Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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CXUS51 KCAR 012204
CLMCAR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
604 PM EDT FRI NOV 01 2024
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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 82 10/09/2011
LOW 14 10/19/1972
10/22/1940
HIGHEST 77 10/31 MM MM 79 10/03
LOWEST 22 10/29 MM MM 27 10/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 57.1 53.2 3.9 58.9
AVG. MINIMUM 38.1 35.9 2.2 43.4
MEAN 47.6 44.5 3.1 51.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 1
DAYS MIN <= 32 8 12.4 -4.4 5
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.73 1990
MINIMUM 0.63 1955
TOTALS 1.48 -2.51
DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.13 -0.08 0.13
DAYS >= .01 10 13.5 -3.5 18
DAYS >= .10 5 7.9 -2.9 10
DAYS >= .50 0 2.6 -2.6 3
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.60 10/07 TO 10/08 1.30 10/07 TO 10/08
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 12.1 1963
TOTALS 0.1 1.7 -1.6 3.3
SINCE 7/1 0.1 1.8 -1.7 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.4 -0.4 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 3 10/31
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 534 634 -100 421
SINCE 7/1 758 1016 -258 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 1
SINCE 1/1 399 224 175 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/300 DATE 10/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/320 DATE 10/12
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.45
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...OCTOBER 2024 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE...
OCTOBER 2024 WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH MUCH BELOW AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM ABOUT 1.5
TO 3.5 DEGREES (F) ABOVE THE 1991-2020 NORMALS. PRECIPITATION WAS
GENERALLY BETWEEN 25 AND 50 PERCENT OF NORMAL.
IN CARIBOU, IT WAS THE 9TH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. SIX OF THE 10
WARMEST OCTOBERS IN CARIBOU HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 2007, INCLUDING FIVE
SINCE 2017. RECORDS IN CARIBOU DATE BACK TO 1939. ELSEWHERE,
TEMPERATURES FOR OCTOBER 2024 FELL OUTSIDE THE TOP 10 WARMEST ON
RECORD. THE WARMEST DAY OF OCTOBER CAME ON THE 31ST, WHEN ALL FOUR
SITES SET RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE DAY. BANGOR SAW A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES, WHILE CARIBOU SAW A HIGH OF 77 DEGREES.
MILLINOCKET AND HOULTON REPORTED HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 75 AND 73
DEGREES, RESPECTIVELY. THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN CARIBOU, BANGOR, AND
MILLINOCKET WERE THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES FOR SO LATE IN THE YEAR AT
THOSE SITES.
THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE YEAR OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 9TH IN CARIBOU,
WHICH WAS THE 6TH LATEST FIRST FREEZE DATE ON RECORD. OF THE TEN
LATEST FIRST FREEZE DATES ON RECORD IN CARIBOU, FIVE HAVE OCCURRED
SINCE 2010. THE FIRST FREEZE IN HOULTON OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 8TH,
WHICH IS THE 2ND LATEST ON RECORD. THE RECORD LATEST FIRST FREEZE IN
HOULTON WAS OCTOBER 11TH, 1957. MIILINOCKET HAD ITS FIRST FREEZE ON
OCTOBER 9TH, ITS 13TH LATEST FIRST FREEZE ON RECORD. BANGOR SAW ITS
FIRST FREEZE ON OCTOBER 17TH, ITS 12TH LATEST ON RECORD. RECORDS IN
HOULTON, MILLINOCKET, AND BANGOR DATE BACK TO 1948, 1903, AND 1925
RESPECTIVELY.
THE COLDEST MORNING OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 29TH, WHEN MANY
LOCATIONS SAW LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS. BANGOR RECORDED A LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 17 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THIS WAS THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IN BANGOR SINCE 1944. THE ALL-
TIME LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IN BANGOR WAS 11
DEGREES, SET ON OCTOBER 30TH, 1941.
