000 CDUS41 KGYX 030802 CLIPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 402 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 63 209 PM 85 1968 63 0 64 MINIMUM 45 1157 PM 27 1964 42 3 44 AVERAGE 54 53 1 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.16 1.86 1929 0.13 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.43 0.26 0.17 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 11.27 3.63 7.64 3.22 SINCE JAN 1 48.51 32.73 15.78 32.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1899 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 12 -1 11 MONTH TO DATE 17 24 -7 22 SINCE SEP 1 179 223 -44 169 SINCE JUL 1 202 279 -77 224 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 29 25 4 53 SINCE JAN 1 331 347 -16 393 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 80 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 29 1957 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2008.......SUNRISE 642 AM EDT SUNSET 618 PM EDT OCTOBER 4 2008.......SUNRISE 643 AM EDT SUNSET 616 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$