789 CXUX51 KGYX 032145 CLMGYX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 545 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 92 05/31 86 6 84 LOWEST 36 05/06 35 1 38 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.3 65.1 0.2 65.3 AVG. MINIMUM 44.2 44.7 -0.5 48.4 MEAN 54.8 54.9 -0.1 56.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.2 0.8 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 5.10 3.90 1.20 5.24 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.13 0.03 0.17 DAYS >= .01 16 13.5 2.5 18 DAYS >= .10 12 8.2 3.8 9 DAYS >= .50 3 2.8 0.2 4 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.7 1.3 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.28 05/24 TO 05/25 1.20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 92.9 83.8 9.1 65.1 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 329 323 6 258 SINCE 7/1 6830 7098 -268 6104 COOLING TOTAL 17 10 7 14 SINCE 1/1 17 11 6 23 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && GRAY MAINE HAD A NEARLY NORMAL MONTH TEMPERATURE WISE BUT WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL BY MORE THAN AN INCH. THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE MONTH WAS THE RECORD SETTING HEAT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH. MAY 31ST SAW THE TEMPERATURE SOAR TO 92 DEGREES IN GRAY. THIS IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN GRAY IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THE OLD RECORD WAS 91 DEGREES SET ON THREE DIFFERENT DATES...MOST RECENTLY ON MAY 26, 2010. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WEATHER RECORDS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GRAY ONLY GO BACK 18 YEARS. THE 92 DEGREE HEAT WAS JUST TWO DAYS AFTER GRAY STRUGGLED WITH CHILLY RAINY WEATHER AND A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF JUST 55 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 36 DEGREES ON THE 6TH...WITH THE TEMPERATURE NEVER GETTING TO FREEZING OR COLDER THE ENTIRE MONTH. FOR THE MONTH THERE WERE EIGHT DAYS WITH LOWS IN THE 30S. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MAY WAS 54.8 DEGREES... JUST ONE TENTH OF A DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. THIS TIED TWO OTHER YEARS AS THE 10TH WARMEST MAY IN 18 YEARS. GRAY RECORDED OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN MAY. THE 5.10 INCHES WAS 1.20 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 5TH WETTEST MAY IN 18 YEARS. THE MONTH STARTED OUT DRY WITH ONLY A TRACE OF RAINFALL DURING THE FIRST WEEK. THE MONTH ALSO SAW A LONG STRETCH OF EIGHT DAYS, FROM THE 19TH THROUGH THE 26TH, WITH RAIN. THIS WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY BACK TO BACK DAYS WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN... 1.03 INCHES ON THE 24TH AND 1.12 INCHES ON THE 25TH. GRAY HAD NO SNOW IN MAY. THIS WAS THE 16TH TIME IN 18 YEARS WITH NO SNOW IN MAY. THE OTHER TWO YEARS HAD JUST A TRACE. $$ SJC