Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
000 CXUS51 KCAR 080946 CLSBGR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME 513 AM EDT SUN SEP 8 2019 ................................... ...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1925 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 08/19/1935 LOW 29 06/03/1939 HIGHEST 93 07/20 MM MM 95 08/07 LOWEST 42 06/09 MM MM 37 06/04 06/01 06/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.1 77.3 0.8 79.3 AVG. MINIMUM 55.9 55.3 0.6 56.6 MEAN 67.0 66.3 0.7 67.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 3.6 1.4 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.07 2006 MINIMUM 7.78 2016 TOTALS 17.33R 7.13 DAILY AVG. 0.19 0.11 0.08 0.12 DAYS >= .01 38 33.7 4.3 34 DAYS >= .10 24 20.6 3.4 19 DAYS >= .50 12 7.0 5.0 8 DAYS >= 1.00 6 2.1 3.9 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.11 MM 08/31 TO 08/31 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2017 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM 08/31 TO 08/31 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 106 170 -64 144 SINCE 7/1 16 63 -47 7 COOLING TOTAL 322 288 34 444 SINCE 1/1 322 294 28 453 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/010 DATE 06/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/360 DATE 06/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 0 AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 47 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 21 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 0 19 0 0 0 0 7 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...SUMMER 2019 NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE CLIMATE NARRATIVE... SUMMER (JUNE THROUGH AUGUST) 2019 FEATURED SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, BUT WAS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR AS WARM AS THE PREVIOUS SUMMER. PRECIPITATION WAS MORE VARIABLE RANGING FROM 65 TO 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS THE NORTH AND FROM 150 TO 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL DOWN EAST. JUNE WAS A COOL MONTH WITH NO 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES OBSERVED AT ANY OF THE LONG TERM CLIMATE SITES. THE LAST SIGNIFICANT FROST/FREEZE OF THE SEASON WAS OBSERVED ON THE 1ST OF THE MONTH ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA. RAINFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE IN MOST AREAS AND RANGED FROM 110 TO 150 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. ACROSS THE FAR NORTH, PRECIPITATION WAS LESS ABUNDANT AND RANGED FROM 70 TO 100 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. JULY WAS A MUCH WARMER AND MORE HUMID MONTH AND RANKED AS THE 8TH WARMEST ON RECORD IN CARIBOU AND THE 7TH WARMEST IN BANGOR. THERE WERE 3 DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 90 OR WARMER IN CARIBOU, THE MOST SINCE 1989. IN BANGOR, THERE WERE 5 DAY WITH A HIGH OF 90 OR WARMER, THE MOST SINCE 1997. IT WAS ANOTHER WET MONTH DOWN EAST WITH PRECIPITATION RANGING FROM 130 TO 200 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. MOST NORTHERN AREAS WERE RELATIVELY DRY WITH 50 TO 90 PERCENT OF AVERAGE RAINFALL. AUGUST FEATURED TEMPERATURES THAT WERE SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT NO EXTREME HEAT WITH NO 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES OBSERVED AT ANY OF THE LONG TERM CLIMATE SITES. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTH AND WELL ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE SOUTH. IN FACT, BANGOR HAD THE 2ND WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD WITH 7.54 INCHES OF RAIN OBSERVED. FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, CARIBOU HAD 25 DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 80 OR WARMER, WHICH WAS NEAR AVERAGE. THERE WERE 3 DAYS WITH HIGH OF 90 OR WARMER, WHICH WAS 1 MORE THAN AVERAGE. IN BANGOR, THERE WERE 37 DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 80 OR WARMER, WHICH WAS 3 LESS THAN AVERAGE. THERE WERE 5 DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 90 OR WARMER, WHICH WAS AVERAGE NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE DAYS FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER. RAINFALL AT CARIBOU FOR THE SUMMER WAS 7.91 INCHES, WHICH WAS 3.41 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. IT WAS THE DRIEST SUMMER SINCE 1995 WHEN ONLY 5.60 INCHES OF RAIN WAS OBSERVED, AND RANKED AS THE 5TH DRIEST SUMMER SINCE WEATHER RECORDS BEGAN IN 1939. PRECIPITATION IN BANGOR FOR THE SUMMER WAS 17.33 INCHES, WHICH WAS 7.13 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE, AND IT RANKED AS THE ALL-TIME WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD. IF WE USED THE CARIBOU JUNE THROUGH AUGUST TOTAL EVAPORATION OF 15.31 INCHES AS A PROXY TO COMPARE TO RAINFALL AT ANY OTHER LOCATION ACROSS THE REGION, IT CAN EASILY BE SEEN WHY THE APPROXIMATE 55 PERCENT RAINFALL/EVAPORATION RATIO AT CARIBOU LEAD TO VERY DRY GROUND, SEMI-BROWN LAWNS, AND LOW RIVER/STREAM FLOWS ACROSS THE FAR NORTH BY LATE AUGUST, WHILE THE 110 TO 120 PERCENT RATIO SEEN AT DOWNEAST LOCATIONS RESULTED IN MUCH THE OPPOSITE THERE. OF COURSE, ACTUAL EVAPORATION VARIES SOMEWHAT FROM PLACE TO PLACE WITHIN OUR REGION OVER THE COURSE OF A SUMMER. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, SUMMER DAILY EVAPORATION IS ONLY MEASURED AT CARIBOU OVER THE NORTHERN/ EASTERN MAINE REGION TO MAKE ANY COMPARISONS TO OTHER LOCATIONS. $$ CB/VJN