CXUS51 KGYX 021758 CLSAUG PWMCLSAUG 000 TTAA00 GYX 020123 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 923 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM 6/1/2024 TO 8/31/2024... 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 08/05/1955 LOW 36 06/09/1955 HIGHEST 97 06/20 93 4 93 06/01 LOWEST 46 06/02 44 2 43 06/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.4 77.8 2.6 76.8 AVG. MINIMUM 61.5 57.7 3.8 60.0 MEAN 71.0 67.7 3.3 68.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 8 4.0 4.0 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.94 2009 MINIMUM 4.76 1949 TOTALS 8.62 10.62 -2.00 17.36 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.12 -0.03 0.19 DAYS >= .01 38 35.6 2.4 52 DAYS >= .10 22 19.9 2.1 29 DAYS >= .50 6 6.5 -0.5 11 DAYS >= 1.00 1 2.3 -1.3 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.35 08/09 TO 08/10 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 29 122 -93 113 SINCE 7/1 6 28 -22 7 COOLING TOTAL 599 377 222 456 SINCE 1/1 629 387 242 475 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/360 DATE 06/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/210 DATE 07/09 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.41 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 20 HEAVY RAIN 17 RAIN 22 LIGHT RAIN 47 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 FOG 55 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 24 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 SUMMER SEASON WAS 71.0 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 3.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED WITH 1999 FOR THE SECOND WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE WARMEST SUMMER WAS IN 1973 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 71.2 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1968 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 63.7 DEGREES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST SUMMERS ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER (SINCE 1948)... RANK TEMP YEAR 1 71.2 1973 2 71.0 2024 <=== 71.0 1999 4 70.3 1971 70.3 1952 6 70.1 2022 7 69.6 1949 8 69.1 2020 9 69.0 2021 10 68.9 1991 AT TOTAL OF 8.62 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 2.0 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST SUMMER WAS IN 1949 WHEN ONLY 4.76 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 18.94 INCHES IN 2009. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SUMMER 2024... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS JUNE 5 88 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE - 86 IN 1967 JUNE 20 97 - WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE - 95 IN 1953 JUNE 20 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE - 67 IN 1971 JULY 10 72 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE - 69 IN 2011 AND OTHERS JULY 11 72 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE - 67 IN 2020 AND OTHERS JULY 12 70 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE - 70 IN 2020 AND 1988 (TIED) JULY 13 70 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE - 68 IN 2010 JULY 14 70 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE - 70 IN 1972 (TIED) JULY 16 71 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE - 71 IN 2023 (TIED) AUG 3 72 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE - 72 IN 2001 AND OTHERS (TIED) $$ DS