ZCZC PWMCLMPWM CSUS03 KP.M 011240 CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 745 AM EDT FRI MAR 2 2002 FEBRUARY TEMPERATURE DATA (RANK: 1ST = WARMEST, 62ND = COLDEST) 2002 NORMAL DEPARTURE RANK WARMEST COLDEST AVG. MONTHL0 7TH@ 32.3 1981 15.6 1979 AVG. MAXIMUM 38.9 34.1 PLUS 4.8 3RD 40.4 1981 24.3 1979 AVG. MINIMUM 18.6 15.6 PLUS 3.0 9TH 24.1'81&98 4.9 1967 @TIES 1960 NUMBER OF DAYS: NORMAL NORMAL MAX. 32 OR BELOW.. 2 12.1 MIN. 32 OR BELOW.. 27 26.0 MAX. 90 OR ABOVE.. 0 ZERO MIN. 0 OR BELOW... 1 4.1 HIGHEST... 50 ON 16TH & 27TH COLDEST HIGH... 25 ON THE 5TH LOWEST.... -3 ON THE 3RD WARMEST LOW.... 37 ON THE 21ST HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS 1006 FEB 2002 TOTAL ZERO 1168 NORMAL ZERO MINUS 162 DEPARTURE ZERO 4345 SEASONAL TOTAL ZERO 5272 NORMAL ZERO MINUS 927 DEPARTURE ZERO ASOS PRECIPITATION DATA (RANK: 1ST = WETTEST, 132ND = DRIEST) ==== NORMAL DEPARTURE RANK TOTAL FOR FEB 2002 2.48 IN. 3.14 IN. MINUS 0.66 IN. 103RD TOTAL FOR YEAR 5.46 IN. 7.23 IN. MINUS 1.77 IN. 104TH GREATEST IN 24 HOURS FOR MONTH 0.78 INCHES ON THE 10TH-11TH. FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR (COOP OBSVR) (RANK: 1ST = MOST, 121TH = LEAST) SNOWFALL/ICE PELLETS NORMAL DEPARTURE RANK TOTAL FOR FEB 2002 1.1 IN. 16.5 IN. PLUS 15.4 INCHES 118TH TOTAL FOR 2001/02 21.9 IN. 56.2 IN. PLUS 34.3 INCHES 117TH GREATEST IN 24 HOURS FOR MONTH 1.1 INCHES ON THE 1ST. GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND FOR MONTH 6 INCHES ON THE 1ST & 2ND. NUMBER OF DAYS NORMAL DAYS WITH SNOWFALLS OF NORMAL .01 INCH OR MORE PCPN. 7 10.0 1 WHOLE INCH OR MORE 1 3.3 .10 INCH OR MORE PCPN. 5 6.0 3 WHOLE INCHES OR MORE 0 1.8 .50 INCH OR MORE PCPN. 2 3.0 6 WHOLE INCHES OR MORE 0 1.0 1.00 INCH OR MORE PCPN. 0 SKY COVER DATA NO LONGER AVAILABLE THUNDERSTORM DAYS 0 0.1 DUE TO AUTOMATION OF SURFACE HEAVY FOG 2 2.1 OBSERVATIONS ON AUG. 1, 1994 FEBRUARY 2002 ASOS WIND DATA AVG MPH NORMAL DATE SPD AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 9.4 WINDIEST DAY 28TH 15.3 MPH NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: CALMEST DAY 6TH 2.6 MPH AVG WIND SPEED 10 MPH OR MORE....6 FASTEST MILE 30/290 ON 28TH AVG WIND SPEED 10 MPH OR MORE....1 PEAK GUST 38/360 ON 11TH PEAK GUSTS 30 MPH OR GREATER.....6..THEY ARE: 2ND 32/300; 11TH 38/360; 12TH 30/210; 13TH 36/300; 18TH 32/010; 28TH 37/290. THERE WERE NO DAILY RECORDS SET OR TIED DURING FEB 2002. IN PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 2002 ENDED UP MILDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH MUCH LESS SNOW THAN USUAL. MEANWHILE, GRAY RECORDED 58% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS 1% AND 4% MORE SUNSHINE THAN FEBRUARY 2001 AND 2000 RESPECTIVELY. PORTLAND'S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 28.8 DEGREES WAS THE WARMEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1999 /29.0 DEG./ AND TIES 1960 AS PORTLAND'S 7TH WARMEST FEBRUARY IN 62 YEARS. THE 2.48 INCHES OF WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WAS PORTLAND'S DRIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1994 /1.29 IN./ AND OVERALL THE 30TH DRIEST FEBRUARY IN 132 YEARS. DURING FEBRUARY 2002, PORTLAND RECORDED NO THUNDERSTORM DAYS BUT HAD TWO DAYS /21ST & 26TH/ WITH HEAVY FOG. ONE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE MONTH HAS TO BE THE LACK OF SNOWFALL, AS PORTLAND RECORDED ONLY 1.1 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MONTH WHICH ALL FELL ON THE 1ST, WITH FIVE DAYS RECORDING TRACE AMOUNTS /4TH, 11TH, 17TH, 27TH AND 28TH/. PORTLAND'S MERE 1.1 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MONTH