889 CDUS41 KGYX 170842 CLIPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 442 AM EDT WED MAR 17 2010 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 58 347 PM 59 1973 42 16 37 MINIMUM 30 1149 PM 5 1956 25 5 25 AVERAGE 44 34 10 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.30 1937 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.57 2.04 1.53 1.65 SINCE MAR 1 3.57 2.04 1.53 1.65 SINCE JAN 1 12.66 9.27 3.39 6.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.0 1899 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 7.2 -7.2 10.6 SINCE MAR 1 T 7.2 -7.2 10.6 SINCE JUL 1 37.0 57.4 -20.4 81.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 32 -11 34 MONTH TO DATE 434 550 -116 561 SINCE MAR 1 434 550 -116 561 SINCE JUL 1 5180 5757 -577 5677 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 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 59 900 PM LOWEST 21 300 PM AVERAGE 40 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 62 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -3 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2010.........SUNRISE 650 AM EDT SUNSET 650 PM EDT MARCH 18 2010.........SUNRISE 648 AM EDT SUNSET 651 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$