000 CDUS41 KGYX 240902 CLIPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 402 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23 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 25 1159 PM 66 1990 34 -9 24 MINIMUM 9 738 AM -9 1945 16 -7 -1 AVERAGE 17 25 -8 12 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.14 1911 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.62 3.19 0.43 4.30 SINCE DEC 1 3.62 3.19 0.43 4.30 SINCE JAN 1 56.99 44.78 12.21 60.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 6.3 1947 0.5 -0.5 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.7 9.0 1.7 26.4 SINCE DEC 1 10.7 9.0 1.7 26.4 SINCE JUL 1 10.7 12.3 -1.6 26.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 48 39 9 53 MONTH TO DATE 810 826 -16 853 SINCE DEC 1 810 826 -16 853 SINCE JUL 1 2269 2394 -125 2297 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 304 347 -43 331 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 600 AM LOWEST 39 100 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 53 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -13 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 24 2009......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 409 PM EST DECEMBER 25 2009......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 410 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$