000 CDUS41 KGYX 180811 CLIPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 411 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 58 232 PM 84 1947 57 1 60 MINIMUM 38 1159 PM 26 1978 37 1 32 AVERAGE 48 47 1 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.32 1890 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.64 2.30 -1.66 4.43 SINCE SEP 1 11.48 5.67 5.81 7.65 SINCE JAN 1 48.72 34.77 13.95 36.97 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1929 0.0 0.0 0.0 1970 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 17 17 0 19 MONTH TO DATE 205 248 -43 185 SINCE SEP 1 367 447 -80 332 SINCE JUL 1 390 503 -113 387 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 2 SINCE SEP 1 29 25 4 55 SINCE JAN 1 331 347 -16 395 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 82 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 23 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 18 2008.......SUNRISE 700 AM EDT SUNSET 552 PM EDT OCTOBER 19 2008.......SUNRISE 701 AM EDT SUNSET 551 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$