IS THE LEAST FEBRUARY SNOW SINCE 1998 /0.9 IN./ AND OVERALL THE 4TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY IN 121 YEARS. PORTLAND'S THREE LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUA ARE 1998 /0.9 IN./, 1987 /0.8 IN./ AND 1941 /0.3 IN./. FEBRUARY 2002 WAS TRULY A CALAMITY FOR MANY LOCALLY SPONSORED OUTDOOR WINTER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS ICE FISHING DERBIES, ICE SCULPTURING AND SNOW CARNIVALS AS WELL AS SPORTING EVENTS. THESE WERE CANCELLED DUE TO THE LACK OF SNOW AND THE MILD TEMPERATURES. OVERALL, FEBRUARY 2001 IN PORTLAND WAS GENERALLY MILD. HOWVER THE SIX DAYS THAT AVERAGED OUT BELOW NORMAL AND OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH /2ND, 3RD, 5TH, 6TH, 12TH & 14TH/. THREE DAYS AVERAGED OUT AS NORMAL /11TH, 13TH & 24TH/. THE REMAINING 19 DAYS ALL WERE MILDER WITH NINE DAYS OCCURRING IN A ROW /15TH-22ND/ BEING THE WARMEST STRETCH FOR THE MONTH. THERE WERE SEVEN DAYS WITH DEPARTURES OF 10 DEGREES OR MORE AND WERE ALL ON THE WARM SIDE AND OCCURRED DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH /15TH, 16TH, 20TH, 21ST, 22ND, 26TH & 27TH/. TO EMPHASIZE THE WARMTH, PORTLAND RECORDED 26 DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING,/33 DEG OF MORE/ WHICH IS THE MOST SUCH READINGS IN 62 YEARS REPLACING THE 24 SUCH MAXIMA OF 1960. NORMALLY, FEBRUARY SEES SIXTEEN DAYS WITH PORTLAND'S DAILY MAXIMA ABOVE FREEZING. FEBRUARY 2002 AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 38.9 DEGREES OR THE 3RD WARMEST SUCH READING IN 62 YEARS. PORTLAND'S TWO WARMEST AVERAGE MAXIMA OCCURRED IN 1981 /40.4 DEG./ AND 1984 /40.1 DEG./. PORTLAND'S FEBRUARY DAILY AVERAGE MINIMUM /18.6 DEG./ WAS NOT QUITE AS SPECTACULAR, BUT OVERALL WAS PORTLAND'S 9TH WARMEST SUCH READING IN 62 YEARS. IT WAS ALSO THE WARMEST SUCH TEMPERATURE SINCE 1999 /19.9 DEG./. THE 3 BELOW ZERO READING ON THE 3RD, WAS PORTLAND'S COLDEST MINIMUM FOR THE MONTH AND ALSO FOR THE WINTER. NORMALLY PORTLAND RECORDS FOUR SUCH TEMPERATURES DURING FEBRUARY AND THIRTEEN DURING A NORMAL WINTER. PORTLAND'S SEVEN DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION, WERE RATHER EVENLY SPACED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH /1ST, 10TH, 11TH, 17TH, 21ST, 26TH & 27TH/. GRAY RECORDED THREE DAYS WITH NO SUNSHINE /1ST, 7TH AND 21ST, AND FOUR DAYS WITH 100% OF POSSIBLE /2ND, 18TH, 19TH & 24TH/. THE 170:38 OF SUNSHINE IS GRAY'S 2ND SUNNIEST FEBRUARY IN SEVEN YEARS OF RECORD. THE SUNNIEST FEBRUARY OCCURRED IN 1997 WITH 181:00 RECORDED. THIS METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DEC 2001; JAN & FEB 2002) IS PORTLAND'S WARMEST WINTER IN AIRPORT HISTORY /31.3 DEG., RELEGATING 1997/98 /29.3 DEG./ TO SECOND WARMEST IN 62 YEARS. IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT FIVE OF PORTLAND'S SIX WARMEST WINTERS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST ELEVEN YEARS. THE REMAINING THREE ARE 1990/91 /29.0 DEG./, 1996/97 /28.9 DEG./ AND 1998/99 /27.9 DEG./. THE 2001/02 WINTER PRECIPITATION /WATER EQUIVALENT/ WAS 7.39 INCHES OR 4.08 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, THE DRIEST SUCH PERIOD SINCE 1988/89 /4.73 INCHES, AND OVERALL PORTLAND'S 14TH DRIEST WINTER IN 132 YEARS. THIS BECOMES PORTLAND'S 4TH WINTER IN A ROW TO RECORD BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION /1971-00 WINTER NORMAL IS 11.47 INCHES/. THE 2001/02 SEASON'S SNOWFALL IS QUITE SPARSE AS PORTLAND HAS ONLY RECORDED 21.9 INCHES OF SNOW, OR THE 5TH LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER IN 121 YEARS. THE FOUR OTHER WINTERS THROUGH FEBRUARY WITH LESS SNOW