Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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000 CXUS51 KCAR 080924 CLSCAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME 521 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2020 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2020 TO 5/31/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 05/22/1977 LOW -28 03/02/2001 HIGHEST 91 05/28 MM MM 73 05/25 LOWEST -7 03/01 MM MM -10 03/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 48.3 48.1 0.2 46.0 AVG. MINIMUM 27.5 28.4 -0.9 26.9 MEAN 37.9 38.2 -0.3 36.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.1 1.9 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 11 12.8 -1.8 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 60 52.0 8.0 49 DAYS MIN <= 0 3 4.1 -1.1 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.29 2005 MINIMUM 4.11 1965 TOTALS 8.15 8.50 -0.35 9.75 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.11 DAYS >= .01 37 39.4 -2.4 44 DAYS >= .10 23 21.8 1.2 22 DAYS >= .50 4 5.0 -1.0 7 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.74 MM 05/31 TO 05/31 05/31 TO 05/31EATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S 05/31 TO 05/31EATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 65.1 1961 TOTALS 46.5 26.2 20.3 18.4 SINCE 7/1 151.9 108.7 43.2 165.4 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 11 MM MM 17 DAYS >= 1.0 11 6.9 4.1 6 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 32 03/14 45 03/07 03/05 03/06 24 HR TOTAL 10.9 MM 05/31 TO 05/31 05/31 TO 05/31EATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S 05/31 TO 05/31EATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2509 2468 41 2600 SINCE 7/1 MM 9189 MM MM COOLING TOTAL 46 5 41 0 SINCE 1/1 46 5 41 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/330 DATE 05/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/310 DATE 05/14 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 35 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 27 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 30 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...SPRING 2020 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE... METEOROLOGICAL SPRING (MARCH THROUGH MAY) 2020 FEATURED NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, AND NEAR AVERAGE SNOWFALL DOWNEAST AND WELL ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NORTH. FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN CARIBOU OF 37.9 DEGREES WAS 3 TENTHS OF A DEGREE BELOW THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE. IN BANGOR, THE 3-MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 43.0 DEGREES WAS 3 TENTHS OF A DEGREE ABOVE AVERAGE. AS A WHOLE ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE TEMPERATURES THIS SPRING AVERAGED OUT CLOSE TO NORMAL DESPITE SOME WIDE TEMPERATURE SWINGS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW AVERAGE. IN CARIBOU, A TOTAL OF 8.15 INCHES OF RAIN (AND MELTED SNOW) WAS OBSERVED WHICH WAS 41 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH BELOW AVERAGE. IN BANGOR, A TOTAL OF 9.27 INCHES OF RAIN (AND MELTED SNOW) WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS 1.26 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. SNOWFALL WAS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE IN CARIBOU WITH A 3-MONTH TOTAL OF 46.5 INCHES, WHICH RANKED AS THE 10TH SNOWIEST SPRING ON RECORD. IN BANGOR, 16.6 INCHES OF SNOW AS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS 1.2 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE. MARCH WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, BUT THERE WERE NO PROLONGED WARM OR COLD SPELLS. SNOW PACK WAS SCANT ACROSS THE DOWNEAST REGION WITH A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF JUST 0.3" IN BANGOR, BUT IN CARIBOU SNOW PACK WAS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE WITH A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 27.4 INCHES. APRIL FEATURED TEMPERATURES THAT WERE 1 TO 2 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE MOST OF THE TIME THE 2ND HALF OF THE MONTH. PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. A TOTAL OF 21.9 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED IN CARIBOU WHICH MADE IT THE 5TH SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD. A WINTER STORM ON THE 9TH INTO THE 10TH PRODUCED WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE TO THE NORTH OF BANGOR. MAY STARTED ON A VERY COLD NOTE WITH WELL BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. A MAJOR SPRING STORM PRODUCED FROM 5 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE 9TH FROM NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY TO CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY. A LATE SEASON SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR ON THE 12TH CAUSED TEMPERATURES IN THE FAR NORTH TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S IN THE AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. THE LAST THIRD OF THE MONTH BROUGHT A COMPLETE REVERSAL TO THE PATTERN WITH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FROM THE 26TH TO THE 29TH AND BACK TO BACK 90 DEGREE DAYS IN CARIBOU ON THE 28TH-29TH. A LOW OF 69 DEGREES ON THE 29TH TIED FOR THE ALL-TIME WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. THE HOT/DRY WEATHER LATE MONTH LED TO TWO SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRES IN ISLAND FALLS AND IN BAXTER STATE PARK. $$ CB/VJN