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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
912 AM EDT WED MAY 8 2013

...A WARM STRETCH OF WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE...

YESTERDAY WAS THE 3RD DAY IN A ROW WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80
DEGREES OR WARMER AT CARIBOU. ONLY ONCE SINCE 1939 HAS THERE BEEN
MORE THAN 3 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES OF WARMER
SO EARLY IN THE SPRING SEASON. FROM MAY 3-6, 1999 THERE WAS A
STRETCH OF 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80
DEGREES OR WARMER. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DURING THIS STRETCH OF
WARM WEATHER WAS 85 DEGREES ON MAY 4, 1999. THIS MATCHED THE HIGH
OF 85 DEGREES THAT WAS OBSERVED YESTERDAY AT CARIBOU.

THE ONLY TIME IT HAS EVER BEEN ANY WARMER SO EARLY IN THE YEAR WAS
BACK ON APRIL 27, 1990 WHEN THE HIGH WAS 86 DEGREES. ALSO, BACK
ON MAY 3, 2001 THE HIGH WAS 87 DEGREES. THE EARLIEST 90 DEGREE DAY
AT CARIBOU WAS OBSERVED ON MAY 9, 1979.

ON AVERAGE...THE FIRST 80 DEGREE DAY IS NOT OBSERVED AT CARIBOU
UNTIL MAY 23RD...BUT BACK IN 1985 THE FIRST 80 DEGREE DAY WAS NOT
OBSERVED UNTIL JULY 1ST. THE EARLIEST 80 DEGREE DAY WAS OBSERVED
ON APRIL 3, 2010 WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 82 DEGREES.

IN A TYPICAL YEAR, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 26 DAYS WITH A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES OR WARMER AT CARIBOU. 1999 HAD THE MOST
80 DEGREE DAYS WITH A TOTAL OF 51. 2008 HAD THE LEAST NUMBER OF 80
DEGREE DAYS WITH ONLY 13 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

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CB