Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
000 CXUS51 KCAR 050242 CCA CLSBGR CLIMATE REPORT ...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 942 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2022 ................................... ...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2022 TO 11/30/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1925 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 09/07/1945 LOW -3 11/29/1940 HIGHEST 84 09/10 MM MM 81 09/18 09/12 LOWEST 16 11/24 MM MM 16 11/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.2 58.3 2.9 60.2 AVG. MINIMUM 40.6 38.6 2.0 41.8 MEAN 50.9 48.5 2.4 51.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.8 -1.8 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 30.3 -2.3 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.31 2021 MINIMUM 8.59 2016 TOTALS 18.93 12.18 6.75 17.31 DAILY AVG. 0.21 0.13 0.08 0.19 DAYS >= .01 28 32.1 -4.1 35 DAYS >= .10 21 20.8 0.2 24 DAYS >= .50 14 7.7 6.3 10 DAYS >= 1.00 7 3.1 3.9 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.94 MM 3.22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2017 TOTALS 1.0* 4.9 -3.9 2.2 SINCE 7/1 1.0 4.9 -3.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 1.4 -0.4 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 2 11/28 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1293 1538 -245 1269 SINCE 7/1 1298 1580 -282 MM COOLING TOTAL 31 33 -2 24 SINCE 1/1 488 379 109 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/320 DATE 11/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/150 DATE 11/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 47 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 24 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 15 RAIN 18 LIGHT RAIN 37 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 1 FOG 58 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 13 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE CLIMATE 2022 FALL (SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER) SUMMARY... FALL 2022 ACROSS NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE FINISHED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, MOSTLY ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, AND MOSTLY BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION AS A WHOLE. AMONGST THE WEATHER ELEMENTS THIS SEASON, TEMPERATURE WAS THE MOST UNIFORM ACROSS THE REGION AVERAGING 2 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE THE 1991- 2020 CLIMATE REFERENCE PERIOD. THROUGH SEPTEMBER UNTIL ABOUT OCTOBER 12TH, TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL. TEMPERATURES THEN WERE MOSTLY ABOVE TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL FROM OCTOBER 13TH UNTIL NOVEMBER 12TH. THE REST OF NOVEMBER MOSTLY FINISHED WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MOST ANOMALOUS WARMTH OF THE SEASON OCCURRED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 4TH-7TH WITH DAILY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES RANGING UPWARDS OF +15 TO +30 DEGREES OF NORMAL DAILY AVERAGES WITH ACTUAL HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S ON NOVEMBER 5TH AND 6TH AND DOWNEAST AREAS ON THE 7TH. RECORD MONTHLY WARM DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ON NOVEMBER 6TH ACROSS THE REGION WERE MORE TYPICAL OF AVERAGE JULY MINIMUM TEMPS. ACTUAL WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURES, HOWEVER, OCCURRED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 9TH-12TH WERE MOST LOCATIONS REACHED THE LOWER TO MID 80S. AVERAGE FALL TEMPERATURES OF 47.0 AT CARIBOU, 47.9 AT HOULTON, 49.2 AT MILLINOCKET, AND 50.9 AT BANGOR WERE THE 5TH, 3RD, 3RD, AND 9TH WARMEST. RESPECTFULLY, AT EACH CLIMATE STATION. TOTAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION WAS MORE VARIABLE, RANGING FROM ABOUT 110 PERCENT OF AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH UPWARDS TO 160 PERCENT OF AVERAGE OVER CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS. DOWNEAST AREAS HAD MOSTLY ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL EACH MONTH THIS FALL (ESPECIALLY OCTOBER), WHILE NORTHERN AREAS BEGAN THE FALL WITH A DRY SEPTEMBER GOING TO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF 17.25 INCHES AT MILLINOCKET AND 18.93 INCHES AT BANGOR FINISHED AS THE 4TH AND 2ND WETTEST FALLS, RESPECTFULLY. LASTLY, TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS FALL, OCCURRING EXCLUSIVELY IN NOVEMBER OUTSIDE OF VERY HIGH TERRAIN, RANGED FROM NEAR ZERO ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST UPWARDS TO NEAR 24 INCHES (ABOUT 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL) OVER THE NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTHERN SAINT JOHN VALLEY AREAS. MOST LOCATIONS, HOWEVER, EXPERIENCING 10+ INCHES WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREENVILLE TO MARS HILL LINE, WITH COMPARATIVELY LITTLE SNOWFALL SOUTH OF HOULTON-MILLINOCKET-DOVER FOXCROFT LINE. SNOWFALL EVENTS BEGAN OCCURRING MOSTLY ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE REGION WITH THE TEMPERATURE REGIME CHANGE AFTER NOVEMBER 12TH. THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S OUTLOOK FOR WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) FOR OUR REGION IS CALLING FOR SOMEWHAT INCREASED ODDS FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOUT EQUAL ODDS OF BELOW, NEAR NORMAL, AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION, TO PERHAPS VERY SLIGHTLY FAVORING ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION ODDS OVER THE NORTHWEST THIRD. $$ VJN/CB