000 CDUS41 KGYX 052040 CLIPWM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 440 PM EDT SUN OCT 5 2008 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 2008... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 60 1209 PM 81 1946 62 -2 76 MINIMUM 36 541 AM 26 1963 41 -5 47 AVERAGE 48 51 -3 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.73 1985 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.43 0.65 -0.22 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 11.27 4.02 7.25 3.22 SINCE JAN 1 48.51 33.12 15.39 32.54 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 T 1968 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 17 13 4 3 MONTH TO DATE 63 62 1 27 SINCE SEP 1 225 261 -36 174 SINCE JUL 1 248 317 -69 229 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 2 SINCE SEP 1 29 25 4 55 SINCE JAN 1 331 347 -16 395 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 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 92 1200 AM LOWEST 51 1100 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 84 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 23 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2008.......SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 614 PM EDT OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 645 AM EDT SUNSET 613 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$