1 17.78 1973-1974 2 17.13 1969-1970 3 16.04 1977-1978 4 14.56 1978-1979 5 14.11 1951-1952 6 13.94 1957-1958 7 13.27 1952-1953 8 13.00 1968-1969 9 12.75 1959-1960 10 12.70 2023-2024 <=== $$ HAT/SB