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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
143 PM EDT WED NOV 01 2023
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..THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 84 10/10/2011
LOW 24 10/31/2020
10/23/1997
10/24/1969
HIGHEST 81 10/03 75 6 73
LOWEST 30 10/31 29 1 31
AVG. MAXIMUM 61.2 57.7 3.5 60.5
AVG. MINIMUM 46.9 40.8 6.1 42.2
MEAN 54.0 49.2 4.8 51.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 1 4.1 -3.1 1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 16.33 2005
MINIMUM 1.29 1997
TOTALS 3.53 5.42 -1.89 6.87
DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.17 -0.06 0.22
DAYS >= .01 10 11.8 -1.8 9
DAYS >= .10 6 7.0 -1.0 8
DAYS >= .50 3 3.5 -0.5 4
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.9 -1.9 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.40 10/21 TO 10/22
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 12.9 2011
TOTALS T 0.6 -0.6 0.0
SINCE 7/1 T 0.6 -0.6 0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 1 0.2 0.8 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL T
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 332 490 -158 412
SINCE 7/1 438 684 -246 580
COOLING TOTAL 1 2 -1 0
SINCE 1/1 429 395 34 583
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- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST COAST DOMINATED THE
WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. THIS BROUGHT A PERIOD OF
DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS. THE RIDGE BROKE DOWN BY THE END OF THE
FIRST WEEK WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSING THE AREA BRINGING RAIN AND
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. AN UPPER LOW LINGERED NEAR NEW ENGLAND
THROUGH MUCH OF THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH KEEPING TEMPERATURES
NEAR NORMAL WITH SHOWERY WEATHER. ADDITIONAL UPPER LOWS AND TROUGHS
CROSSED THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH LIMITING
ANY SIGNIFICANT WARM UPS, ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS WERE MOSTLY DRY WITH
ONLY A COUPLE LIGHT RAIN EVENTS. A MORE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IMPACTED
THE GRAY AREA THE WEEKEND OF THE 21ST INTO THE 22ND AS LOW PRESSURE
TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BRINGING
A SOAKING RAIN. A BRIEF WARM UP ENSUED THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING RAIN THAT BRIEFLY
MIXED WITH SLEET AND A SHOT OF MUCH COLDER AIR TO CLOSE OUT THE
MONTH. THIS SHOT OF COLD AIR ALLOWED THE TEMPERATURE TO DROP BELOW
FREEZING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS FALL WHEN THE LOW REACHED 30
DEGREES ON THE 31ST.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 54.0, WHICH WAS 4.8
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST OCTOBER WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 57.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 46.2 DEGREES
IN 2018. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST OCTOBERS ON RECORD AT
GRAY.
WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN OCTOBER 1995)...
RANK TEMP YEAR
1 57.0 2017
2 54.0 2023 <===
3 53.8 2007
4 53.4 2021
5 53.0 1995
A TOTAL OF 3.53 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.89 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WAS IN 1997 WHEN ONLY
1.29 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 16.33 INCHES IN
2005.
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