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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME                                     
446 AM EST THU FEB 26 2009


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...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2009


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         31    433 PM  51    1985  37     -6       38       
  MINIMUM          8    709 AM -13    1959  18    -10       12       
  AVERAGE         20                        27     -7       25      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.21 1965   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.68                      2.78  -0.10     7.26    
  SINCE DEC 1      9.65                     11.11  -1.46    14.26    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.03                      6.87  -1.84    10.47    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          15.5  1966   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   15.3                      11.6    3.7     26.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     70.5                      45.7   24.8     84.3     
  SINCE JUL 1     70.5                      49.0   21.5     84.3     
  SNOW DEPTH      12                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       45                        38      7       40       
  MONTH TO DATE  988                      1028    -40      956       
  SINCE DEC 1   3573                      3526     47     3358       
  SINCE JUL 1   5017                      5094    -77     4722       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   2   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  SW (220)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     51          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       

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THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        64      1957                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -13      1950                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 26 2009......SUNRISE   623 AM EST   SUNSET   526 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 27 2009......SUNRISE   621 AM EST   SUNSET   528 PM EST   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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