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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1257 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024
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..THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 69 12/07/1998
LOW -10 12/29/2017
12/28/2017
03/03/2000
HIGHEST 57 12/18 55 2 53
LOWEST 9 12/07 3 6 10
AVG. MAXIMUM 38.5 35.2 3.3 37.3
AVG. MINIMUM 27.0 21.1 5.9 24.8
MEAN 32.8 28.2 4.6 31.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 8 12.7 -4.7 10
DAYS MIN <= 32 23 28.5 -5.5 27
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.7 -0.7 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.99 2023
MINIMUM 1.87 1998
TOTALS 7.99R 4.59 3.40 3.90
DAILY AVG. 0.26 0.15 0.11 0.13
DAYS >= .01 12 12.7 -0.7 11
DAYS >= .10 9 8.0 1.0 5
DAYS >= .50 4 3.1 0.9 3
DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.3 1.7 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 3.74 12/17 TO 12/18
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 39.0 1995
TOTALS 4.5 17.7 -13.2 7.1
SINCE 7/1 4.6 22.1 -17.5 8.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1
DAYS >= TRACE 7 7.4 -0.4 9
DAYS >= 1.0 2 4.4 -2.4 2
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 4 12/05 6
12/06
12/07
24 HR TOTAL 3.8 12/03 TO 12/04
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 992 1142 -150 1043
SINCE 7/1 2294 2613 -319 2307
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 429 395 34 584
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- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 32.8 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
4.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE FOURTH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.
THE WARMEST DECEMBER WAS IN 2015 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
35.8 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 21.1 DEGREES IN 2017.
A TOTAL OF 7.99 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 3.40 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE SECOND WETTEST
DECEMBER ON RECORD WAS IN 1996 WHEN 7.85 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 1.87 INCHES IN 1998.
A TOTAL OF 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, WHICH WAS 13.2 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL AND THE FOURTH LEAST SNOWY DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE LEAST
SNOWY DECEMBER WAS IN 1999 WHEN ONLY A TRACE WAS RECORDED. THE
SNOWIEST WAS 39.0 INCHES IN 1995.
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