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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
0805 PM EST SUN MAR 03 2024
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...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
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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
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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 <===
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