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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME                                     
440 PM EDT FRI OCT 8 2010


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...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 2010...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         71    211 PM  81    1947  61     10       61       
  MINIMUM         45    527 AM  24    1954  40      5       44       
  AVERAGE         58                        50      8       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          4.43 2005   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.32                      1.04   1.28     2.71    
  SINCE SEP 1      4.62                      4.41   0.21     4.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     38.70                     33.51   5.19    43.35    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           T    2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      1888                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY            7                        14     -7       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   74                       104    -30       87       
  SINCE SEP 1    186                       303   -117      270       
  SINCE JUL 1    204                       359   -155      338       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     72                        25     47       14       
  SINCE JAN 1    559                       347    212      304       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       

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THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        79      1943                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        22      1953                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  8 2010.......SUNRISE   647 AM EDT   SUNSET   610 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  9 2010.......SUNRISE   648 AM EDT   SUNSET   608 PM EDT   

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




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