YET PERHAPS THE MOST NOTEWORTHY ASPECT OF OCTOBER 2024 WAS HOW DRY
IT WAS ACROSS THE REGION. AT CARIBOU, IT WAS THE 9TH DRIEST OCTOBER
ON RECORD. IT WAS ALSO THE 9TH DRIEST OCTOBER IN BANGOR. MEANWHILE,
MILLINOCKET AND HOULTON SAW THEIR 7TH AND 10TH DRIEST OCTOBERS ON
RECORD, RESPECTIVELY. EVAPORATION, AS MEASURED IN CARIBOU, WAS 1.81
INCHES FOR OCTOBER 2024. AT THE START OF THE MONTH, THE US DROUGHT
MONITOR HAD MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) CONDITIONS ALONG THE DOWNEAST
COAST. ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT IN MOST OF THE
REST OF THE AREA OUTSIDE OF THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY AND THE NORTH
WOODS. AT THE END OF THE MONTH, D1 CONDITIONS COVERED MOST LOCATIONS
SOUTH AND EAST OF KATAHDIN, AS WELL AS IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY ALONG THE
NEW BRUNSWICK BORDER. DO CONDITIONS COVERED MOST OF THE REST OF THE
AREA EXCEPT IN THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY AND TOWARDS THE QUEBEC BORDER.
THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON OCCURRED ON THE 14TH AND 15TH IN
THE NORTH WOODS, WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. ANOTHER MINOR
SNOW EVENT OCCURRED IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY ON THE 27TH, WHERE A TRACE
TO 1 INCH OF SNOW FELL. OFFICIALLY IN CARIBOU, 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL ON THE 27TH. THE 1991-2020 AVERAGE SNOWFALL FOR OCTOBER IN
CARIBOU IS 1.7 INCHES, AND MEASURABLE SNOW HAS FALLEN IN 53/85 (62
PERCENT) OF ALL OCTOBERS ON RECORD. NO SNOW FELL DURING THE MONTH
SOUTH OF KATAHDIN. IN BANGOR, THE 1991-2020 AVERAGE OCTOBER SNOWFALL
IS 0.6 INCHES, AND MEASURABLE SNOW HAS FALLEN IN 10/94 (11 PERCENT)
OF ALL OCTOBERS, WITH 5 YEARS OF MISSING DATA.
FALL FOLIAGE PEAKED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH ACROSS THE
NORTH, AND TOWARDS MID MONTH NEAR BANGOR AND DOWNEAST. A STRONG WIND
EVENT OCCURRED ON THE 12TH, WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. SINCE THE
TREES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS STILL HAD LEAVES ON THEM,
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE TAKEN DOWN. OVER 100 THOUSAND
CUSTOMERS WERE LEFT WITHOUT POWER, WITH THE LARGEST OUTAGES
OCCURRING IN PISCATAQUIS, PENOBSCOT, AND HANCOCK COUNTIES.
THE CLIMATE PREDICITION CENTER`S (CPC) OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER 2024
INDICATES THAT THE ODDS ARE TILTED TOWARDS ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. THE CPC SHOWS THE ODDS SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARDS
UNUSUALLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR DOWNEAST MAINE. ELSEWHERE, THERE ARE NO
STRONG CLIMATE SIGNALS THAT POINT TOWARDS UNUSUALLY WET (SNOWY) OR
UNUSUALLY DRY CONDITIONS IN NOVEMBER 2024. AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES
RANGE FROM THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S (FROM NORTH TO SOUTH) AT THE
START OF THE MONTH. BY THE END OF THE MONTH, AVERAGE HIGHS RANGE
FROM THE UPPER 30S TO THE MID 40S. AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES RANGE
FROM NEAR 40 DEGREES AT THE START OF THE MONTH DOWNEAST, TO THE LOW
TO MID 20S BY THE END OF THE MONTH. ACROSS THE FAR NORTH, AVERAGE
LOWS DROP FROM THE LOWER 30S AT THE START OF THE MONTH TO THE UPPER
TEENS BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
LIQUID PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AVERAGES BETWEEN 3.25
AND 4.00 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. SNOWFALL IN CARIBOU FOR NOVEMBER
AVERAGES 10.4 INCHES, WHILE IN BANGOR SNOWFALL AVERAGES 4.3 INCHES.
ON AVERAGE, NOVEMBER IS THE CLOUDIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR ACROSS THE
REGION. SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ANYTIME DURING NOVEMBER, BUT THE
FREQUENCY OF LARGER SNOW EVENTS INCREASES MOST RAPIDLY DURING THE
2ND HALF OF THE MONTH. NEARLY 2 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT IS LOST DURING
NOVEMBER. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS THIS YEAR ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER
3RD.
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