ARE THE SEASONS OF 1936/37 /12.4 IN./; 1979/80 /20.7 IN./; WITH 1941/42 AND 1988/89 TIED AT 21.3 INCHES. HERE IS A LOOK AT PORTLAND'S WINTER DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND WHAT THE WINTER OF 2001/02 LEFT IN SHAMBLES. NUMBER OF WINTER DAYS WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES OF: 61 YR AVG. 2001/02 MOST FEWEST 33 OR MORE....20.6...........35......37 1990/91 &.....4 19764/77 1996/97 32 OR LESS....69.6...........55......86 1976/77......53 1990/91 & 1996/97 25 OR LESS....47.7...........15**....73 1976/77......29 1997/98 20 OR LESS....32.5............5**....53 1976/77......11 1952/53 15 OR LESS....17.9............0**....33 1958/59.......1 1952/53 10 OR LESS.....8.9............0*.....21 1947/48 &.....0 1952/53, 1970/71 1997/98 & 2000/01 **NEW RECORD FEWEST *TIES RECORD FEWEST IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2002 HAS AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 29.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, AND PORTLAND'S WARMEST SUCH PERIOD IN 62 YEARS. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 29.2 DEGREES OF 1998. THE 5.46 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2002 IS 1.77 INCHES BELOW NORMAL OR THE 29TH DRIEST JANUARY-FEBRUARY IN 132 YEARS. WSFO GRAY MAINE CLIMATE OBSERVATORY =================================== FEBRUARY 2002 SUNSHINE...AND SUNRISE TO SUNSET CLOUD COVER DATA HRS:MIN NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: ACTUAL TOTAL 170:36 PCT OF SNSH = CLD CVR DAYS PERCENT 58 0%-10% = CLOUDY 5 100% 294:56 11%-49% = M CLDY 6 50%-89% = M SNNY 10 90%-100% = SUNNY 7 TEMPERATURE DATA FOR GRAY MAINE FEBRUARY 2002 FEBRUARY 2002 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: AVG. MONTHLY 27.4 DEG. MAX 15 OR BELOW 0 MIN 35 OR ABOVE 1 AVG. MAXIMUM 36.6 DEG. MAX 20 OR BELOW 0 MIN 33 OR ABOVE 2 AVG. MINIMUM 18.1 DEG. MAX 25 OR BELOW 2 MIN 32 OR BELOW 26 MAX 32 OR BELOW 8 MIN 25 OR BELOW 21 MAX 33 OR ABOVE 20 MIN 20 OR BELOW 16 MAX 35 OR ABOVE 13 MIN 15 OR BELOW 12 MAX 40 OR ABOVE 4 MIN 10 OR BELOW 7 MAX 45 OR ABOVE 2 MIN 0 OR BELOW 1 MAX 50 OR ABOVE 1 MIN -5 OR BELOW 0 MAX 90 OR ABOVE 0 MIN -10 OR BELOW 0 HIGHEST....51 ON THE 16TH COLDEST HIGH....21 ON THE 5TH LOWEST......0 ON THE 12TH WARMEST LOW.....37 ON THE 21ST FEBRUARY 2002 DEGREE DAY DATA FOR GRAY MAINE HEATING | COOLING | GROWING (BASE 40 45 50 FOR MONTH 1009 | 0 | 18.0 4.5 0.5 FOR SEASON 4380 | 0 | 4698.5 3644.5 2722.0) SEASON BEGINS JUL 1ST-| JAN 1ST- | MAR 1ST SEASON ENDS JUN 30TH| DEC 31ST | FEB 28TH OR 29TH PRECIPITATION DATA FOR GRAY MAINE TOTAL FOR FEB 2001 2.84 INCHES TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 2002 5.78 INCHES. GREATEST IN 24 HOURS /MDNT-MDNT/ FOR MONTH 0.84 INCHES ON THE 27TH. GREATEST IN ANY 24 HOUR PERIOD FOR MONTH 1.01 INCHES ON THE 10TH-11TH. TOTAL FOR OCT-FEB 2001/02 12.86 INCHES /HYDROLOGIC YEAR OCT 1-SEP 30/ SNOWFALL DATA FOR GRAY MAINE TOTAL FOR FEB 2002 3.4 INCHES. TOTAL FOR 2000/01 SEASON 42.3 INCHES. GREATEST IN 24 HOURS /MDNT-MDNT/ FOR MONTH 1.7 INCHES ON THE 27TH. GREATEST IN ANY 24 HOUR PERIOD FOR MONTH 2.0 INCHES ON 27TH-28TH. GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND FOR MONTH 13 INCHES ON THE 1ST THRU 4TH. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: SNOWFALL OF: NO PRECIPITATION 17 ZERO 21 A TRACE OF PCPN. 3 A TRACE 3 .01 INCH OR MORE PCPN. 8 1 WHOLE INCH OR MORE 2 .10 INCH OR MORE PCPN. 2 2 WHOLE INCHES OR MORE 0 .50 INCH OR MORE PCPN. 2 3 WHOLE INCHES OR MORE 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE PCPN. 0 6 WHOLE INCHES OR MORE 0 12 WHOLE INCHES OR MORE 0 SARDINHA  NNNN