371  
CXUS51 KGYX 031256  
CLSMHT  
 
PWMCLSMHT 000  
TTAA00 GYX 020432  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME  
1132 PM EST FRI DEC 01 2023  
   
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...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE FALL SEASON, FROM  
9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023...  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2023  
 
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S  
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)  
NORMAL    
............................................................
 
 
TEMPERATURE (F)  
HIGHEST 95 09/07 89 6 90 09/04  
LOWEST 18 11/21 19 -1 16 11/21  
AVG. MAXIMUM 64.1 62.2 1.9 64.7  
AVG. MINIMUM 44.8 43.1 1.7 43.3  
MEAN 54.5 52.7 1.8 54.0  
DAYS MAX >= 90 3 1.1 1.9 1  
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.7 -0.7 0  
DAYS MIN <= 32 23 18.9 4.1 18  
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0  
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)  
TOTALS 10.08 11.08 -1.00 12.72  
DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.12 -0.01 0.14  
DAYS >= .01 25 30.5 -5.5 18  
DAYS >= .10 14 17.8 -3.8 13  
DAYS >= .50 7 7.1 -0.1 8  
DAYS >= 1.00 4 2.5 1.5 2  
GREATEST  
24 HR. TOTAL 2.12 09/18  
 
SNOWFALL (INCHES)  
TOTALS 1.6 T  
SINCE 7/1 1.6 T  
DAYS >= TRACE 4 4  
DAYS >= 1.0 1 0  
GREATEST  
SNOW DEPTH 1 11/22 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 1088 1207 -119 1051  
SINCE 7/1 1089 1217 -128 1051  
COOLING TOTAL 153 84 69 70  
SINCE 1/1 813 773 40 1020    
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WIND (MPH)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/310 DATE 09/16  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/320 DATE 09/16  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61  
 
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 3 HEAVY RAIN 7  
RAIN 12 LIGHT RAIN 31  
FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 1  
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0  
LIGHT SNOW 5 FOG 41  
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 6  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 

 
 
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 54.5 DEGREES, WHICH  
WAS 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 2017  
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 55.7 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 46.9  
DEGREES IN 1936.  
 
A TOTAL OF 10.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.00 INCHES  
BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST FALL ON RECORD WAS IN 1914 WHEN 3.26 INCHES  
OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST 19.45 INCHES IN 2018. INCLUDED IN  
THE 10.08 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS 1.6 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL  
IN FALL.  
 
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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