000 CDUS41 KGYX 220841 CLIPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 441 AM EDT WED OCT 22 2008 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 57 1131 AM 75 1979 56 1 73 MINIMUM 42 1217 AM 19 1972 36 6 52 AVERAGE 50 46 4 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.15 11.74 1996 0.15 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.79 2.89 -2.10 5.36 SINCE SEP 1 11.63 6.26 5.37 8.58 SINCE JAN 1 48.87 35.36 13.51 37.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.5 1926 0.0 MM 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 15 19 -4 2 MONTH TO DATE 287 321 -34 209 SINCE SEP 1 449 520 -71 356 SINCE JUL 1 472 576 -104 411 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 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 61 1100 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 81 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 20 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2008.......SUNRISE 705 AM EDT SUNSET 546 PM EDT OCTOBER 23 2008.......SUNRISE 706 AM EDT SUNSET 544 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$