Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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CXUS51 KCAR 022208
CLMCAR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
608 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2024
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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 96 06/29/1944
LOW 30 06/07/1958
HIGHEST 96* 06/19 MM MM 93 06/01
LOWEST 42 06/02 MM MM 41 06/03
06/04
AVG. MAXIMUM 76.5 72.1 4.4 69.7
AVG. MINIMUM 53.7 50.6 3.1 52.2
MEAN 65.1 61.4 3.7 60.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.5 1.5 1
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 5.29 1.40
DAILY AVG. 0.18 0.13 0.05 0.12
DAYS >= .01 10 13.8 -3.8 19
DAYS >= .10 7 7.8 -0.8 12
DAYS >= .50 4 2.5 1.5 1
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.7 1.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.79 06/23 TO 06/24 0.68 06/06 TO 06/07
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL T 2011
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 88.2 118.2 -30.0 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 65 148 -83 170
SINCE 7/1 7709 9048 -1339 MM
COOLING TOTAL 76 38 38 55
SINCE 1/1 92 44 48 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/190 DATE 06/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/200 DATE 06/29
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.41
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...JUNE 2024 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE...
JUNE 2024 FINISHED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND
NEAR AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM 3.0 DEGREES (F) ABOVE THE
30-YEAR 1991-2020 NORMALS OVER DOWNEAST AREAS UPWARDS TO 4 DEGREES
ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTH. IN CARIBOU, IT WAS THE WARMEST JUNE
ON RECORD, BEATING THE OLD RECORD FROM 2021 BY 0.2 DEGREES. RECORDS
IN CARIBOU DATE BACK TO 1939. MILLINOCKET AND HOULTON BOTH HAD THEIR
6TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. MEANWHILE, BANGOR HAD ITS 11TH WARMEST
JUNE ON RECORD.
INTERMITTENT WARM TO HOT SPELLS ON THE 4TH-7TH AND 18TH-20TH WERE
BROKEN BY PERIODS OF NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON LOW TERRAIN LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE NORTH AND CENTRAL ON THE 19TH AND CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS ON
THE 20TH WHEN NEAR RECORD OR RECORD HIGH TEMPS OF MID TO UPPER 90S
OCCURRED. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES AT CARIBOU ON THE 19TH
TIED THE ALL TIME RECORD OF 96 (SINCE RECORDS BEGAN THERE IN 1939),
INTERESTINGLY LAST SET ON THE SAME DATE JUST 4 YEARS PRIOR IN 2020.
FURTHERMORE, THE CALENDAR DAY LOW OF 71, WHICH TIED THE WARMEST LOW
OF RECORD AT CARIBOU, MEANT THAT JUNE 19TH 2024 AVERAGE TEMP OF 83.5
DEGREES WAS ALSO THE HOTTEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DAY OF RECORD AT
CARIBOU. OTHER DATES CARIBOU REACHED 96 DEGREES INCLUDE MAY 22ND
1977 AND JUNE 29TH 1944. BASED ON LONGER EXISTING CLIMATE RECORDS
NEARBY CARIBOU, HIGH TEMPS AT CARIBOU MAY HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DEGREES
HIGHER IN MID TO LATE AUGUST 1935 HEAT WAVE.
RAINFALL FOR THE REGION RANGED FROM 75 TO 90 PERCENT OVER DOWNEAST
AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE REGION UPWARDS TO 110 TO 125 PERCENT OF
NORMAL OVER THE NORTH. BUT EVEN ACROSS THE NORTH WHERE THE VAST
MAJORITY OF RAINFALL WAS CONCENTRATED FROM THE 9TH-11TH AND THE
23RD, MONTHLY EVAPORATION JUST UNDER 6 INCHES RESULTED IN DRY
GROUNDS AND PATCHY BROWN LAWNS AT TIMES DURING THE MONTH WITH EVEN
DRIER CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND INTERIOR DOWNEAST AREAS.
ON JUNE 6TH, A SMALL AREA OF MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) WAS PRESENT NEAR
THE QUEBEC BORDER IN WESTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY PER THE US DROUGHT
MONITOR. ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT OVER THE
REMAINDER OF NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY ALONG WITH NORTHWESTERN
PISCATAQUIS AND NORTHERN SOMSERSET COUNTIES. BY JUNE 27TH, NO PART
OF THE AREA WAS UNDER D1. THE AREA UNDER D0 HAD SHRUNK IN NORTHERN
AROOSTOOK COUNTY, ALONG WITH VERY SMALL PORTIONS OF PISCATAQUIS AND
SOMERSET COUNTIES.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S FORECAST FOR JULY 2024 INDICATES
SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER ODDS OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH EQUAL
CHANCES OF BELOW, AVERAGE, OR ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL. NORMAL JULY
LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE REGION ARE 55 TO 60 DEGREES AND NORMAL HIGH
TEMPEARTURES OF UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES.
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