Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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CXUS51 KCAR 012147 RRA
CLMCAR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
433 PM EST SUN DEC 01 2024
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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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 75 11/10/2020
LOW -8 11/30/1995
HIGHEST 72 11/06 MM MM 52 11/17
LOWEST 19 11/14 MM MM 6 11/25
AVG. MAXIMUM 44.5 39.5 5.0 37.8
AVG. MINIMUM 31.9 25.6 6.3 23.7
MEAN 38.2 32.6 5.6 30.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 7.7 -7.7 6
DAYS MIN <= 32 15 24.0 -9.0 29
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.2 -0.2 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.15 1983
MINIMUM 0.45 1939
TOTALS 2.43 -0.92
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.11 -0.03 0.07
DAYS >= .01 19 13.4 5.6 11
DAYS >= .10 11 7.2 3.8 4
DAYS >= .50 0 2.3 -2.3 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.58 11/28 TO 11/29 0.59 11/22 TO 11/23
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 34.9 1974
TOTALS 6.5 10.4 -3.9 7.6
SINCE 7/1 6.6 12.2 -5.6 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1
DAYS >= 1.0 2 3.0 -1.0 2
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 5 11/29 3 11/23
11/27
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 796 974 -178 1021
SINCE 7/1 1554 1991 -437 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 399 224 175 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/310 DATE 11/08
29/330 11/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/310 DATE 11/08
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.73
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 19
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 20 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 12 SLEET 1
FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 2
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...NOVEMBER 2024 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE...
NOVEMBER 2024 WAS MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH BELOW AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 4 TO 6
DEGREES (F) ABOVE THE 1991-2020 NORMALS.
IN CARIBOU, IT WAS THE WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD, BESTING 2011 BY
0.3F. SIX OF THE TOP 10 WARMEST NOVEMBERS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED SINCE
2006. IN BANGOR, IT TIED WITH 1934 AND 2016 AS THE 4TH WARMEST
NOVEMBER ON RECORD. iT WAS ALSO THE 4TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD
IN MILLINOCKET, AND A TIE WITH 1953 FOR THE 6TH WARMEST IN HOULTON.
PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 50 TO 90 PERCENT OF NORMAL WITH MUCH OF
THE PRECIPITATION FALLING DURING THE LAST THIRD OF THE MONTH.
SNOWFALL WAS MOSTLY BELOW AVERAGE, BUT WAS A BIT ABOVE AVERAGE IN
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY AND SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK
COUNTY.
TEMPERATURES MOST OF THE MONTH WERE MILD. THERE WAS ONLY ONE NIGHT
ALL MONTH IN CARIBOU AND BANGOR WHEN LOWS DROPPED INTO THE TEENS.
ONLY 1948, 2009, AND 2016 HAD FEWER NIGHTS (NONE OBSERVED) WITH A
LOW IN THE TEENS IN CARIBOU.
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED ACROSS THE REGION ON THE 6TH
WITH WIDESPREAD HIGHS IN THE 70S. IN CARIBOU THE HIGH OF 72F WAS THE
2ND WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE SO LATE IN THE SEASON. IN BANGOR, THE
HIGH OF 75F TIED WITH 1938 FOR THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED
SO LATE IN THE SEASON.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OF THE MONTH WAS A SNOWSTORM ON THE 28TH
INTO THE 29TH THAT PRODUCED AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES OF SNOW AT PARKMAN
IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY, AND 13 INCHES AT HAMMOND IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION, AMOUNTS MOSTLY RANGED FROM 3 TO 8
INCHES. THERE WERE SOME AREAS ALONG THE COAST WHERE SNOWFALL WAS AN
INCH OR LESS. TEMPERATURES DURING THE STORM WERE VERY CLOSE TO
FREEZING LEADING TO SLICK TRAVEL AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS.
THERE WAS NO SNOW ON THE GROUND AT THE START OF THE MONTH. BY THE
END OF THE MONTH, THE SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS
FAR NORTHERN MAINE WITH 2 INCHES IN BANGOR AND LITTLE/NO SNOW ALONG
THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ICE WAS JUST STARTING TO FORM AT THE END OF THE
MONTH ON NORTHERN PONDS WITH FRAZIL ICE ON NORTHERN RIVERS.
BY THE END OF THE MONTH, MOST OF THE REGION WAS IN MODERATE DROUGHT
(D1) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORTHWEST MAINE WHERE IT WAS ABNORMALLY
DRY (D0). THE WET WEATHER AND SNOW THAT OCCURRED LATE IN THE MONTH
WAS BENEFICIAL FOR THE DROUGHT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SIGNIFICANTLY EASE
CONDITIONS.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S (CPC) OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER 2024
INDICATES THAT THERE ARE NO STRONG CLIMATE SIGNALS THAT POINT TOWARD
ABOVE OR BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES OR PRECIPITATION.
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE THE LOW 30S TO NEAR 40
DEGREES (FROM NORTH TO SOUTH) AT THE START OF THE MONTH. BY THE END
OF THE MONTH, AVERAGE HIGHS RANGE FROM THE LOW 20S TO NEAR 30
DEGREES. AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE LOW 30S AT THE
START OF THE MONTH DOWNEAST, TO THE LOW TEENS BY THE END OF THE
MONTH. ACROSS THE FAR NORTH, AVERAGE LOWS DROP FROM THE UPPER TEENS
AT THE START OF THE MONTH TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY THE END OF THE
MONTH.
LIQUID PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AVERAGES BETWEEN 3.50
AND 4.00 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. SNOWFALL IN CARIBOU FOR DECEMBER
AVERAGES 25.2 INCHES, WHILE IN BANGOR SNOWFALL AVERAGES 14.7 INCHES.
DECEMBER IS RARELY THE COLDEST MONTH OF THE WINTER ACROSS NORTHERN
AND EASTERN MAINE WITH ONLY A HANDFUL OF DECEMBERS ENDING UP AS THE
COLDEST WINTER MONTH. THE WINTER SOLSTICE THIS YEAR WILL OCCUR ON
THE 21ST AT 4:19 AM.
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