Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
057
CXUS51 KCAR 011022
CLMCAR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
521 AM EST THU FEB 01 2024
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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 53 01/31/2013
01/15/1995
12/17/2298722
LOW -37 01/16/2009
HIGHEST 41 01/10 MM MM 39 01/01
LOWEST -12 01/31 MM MM -6 01/11
01/12
01/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 25.5 20.8 4.7 26.3
AVG. MINIMUM 7.7 2.6 5.1 11.8
MEAN 16.6 11.7 4.9 19.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 25 25.7 -0.7 27
DAYS MIN <= 32 31 30.4 0.6 31
DAYS MIN <= 0 6 15.0 -9.0 6
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 5.60 1995
MINIMUM 0.12 1944
TOTALS 2.25 -0.70
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.10 -0.03 0.17
DAYS >= .01 9 14.0 -5.0 21
DAYS >= .10 5 6.6 -1.6 7
DAYS >= .50 2 1.9 0.1 4
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.72 01/10 TO 01/10 1.93 01/12 TO 01/13
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 44.5 1994
TOTALS 27.5 25.0 2.5 38.0
SINCE 7/1 48.3 62.4 -14.1 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 6 12
DAYS >= 1.0 7 6.7 0.3 9
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 12 01/17 26 01/31
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1493 1652 -159 1419
SINCE 7/1 4337 5035 -698 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/130 DATE 01/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/110 DATE 01/10
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.65
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 5
LIGHT SNOW 28 SLEET 0
FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 2
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...PRELIMINARY JANUARY 2024 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN
MAINE...
JANUARY 2024 FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE FINISHED WITH ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY BELOW AVERAGE, EXCEPT
SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE ALONG THE COAST. SNOWFALL WAS NEAR AVERAGE
ACROSS THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA RANGED FROM 3.5 TO 5 DEGREES F ABOVE
1991-2020 NORMALS, BUT THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH THAT ANY OF THE LONG TERM
CLIMATE SITES HAD A TOP 10 WARMEST JANUARY.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 10TH AND
13TH WHEN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE
WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTY COASTS. ALTHOUGH THE OBSERVED WATER
LEVELS WERE HIGHER ON THE 13TH, HIGHER WAVE HEIGHTS AND MORE
SIGNIFICANT WAVE RUN UP LED TO MORE WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING ON THE 10TH.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ON THE 9TH INTO THE
10TH WHEN 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE COAST AND 6 TO
12 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS. ANOTHER EVENT ON THE 16TH ALSO
PRODUCED 2-4 INCHES ALONG THE COAST AND 6 INCHES TO AS MUCH AS A
FOOT FROM BANGOR NORTH TO THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY.
BY THE END OF THE MONTH, THE SNOW DEPTH ACROSS THE REGION RANGED
FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY AND IN MOST
AREAS FROM MILLINOCKET NORTH WITH WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IN THE NORTH WOODS. AMOUNTS DROPPED OFF TO
4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE BANGOR AREA AND ALONG THE COAST.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S FORECAST FOR FEBRUARY 2024 INDICATES
THAT THERE ARE NO STRONG CLIMATE SIGNALS THAT POINT TOWARD EITHER
ABOVE OR BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THE ODDS ARE TILTED SLIGHTLY
TOWARD BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM
LOWS/HIGHS OF AROUND ZERO/20 DEGREES F OVER THE FAR NORTH TO AROUND
10/AROUND 30 ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST AT THE START OF THE MONTH, AND
FROM LOWS/HIGHS IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS/UPPER 20S IN THE FAR
NORTH TO AROUND 15F/MID 30S AT THE DOWNEAST COAST. FEBRUARY IS ON
AVERAGE THE DRIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR WITH AVERAGE PRECIPITATION
(RAIN AND MELTED SNOW) OF 2.38 INCHES AT BANGOR AND 2.42 INCHES AT
CARIBOU. AVERAGE SNOWFALL RANGES FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES DOWNEAST AND
FROM 20 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH. FEBRUARY IS ON AVERAGE THE
SNOWIEST MONTH IN CARIBOU WITH AVERAGE SNOWFALL OF 25.3 INCHES. A
LITTLE OVER AN HOUR OF ADDITIONAL DAYLIGHT IS ADDED DURING THE MONTH
OF FEBRUARY.
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