000 CDUS41 KGYX 070940 CLIPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 440 AM EST SAT MAR 7 2009 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 614 PM 60 1974 39 4 37 MINIMUM 33 236 AM -13 1948 22 11 22 AVERAGE 38 31 7 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.78 1920 0.13 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.46 0.73 -0.27 1.54 SINCE MAR 1 0.46 0.73 -0.27 1.54 SINCE JAN 1 5.60 7.96 -2.36 12.81 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 17.4 1887 0.5 -0.5 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 8.6 2.5 6.1 5.7 SINCE MAR 1 8.6 2.5 6.1 5.7 SINCE JUL 1 79.1 52.7 26.4 96.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 35 -8 35 MONTH TO DATE 260 217 43 200 SINCE MAR 1 260 217 43 200 SINCE JUL 1 5376 5424 -48 5092 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 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 92 1000 AM LOWEST 56 200 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 68 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -6 2007 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2009.........SUNRISE 607 AM EST SUNSET 538 PM EST MARCH 8 2009.........SUNRISE 706 AM EDT SUNSET 639 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$