CXUS51 KGYX 022009 CLSMHT PWMCLSMHT 000 TTAA00 GYX 020123 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 923 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MANCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FROM 6/1/2024 TO 8/31/2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1885 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 99 06/20 97 2 95 06/02 LOWEST 46 06/16 44 2 47 06/04 06/08 06/11 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.9 81.7 3.2 80.7 AVG. MINIMUM 62.5 61.1 1.4 61.0 MEAN 73.7 71.4 2.3 70.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 27 13.8 13.2 9 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) TOTALS 9.43 10.69 -1.26 19.04 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.12 -0.02 0.21 DAYS >= .01 36 34.2 1.8 36 DAYS >= .10 21 20.8 0.2 31 DAYS >= .50 5 7.0 -2.0 9 DAYS >= 1.00 2 2.4 -0.4 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.59 08/04 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 11 57 -46 64 SINCE 7/1 5 5 0 1 COOLING TOTAL 836 650 186 631 SINCE 1/1 900 689 211 660 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/330 DATE 06/20 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/250 DATE 07/16 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 18 HEAVY RAIN 13 RAIN 10 LIGHT RAIN 45 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 FOG 38 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 12 - 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 73.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE THIRD WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 2020 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 74.4 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS IN 1946 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 64.9 DEGREES. A TOTAL OF 9.43 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.26 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 2016 WHEN 5.21 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 1938 WHEN 20.32 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. HISTORICAL RECORDS AT MANCHESTER BEGAN IN 1885 BUT WITHIN THIS RECORD THERE REMAINS 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. $$ DS