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Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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000 CXUS51 KCAR 020201 CLMCAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME 449 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 53 01/31/2013 01/15/1995 LOW -37 01/16/2009 HIGHEST 53R 01/31 MM MM 42 01/24 LOWEST -21 01/18 MM MM -23 01/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 22.0 19.5 2.5 22.4 AVG. MINIMUM 1.4 0.8 0.6 4.3 MEAN 11.7 10.2 1.5 13.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 24 25.9 -1.9 25 DAYS MIN <= 32 30 30.6 -0.6 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 18 15.7 2.3 12 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.60 1995 MINIMUM 0.12 1944 TOTALS 2.39 -0.32 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.09 -0.01 0.11 DAYS >= .01 11 14.5 -3.5 16 DAYS >= .10 6 6.4 -0.4 9 DAYS >= .50 2 1.7 0.3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.83 01/30 TO 01/31 01/27 TO 01/28 01/28 TO 01/28 01/28 TO 01/28 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 44.5 1994 TOTALS 14.7 25.2 -10.5 26.1 SINCE 7/1 43.2 60.3 -17.1 46.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 7 13 -6 7 DAYS >= 1.0 5 6.4 -1.4 9 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 10 01/10 15 01/29 01/05 01/28 01/27 24 HR TOTAL 3.1 MM 01/28 TO 01/28 01/28 TO 01/28 01/28 TO 01/28 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1646 1700 -54 1594 SINCE 7/1 4826 5294 -468 4519 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ......................................................... WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/250 DATE 01/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/250 DATE 01/31 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 14 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 17 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE MONTHLY CLIMATE NARRATIVE: ALTHOUGH JANUARY 2013 AVERAGED 1 TO 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE REGION...THE TERM AVERAGE THIS MONTH HAD LITTLE MEANING SINCE IT WAS AN AVERAGE OF EXTREME TEMPERATURE OCCURRENCES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. BOTH PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL WAS BELOW AVERAGE WITH SNOW DEPTH...ESPECIALLY AT THE CLOSE OF THE MONTH...MUCH BELOW AVERAGE. THE MONTH BEGAN WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ON THE 1ST THROUGH 7TH THEN TURNED MILD ON THE 8TH THROUGH 17TH...CULMINATING WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THE 14TH. FOLLOWING THE MORNING OF THE 17TH...SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES OCCURRED ON THE 18TH FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER BRIEF MILD SPELL ON THE 20TH. THIS IN TURN WAS FOLLOWED BY BITTERLY COLD WEATHER ON THE 21ST THROUGH 26TH WHICH FEATURED SUB 30 BELOW MORNING READINGS IN FAR NORTHWEST MAINE ON THE MORNINGS OF THE 22ND AND 23RD. AFTER A PERIOD OF LESS COLD ON THE 27TH THROUGH 29TH...THE MONTH FINISHED WITH RECORDING BREAKING WARMTH ON THE 30TH AND 31ST. IN FACT...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 53 DEGREES AT CARIBOU ON THE 31ST TIED THE HIGHEST JANUARY TEMPERATURE OF RECORD LAST SET ON JANUARY 15TH 1995. THIS TOPSY-TURBY ROLLER COASTER OF TEMPERATURES... ESPECIALLY FROM THE 22ND TO THE END OF THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO AS MUCH AS 80 DEGREES OR MORE FROM COLDEST TO WARMEST AT SOME LOCATIONS OF THE WESTERN SAINT JOHN VALLEY. NO WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW STORMS OCCURRED THIS MONTH...UNUSUAL FOR JANUARY. THIS HELPED THE MONTH BE DRY FOR LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION...WITH THE AREA ONLY RECEIVING ONLY 25 TO 65 PERCENT OF NORMAL. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS...BANGOR WHICH ONLY RECEIVED ONLY 0.87 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION...EXPERIENCED THERE 5TH DRIEST JANUARY ON RECORD. SEVERAL STORMS THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN MORE PRECIPITATION (AND SNOWFALL) EITHER MOVED WELL WEST OR SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. THE ONE STORM THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION OCCURRED AT THEN END OF THE MONTH WITH RECORD WARMTH AND WAS IN THE FORM OF RAINFALL TO ALL OF THE REGION. THIS SAME SYSTEM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AND WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT ON THE 31ST. DUE TO INCONSISTENT SNOWFALL...TWO MAJOR THAWS AND A MONTH ENDING RAINFALL...SNOW DEPTH AT MOST LOCATIONS ACTUALLY TRENDED DOWNWARD DURING THE MONTH WITH SNOW DEPTH AT CARIBOU ON MORNING OF THE 31ST ONLY 2 INCHES (WHERE 18 INCHES IS TYPICAL ON THIS DATE) AND ZERO AT BANGOR (WHERE 9 INCHES IS TYPICAL). AT CARIBOU...THE AVERAGE OF 7 INCHES FOR THE MONTH WAS 6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND TIED AS 5TH LOWEST COMPARED TO THE LOWEST AVERAGE OF 2 INCHES RECORDED IN 1962. AT BANGOR...AN AVERAGE OF 7 INCHES FOR THE MONTH WAS ACTUALLY 1 INCH ABOVE NORMAL...THANKS TO ABOVE AVERAGE SNOW PACK DURING THE FIRST THIRD OF THE MONTH. $$ VJN
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