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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
443 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008


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...THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         57   1220 PM  84    1947  62     -5       72
  MINIMUM         38    512 AM  23    1965  40     -2       54
  AVERAGE         48                        51     -3       63

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            T             7.49 1962   0.13  -0.13     0.27
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      0.78  -0.35     0.27
  SINCE SEP 1     11.27                      4.15   7.12     3.49
  SINCE JAN 1     48.51                     33.25  15.26    32.81

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0
                                      2001
                                      2000
  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                        14      3        2
  MONTH TO DATE   80                        76      4       29
  SINCE SEP 1    242                       275    -33      176
  SINCE JUL 1    265                       331    -66      231

 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
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 WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM
 LOWEST     47          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    70

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THE PORTLAND ME CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        88      1963
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        24      1965


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  6 2008.......SUNRISE   645 AM EDT   SUNSET   613 PM EDT
OCTOBER  7 2008.......SUNRISE   646 AM EDT   SUNSET   611 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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