ON A LIGHTER NOTE....

STILL WAITING FOR TRUE SUMMER

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:52:00 GMT

I've had a handful of decent, sunny days with a high temp in the mid 70's, and a few days in the 80's, but no real summer yet. I need 80+ daytime and overnight mid 60's to call it Summer. June 17 it was 80/45. June 25 it was 80/59. It hasn't been 80 since...And now I've had my first July daytime high below 60 since July 4, 1992. It's getting old...JULY AVERAGES AND RECORDS--Average Hi/Low...............Record High/Low.....................Record Precipitation7-0...
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2008 NUMBERS--FINAL EDITION

Wed, 2 May 2007 09:49:00 GMT

2008 TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGE MEAN--January: 2.8 Degrees above averageFebruary: <0.1 Degrees above average (+2 degrees divided by 29 days)March: 3.4 Degrees below averageApril: 1.3 Degrees above averageMay: 1.2 Degrees below averageJune: 0.5 Degrees above averageJuly: 2.0 Degrees above averageAugust: 2.6 Degrees below averageSeptember: 0.1 Degrees above averageOctober: 1.2 Degrees below averageNovember: 0.4 Degrees above averageDecember: EVENYEAR: Slightl...
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APRIL SHOWERS....

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:34:00 GMT

...Brings Mud Season! And any snow that falls is called "Poor man's fertilizer." Especially after the farmers plow the fields. Yes it can still snow well into April, even double digits. The 3rd & 4th, 1975 (12.7"), and the 6th & 7th, 1982 are good examples. Now I can add the 4th & 5th, 2007 to the list. The 10.4" on 4-13-1962 is the latest recorded double digit snowfall. The 30th is the only day without recorded snow--AVERAGES & RECORDS:4-01: 46/28 64(1986) 4...
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WINTER MARCHES ON

Sat, 3 Mar 2007 14:53:00 GMT

March certainly came in like a lion with 6.6 inches of snow on the second, breaking the 20 year old record of 6.1 inches in 1987. As you can see below, it can still snow any day in March, with some impressive totals through the middle of the month. The 17.2" on 3-14-84 is the most in my lifetime and the 3rd highest recorded total behind 25.5" on 12-30-62 and 18.9" on 11-15-62--MARCH OVER THE YEARS:3-01: 35/16 53(1974) -11(1982) 1.29"(1999) 8.0" SNOW(1968)3-02: 35/...
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WINTER IN MAINE

Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:36:00 GMT

The last time I had a record low was -12 on March 11, 2005. Going on almost 2 years now. I had zero record lows in 2006. Only 7 record highs. 3 in January, 2 in February, 1 in November, 1 in December. Funny how they all came during winter months...New format columns:Average high/low temps.Record high/low (years)Record precip. (year)Record snowfall (year)The snowfall column will be up until late April! And then 5 more in May!Pretty cold February 1934 with 6 rec...
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