Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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CXUS51 KCAR 032138
CLMBGR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
438 PM EST MON MAR 03 2025
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...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2025...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1925 TO 2025
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 65 02/23/2022
LOW -32 02/10/1948
HIGHEST 46 02/25 MM MM 50 02/27
02/26
02/28
LOWEST -14 02/02 MM MM 4 02/21
AVG. MAXIMUM 28.3 31.2 -2.9 36.1
AVG. MINIMUM 7.1 10.9 -3.8 17.8
MEAN 17.7 21.0 -3.3 26.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 19 14.4 4.6 10
DAYS MIN <= 32 27 26.9 0.1 28
DAYS MIN <= 0 9 6.9 2.1 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.12 1969
MINIMUM 0.53 1987
TOTALS 1.85 -0.53
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.08 -0.01 0.05
DAYS >= .01 9 9.9 -0.9 5
DAYS >= .10 5 6.3 -1.3 4
DAYS >= .50 1 1.3 -0.3 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.2 -0.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.56 02/16 TO 02/17 0.96 02/28 TO 02/29
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 62.5 1969
TOTALS 21.3 17.5 3.8 1.2
SINCE 7/1 49.1 55.7 -6.6 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 13 1
DAYS >= 1.0 8 5.0 3.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 19* 02/17 5 02/01
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1318 1230 88 1096
SINCE 7/1 5141 5464 -323 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/320 DATE 02/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/310 DATE 02/14
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 2
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 7
LIGHT SNOW 16 SLEET 4
FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...FEBRUARY 2025 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE...
FEBRUARY 2025 FEATURED NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES, NEAR
AVERAGE PRECIPITATION (RAIN AND MELTED SNOW EQUIVALENT), AND ABOVE
AVERAGE SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. TEMPERATURES
WERE NORMAL TO 1.0 DEGREES (F) BELOW THE 1991-2020 NORMALS OVER
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS. TEMPERATURES WERE 3.3F BELOW NORMAL AT
BANGOR, MAKING IT THE COLDEST FEBRUARY THERE SINCE 2015. ALL FOUR
MAJOR CLIMATE SITES FINISHED BELOW NORMAL FOR THE FIRST MONTH SINCE
NOVEMBER 2023. HOWEVER, NONE OF THE CLIMATE SITES FINISHED IN THE
TOP 10 FOR EXTREMES FOR TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, OR SNOWFALL.
TEMPERATURES WERE CONSISTENTLY AT OR BELOW NORMAL FOR THE FIRST
THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH ACROSS THE REGION. IN CARIBOU, THE MERCURY
DID NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE FIRST 22 DAYS OF THE MONTH. THIS
CAPPED A STRETCH OF 35 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR
BELOW FREEZING IN CARIBOU. THIS WAS THE 15TH LONGEST STREAK ON
RECORD AND THE LONGEST SINCE 2015. RECORDS IN CARIBOU DATE BACK TO
1939. A BRIEF WARMUP OCCURED THEREAFTER, WITH CARIBOU REACHING ITS
MONTHLY HIGH OF 45F ON THE 25TH. THE COLD ALLOWED FOR SIGNIFICANT
ICE BUILD UP ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. ALSO, FROST DEPTH IN CARIBOU
REACHED 32 INCHES LATE IN THE MONTH. THIS WAS THE LARGEST FROST
DEPTH RECORDED IN AT LEAST THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY 75 TO 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL FROM THE
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SOUTHWARD, AND UP TO 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL FURTHER
NORTH. AT THE START OF THE MONTH, MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) CONDITIONS
EXISTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM DEXTER TO MEDWAY TO DANFORTH.
ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT TO THE NORTH AND WEST,
EXCEPT ACROSS THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY AND NEAR THE QUEBEC BORDER.
THESE CONDITIONS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
NEARLY ALL OF THIS PRECIPITATION FELL IN THE FORM OF SNOW FROM THE
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NORTHWARD. TO THE SOUTH, PRECIPITATION FELL MOSTLY
AS A MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, AND/OR FREEZING RAIN. NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN
EVENTS OCCURED DURING THE MONTH.
SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL REGIONWIDE, WITH THE LARGEST POSITIVE
DEPARTURES OCCURING IN THE NORTH. IN CARIBOU, 35.3 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS 10.0 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE, THE 13TH
SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD, AND THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2021
(38.0 INCHES). THE TWO MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE MONTH CAME IN
QUICK SUCCESSION, WITH ONE ON THE 13TH, AND ANOTHER ON THE 16TH AND
17TH. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 10 INCHES OCCURRED IN BOTH
EVENTS NORTH OF THE KATAHDIN REGION. BOTH EVENTS SAW MIXED
PRECIPITATION IN THE BANGOR REGION AND DOWNEAST. THE 16TH AND 17TH
EVENT WAS THE LARGER OF THE TWO, WITH 18 INCHES OF SNOW FALLING NEAR
ROVKWOOD AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN LIMESTONE. UP TO 0.10 INCH OF
FREEZING RAIN AND UP TO 1.0 INCH OF SLEET FELL OVER DOWNEAST MAINE
AND THE BANGOR REGION ON TOP OF SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW.
AT THE START OF THE MONTH, SNOW DEPTH WAS JUST 3 TO 9 INCHES IN MOST
PLACES, WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES WEST OF ROUTE 11 TOWARDS THE QUEBEC
BORDER. THE SNOW AND CONSISTENT COLD ALLOWED SNOWPACK TO BUILD TO 15
TO 35 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS TOWARDS THE
QUEBEC BORDER. THE BANGOR REGION AND DOWNEAST SAW SNOW DEPTHS BUILD
TO 6 TO 15 INCHES BY THE END OF THE MONTH, WITH THE LOWEST AMOUNTS
IN COASTAL WASHINGTON COUNTY. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS AT THE
END OF THE MONTH WERE GENERALLY 2 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE BANGOR AREA
AND DOWNEAST. FURTHER NORTH, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS WERE
GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES, SIWHT UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN
TOWARDS THE QUEBEC BORDER.
THE CLIMATE PREDICITION CENTER`S (CPC) OUTLOOK FOR MARCH 2025
INDICATES NO STRONG CLIMATE SIGNALS TOWARDS ABOVE OR BELOW AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES. ODDS ARE SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARDS ABOVE AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NORTHWARD. THERE ARE NO
STRONG CLIMATE SIGNALS TOWARDS AN UNUSUALLY WET OR DRY MARCH FOR
BANGOR AND DOWNEAST.
NORMAL MARCH TEMPERATURES (1991-2020) INDICATE THAT AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES RISE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH. AT THE
START OF THE MONTH, AVERAGE HIGHS IN THE NORTH ARE IN THE UPPER 20S.
THESE RISE TO NEAR 40 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE MONTH. AVERAGE LOWS
RISE FROM THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO THE LOWER 20S DURING THE MONTH
IN THE NORTH. DOWNEAST, AVERAGE HIGHS RISE FROM THE MID 30S TO THE
MID 40S. AVERAGE LOWS DOWNEAST RISE FROM THE TEENS TO THE UPPER 20S
DURING MARCH. NORMAL MARCH SNOWFALL IS 21.4 INCHES IN CARIBOU AND
15.2 INCHES IN BANGOR. A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF OF DAYLIGHT
IS GAINED DURING MARCH. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME THIS YEAR BEGINS ON
MARCH 9TH.
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