000 CDUS41 KGYX 080907 CLIPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 407 AM EST MON DEC 8 2008 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 7 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 33 256 PM 71 1998 39 -6 33 MINIMUM 23 1159 PM 2 1955 22 1 7 AVERAGE 28 30 -2 20 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 1.71 1884 0.14 -0.10 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 1.01 -0.70 0.61 SINCE DEC 1 0.31 1.01 -0.70 0.61 SINCE JAN 1 56.93 42.60 14.33 43.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 8.2 2003 0.3 MM 0.4 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.0 -2.0 8.9 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 2.0 -2.0 8.9 SINCE JUL 1 T 5.3 -5.3 8.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 37 34 3 45 MONTH TO DATE 218 232 -14 290 SINCE DEC 1 218 232 -14 290 SINCE JUL 1 1662 1800 -138 1654 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 331 347 -16 397 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1000 AM LOWEST 55 1100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 58 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -5 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 8 2008......SUNRISE 702 AM EST SUNSET 404 PM EST DECEMBER 9 2008......SUNRISE 703 AM EST SUNSET 404 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$