Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
000 CXUS51 KCAR 030914 CLMCAR CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 328 AM EDT MON JUL 03 2023 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 06/29/1944 LOW 30 06/07/1958 HIGHEST 93 06/01 MM MM 85 06/26 LOWEST 41 06/03 MM MM 38 06/01 06/04 06/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 69.7 72.1 -2.4 70.1 AVG. MINIMUM 52.2 50.6 1.6 49.6 MEAN 60.9 61.4 -0.5 59.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.5 0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.03 2011 MINIMUM 0.88 2020 TOTALS 3.50 -0.39 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.13 -0.01 0.16 DAYS >= .01 19 13.8 5.2 16 DAYS >= .10 12 7.8 4.2 10 DAYS >= .50 1 2.5 -1.5 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.68 06/06 TO 06/07 1.18 06/09 TO 06/10 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2011 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 133.4 118.2 15.2 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 170 148 22 159 SINCE 7/1 8212 9048 -836 MM COOLING TOTAL 55 38 17 11 SINCE 1/1 66 44 22 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 20/350 DATE 06/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/340 DATE 06/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.67 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 22 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE JUNE 2023 CLIMATE MONTHLY SUMMARY... JUNE 2023 WILL BE MOSTLY REMEMBERED FOR CLOUDY, COOL, AND RAINY CONDITIONS FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE. THE MONTH OVERALL FINISHED WITH AVERAGE TEMPS OF ABOUT 0.5 TO 1,0 DEGREES BELOW 1991-2020 30 YEAR MEAN AVERAGES, EXCEPT 1 TO 2 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR DOWNEAST AREAS. THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, OCCURRED ON THE VERY FIRST DAY (A CONTINUATION OF THE WARM SPELL FROM THE END OF MAY) WITH HIGHS OF LOWER TO MID 90S AT ALL LOWER TERRAIN LOCATIONS INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST, EASILY BREAKING RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DATE. THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED UP BY A VERY STRONG BACK DOOR COLD FRONT FROM LABRADOR CANADA ON THE 2ND AND VERY COOL AND RAINY WEATHER OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LOW SETTLED OVER THE REGION. AT CARIBOU, THE 7 DAY PERIOD FROM THE 3RD THROUGH THE 9TH WAS THE LONGEST STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE SUB-60 DEGREE HIGH TEMPS RECORDED IN JUNE, WITH THE PREVIOUS RECORD 6 DAYS IN 1945 AND 1977. ALSO THE TOTAL OF 9 SUB-60 DEGREE HIGH TEMPS AT CARIBOU THIS MONTH WAS THE SECOND GREATEST RECORDED SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1939 WITH 10 THE ALL TIME RECORD SET IN 1977. ANOTHER SHORTER COOL AND RAINY PERIOD MOSTLY AFFECTING NORTHERN AREAS OCCURRED FROM THE 16TH-20TH. TEMPERATURES WARMED SIGNIFICANTLY AFTERWARDS ACROSS THE REGION AND WERE ABOVE NORMAL FROM THE 22ND THROUGH 25TH FOLLOWED BY NEAR NORMAL TEMPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA WAS MOSTLY ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE MONTHLY AVERAGES RANGING FROM 130 TO LOCALLY 200+ PERCENT OF AVERAGE, EXCEPT IN THE CARIBOU AND BAR HARBOR AREAS WHICH RECEIVED 85 TO 100 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. INTERESTINGLY, CARIBOU EXPERIENCED 20 DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL OVER THE COURSE OF THE MONTH, BUT UNLIKE MOST OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION, DID NOT EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL ON ANY DAY. SIGNIFICANT TO HEAVY RAINFALL FELL AT LEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION FROM THE 3RD - 10TH, 16TH - 18TH, AND THE 24TH - 29TH RESULTING IN THE POSTPONEMENT AND/OR CANCELLATION OF SOME OUTDOOR EVENTS. A FEW COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SITES IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY REPORTED MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL EXCEEDING 9 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS AREA CLIMATE SITES WITHIN THE TOP 20 OF RAINIEST JUNES AND CORRESPONDING WETTEST JUNES ON RECORD FOR REFERENCE: LOCATION AMOUNT (INCHES) RANKING WETTEST YEAR AMOUNT MILLINOCKET 7.06 11TH 1922 10.82 HOULTON 6.07 6TH 2012 11.51 BANGOR 5.83 8TH 2010 8.10 ANOTHER INTERESTING FEATURE OF THIS MONTH WAS THE LACK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH NO REPORTS OF HAIL SIZE EQUAL OR GREATER THAN 1 INCH DIAMETER OR WIND GUSTS (OR EQUIVALENT DAMAGE) EQUAL OR GREATER THAN 58 MPH, MARKING ONLY THE 3RD JUNE OF THIS OCCURRING ALONG WITH 2014 AND 2019. LASTLY, THE MONTHLY TOTAL EVAPORATION OF 3.88 INCHES AS MEASURED AT THE CARIBOU WEATHER STATION WAS GREATLY EXCEEDED BY RAINFALL THIS MONTH AT MOST LOCATIONS, RESULTING IN MUDDY AND SOFT GRASSY AREAS ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH SOME HIGH STREAM LEVELS ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL/WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. $$ VJN/CB