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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
0420 PM EST SAT MAR 02 2024
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...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON, FROM
12/1/2023 TO 2/29/2024...
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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST 64 12/18 62 2 62 12/30
LOWEST 8 01/22 -5 13 -12 02/04
AVG. MAXIMUM 42.0 36.9 5.1 41.7
AVG. MINIMUM 26.1 19.9 6.2 24.8
MEAN 34.0 28.4 5.6 33.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 11 30.2 -19.2 10
DAYS MIN <= 32 66 80.6 -14.6 74
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 3.7 -3.7 2
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 13.88 8.46 5.42 11.90
DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.09 0.06 0.13
DAYS >= .01 30 30.2 -0.2 37
DAYS >= .10 20 17.4 2.6 24
DAYS >= .50 12 5.7 6.3 7
DAYS >= 1.00 4 1.2 2.8 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 3.66 12/17 TO 12/18
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 23.3 35.5
SINCE 7/1 24.9 37.2
DAYS >= TRACE 10 32
DAYS >= 1.0 7 12
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 8 01/08 10 01/24
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 2794 3293 -499 2827
SINCE 7/1 3883 4575 -692 3878
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/310 DATE 02/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/290 DATE 02/14
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.63
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 7
RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 28
FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2
HEAVY SNOW 4 SNOW 6
LIGHT SNOW 25 FOG 39
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 12 HAZE 10
- 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 34.0, WHICH WAS
5.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WARMEST ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS
WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD WAS THE 2015-2016 WINTER WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 33.7 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 19.3 DEGREES IN 1947-
1948. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST WINTERS ON RECORD AT
MANCHESTER.
WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN WINTER (SINCE 1885)...
RANK TEMP SEASON
1 34.0 2023-2024 <===
2 33.7 2015-2016
3 33.3 2022-2023
4 33.0 2001-2002
5 32.5 2011-2012
6 31.4 1932-1933
7 31.3 2016-2017
8 31.2 2019-2020
9 30.9 1936-1937
10 30.0 2021-2022
A TOTAL OF 13.88 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 5.42 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 3RD WETTEST ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION FELL ON DECEMBER 17TH INTO THE 18TH FOR A TOTAL OF
3.66 INCHES. THE WETTEST WINTER ON RECORD WAS IN 1886-1887 WHEN
15.41 INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 2.06 INCHES IN 1963-1964. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WETTEST WINTERS ON RECORD AT MANCHESTER.
MOST PRECIPITATION IN WINTER (SINCE 1885)...
RANK SUM SEASON
1 15.41 1886-1887
2 14.74 1936-1937
3 13.88 2023-2024 <===
4 13.62 1890-1891
5 13.58 2007-2008
6 13.26 1887-1888
7 13.11 1952-1953
8 12.86 2009-2010
9 12.85 1902-1903
10 12.56 1951-1952
A TOTAL OF 23.3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THE LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER ON
RECORD WAS IN 1941-1942 WHEN ONLY 18.1 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE
SNOWIEST WAS 76.6 INCHES IN 1945-1946.
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.
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