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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
848 PM EDT THU APR 08 2021
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..THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2021
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2021
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 86 03/31/1998
LOW -4 03/09/2007
03/07/2007
03/06/2007
HIGHEST 64 03/23 62 2 66
LOWEST 5 03/02 4 1 12
AVG. MAXIMUM 44.3 41.9 2.4 44.9
AVG. MINIMUM 24.4 24.0 0.4 27.5
MEAN 34.3 32.9 1.4 36.2
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 3 4.7 -1.7 1
DAYS MIN <= 32 24 26.2 -2.2 24
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.5 -0.5 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.93 2010
MINIMUM 1.19 2006
TOTALS 1.84 4.17 -2.33 2.39
DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.13 -0.07 0.08
DAYS >= .01 7 11.6 -4.6 11
DAYS >= .10 4 7.3 -3.3 7
DAYS >= .50 1 3.1 -2.1 3
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.3 -0.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.06 03/28
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 58.3 2001
TOTALS T 19.9 -19.9 8.2
SINCE 7/1 41.7 79.0 -37.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 3
DAYS >= TRACE 6 6.2 -0.2 8
DAYS >= 1.0 0 3.9 -3.9 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 8 03/01 7
24 HR TOTAL T
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 942 993 -51 884
SINCE 7/1 5720 6151 -431 5858
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
MARCH BEGAN WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH BROUGHT SOME RAIN AND
COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE NEXT WEEK SAW COLDER THAN NORMAL WEATHER,
BUT DRY CONDITIONS. SOME BRIEFLY MORE MILD AIR BROUGHT TWO DAYS IN
THE 50S BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT BROUGHT A RETURN TO WINTER-LIKE
CONDITIONS. THE COLDEST DAY WAS THE 15TH WHEN THE HIGH WAS ONLY 19
DEGREES. THIS TIME THE COLD DID NOT LAST LONG AS MORE MILD
CONDITIONS RETURNED AFTER A FEW DAYS. IN FACT THE TEMPERATURE TOPPED
60 DEGREES FOR THREE STRAIGHT DAYS INCLUDING 64 ON THE 23RD. A
COUPLE OF STORMS BROUGHT SOME RAINFALL AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WITH
THE COMBINATION OF WARM WEATHER AND RAIN WASHING THE LAST OF THE
WINTER SNOW COVER AWAY BY THE MORNING OF THE 28TH.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 34.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.4
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST MARCH WAS IN 2012 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 40.3 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN 2014 AT 25.1
DEGREES.
A TOTAL OF 1.84 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 2.33 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL AT THE END OF THE MONTH
WITH 1.09 INCHES FALLING ON THE 28TH AND 29TH. THE DRIEST MARCH WAS
IN 2006 WHEN ONLY 1.19 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 2010
WITH 8.93 INCHES.
ONLY A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS OBSERVED WHICH WAS 19.9 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL AND THE LEAST SNOWY MARCH ON RECORD. UNTIL THIS YEAR, THE
LEAST SNOW IN MARCH WAS 0.3 INCHES IN 2010. THE SNOWIEST MARCH WAS
IN 2001 WITH 58.3 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE LEAST SNOWY
MARCHES AT GRAY.
LEAST SNOW IN MARCH
RANK SNOW YEAR
1 T 2021 <===
2 0.3 2010
3 1.8 2006
4 4.3 2003
5 4.9 2004
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