490 CDUS41 KGYX 282042 CLIPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 442 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2011 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28 2011... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2011 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 44 232 PM 75 1998 46 -2 41 MINIMUM 24 147 AM 12 1982 29 -5 30 AVERAGE 34 38 -4 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.97 2005 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.73 3.72 1.01 6.71 SINCE MAR 1 4.73 3.72 1.01 6.71 SINCE JAN 1 11.24 10.95 0.29 15.80 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 8.4 1932 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.4 12.0 -8.6 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 3.4 12.0 -8.6 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 72.7 62.2 10.5 37.1 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 31 28 3 29 MONTH TO DATE 888 904 -16 713 SINCE MAR 1 888 904 -16 713 SINCE JUL 1 5833 6111 -278 5459 COOLING TODAY 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) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 46 100 AM LOWEST 30 300 PM AVERAGE 38 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 86 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 10 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 28 2011.........SUNRISE 631 AM EDT SUNSET 703 PM EDT MARCH 29 2011.........SUNRISE 629 AM EDT SUNSET 704 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$