Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
109 PM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013

...A WET START TO JUNE AT CARIBOU AND BANGOR...
...TEMPERATURES NOT FAR FROM SEASONAL AVERAGES...

IT LIKELY COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN IN NORTHERN
AND EASTERN MAINE THIS MONTH THAT IT HAS BEEN A WET MONTH SO FAR.

DURING THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE A TOTAL OF 3.13 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
BEEN OBSERVED AT CARIBOU...WHICH IS 1.48 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IT
HAS BEEN THE 2ND WETTEST START TO THE MONTH OF JUNE IN THE PAST 30
YEARS. SINCE MAY 15TH...A TOTAL OF 7.55 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...WHICH MAKES IT THE WETTEST MAY 15TH THROUGH JUNE 15TH
ON RECORD.

TEMPERATURE-WISE...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MONTH AT
CARIBOU OF 58.8 DEGREES IS EXACTLY NORMAL. THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE
DAY WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES OR WARMER. THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE HAS FAILED TO REACH 70 DEGREES ON 8 OF THE FIRST 15
DAYS OF THE MONTH...AND ON 2 DAYS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ONLY
IN THE 50S.  WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON THE FIRST 2 DAYS OF
THE MONTHS COUNTERACTED SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES MUCH OF
THE TIME SINCE JUNE 3RD.

AT BANGOR...A TOTAL OF 3.30 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN OBSERVED SO
FAR THIS MONTH...WHICH IS 1.31 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IT HAS BEEN
THE 4TH WETTEST START TO THE MONTH OF JUNE IN THE PAST 30 YEARS.
SINCE MAY 15TH A TOTAL OF 7.03 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...WHICH MAKES IT THE 2ND WETTEST MID MAY THROUGH MID
JUNE ON RECORD.

TEMPERATURE-WISE...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MONTH AT
BANGOR OF 61.1 DEGREES IS JUST ONE TENTH OF A DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.
THE MONTH BEGAN WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES ON THE 1ST AND 85 ON THE
2ND...BUT SINCE THEN IT HAS FAILED TO HIT 80 DEGREES. THERE HAVE BEEN
6 DAYS THIS MONTH WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FAILED TO REACH 70
DEGREES...AND 2 DAYS WITH A HIGH ONLY IN THE 50S.

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