CXUS51 KGYX 050227 CCA CLSGYX PWMCLSGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 012141 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 0755 PM EST SUN MAR 03 2024 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON, FROM 12/1/2023 TO 2/29/2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 69 12/07/1998 LOW -17 02/04/2023 HIGHEST 57 12/18 58 -1 56 LOWEST 7 01/20 -7 14 -17 AVG. MAXIMUM 35.8 32.7 3.1 35.6 AVG. MINIMUM 22.6 17.2 5.5 21.3 MEAN 29.2 25.0 4.2 28.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 31 43.8 -12.8 35 DAYS MIN <= 32 80 85.0 -5.0 81 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 6.7 -6.7 3 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.31 2008 TOTALS 15.39 11.48 3.91 11.81 DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.13 0.04 0.13 DAYS >= .01 28 33.7 -5.7 39 DAYS >= .10 21 21.4 -0.4 23 DAYS >= .50 8 7.6 0.4 9 DAYS >= 1.00 5 2.7 2.3 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.74 1.60 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 111.3 2008 TOTALS 32.8 58.7 -25.9 55.1 SINCE 7/1 32.9 63.1 -30.2 56.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 3 DAYS >= TRACE 31 24.0 7.0 36 DAYS >= 1.0 9 14.4 -5.4 13 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 11 01/29 15 24 HR TOTAL 9.0 01/07 TO 01/07 16.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3231 3602 -371 3255 SINCE 7/1 4533 5149 -616 4519 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 .............................................................. - 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 29.2, WHICH WAS 4.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE THIRD WARMEST ON RECORD. THE WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD WAS 2001-2002 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 29.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 19.8 DEGREES IN 2014-2015. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST WINTERS ON RECORD AT GRAY. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN WINTER (SINCE 1995)... RANK TEMP YEAR 1 29.8 2001-2002 2 29.3 2015-2016 3 29.2 2023-2024 <=== 4 28.0 2022-2023 28.0 2011-2012 6 27.6 1997-1998 7 27.0 2020-2021 27.0 2019-2020 27.0 1998-1999 10 26.9 2009-2010 A TOTAL OF 15.39 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.91 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WETTEST ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON DECEMBER 17TH INTO THE 18TH WHEN A TOTAL OF 3.74 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST WINTER ON RECORD WAS IN 2007-2008 WHEN 15.31 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 7.17 INCHES IN 2006-2007. MOST PRECIPITATION IN WINTER (SINCE 1995)... RANK SUM SEASON 1 15.39 2023-2024 <=== 2 15.31 2007-2008 3 15.28 2009-2010 4 15.16 1996-1997 5 13.61 2019-2020 6 13.33 1995-1996 7 12.94 2010-2011 8 12.82 2015-2016 9 12.44 1998-1999 10 12.17 2014-2015 A TOTAL OF 32.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 25.9 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 4TH LEAST SNOWY WINTER ON RECORD. THE LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD WAS IN 1997-1998 WHEN ONLY 26.5 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED. THE SNOWIEST WAS 111.3 INCHES IN 2007-2008. LEAST SNOWFALL IN WINTER (SINCE 1995)... RANK SUM SEASON 1 26.5 1997-1998 2 31.0 2011-2012 3 32.7 2006-2007 4 32.8 2023-2024 <=== 5 37.1 2015-2016 6 37.8 2021-2022 7 39.7 1996-1997 8 39.9 2018-2019 9 41.6 2020-2021 10 41.8 2001-2002 $$ HAT/SB