Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
000 CXUS51 KCAR 051247 CCA CLSBGR CLIMATE REPORT ...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 747 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2022 ................................... ...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2021 TO 2/28/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1925 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 65 12/07/1998 12/04/1982 LOW -32 02/10/1948 HIGHEST 65* 02/23 MM MM 62 12/01 LOWEST -17 01/27 MM MM -2 01/31 02/26 02/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 32.0 31.3 0.7 33.5 AVG. MINIMUM 11.3 12.4 -1.1 18.4 MEAN 21.7 21.8 -0.1 25.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 51 47.1 3.9 43 DAYS MIN <= 32 85 85.7 -0.7 84 DAYS MIN <= 0 18 18.2 -0.2 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.35 2018 MINIMUM 6.50 2013 TOTALS 9.33 9.27 0.06 7.90 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.10 0.01 0.09 DAYS >= .01 20 33.7 -13.7 MM DAYS >= .10 13 20.6 -7.6 MM DAYS >= .50 5 5.8 -0.8 MM DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.5 0.5 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.20 MM 2.63 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 2021 TOTALS 57.3 50.8 6.5 32.2 SINCE 7/1 59.5 55.7 3.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 4 3 DAYS >= 1.0 11 14.2 -3.2 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 17 02/05 12 02/23 02/06 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3881 3882 -1 3484 SINCE 7/1 5201 5464 -263 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/180 DATE 01/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/180 DATE 02/22 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.63 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 31 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 39 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 2 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 25 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 6 SNOW 8 LIGHT SNOW 45 SLEET 6 FOG 46 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 14 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...WINTER 2021/2022 NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE SEASONAL CLIMATE NARRATIVE... METEOROLOGICAL (DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY) WINTER FOR 2021/22 FINISHED WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AS WELL AS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TOTAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. TEMPERATURES FOR THE SEASON RANGED FROM NEAR NORMAL OVER DOWNEAST AREAS TO 1 TO 1.5 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. THE SEASON BEGAN ON MILD NOTE IN DECEMBER WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THEN TURNED DECIDELY COLDER IN JANUARY AND FINISHED WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPS IN FEBRUARY. THE COLDEST TEMPS SINCE FEBRUARY 2015 AND EVEN JANUARY 2009 WAS RECORDED ON THE MORNING OF OF JANUARY 27TH WHEN MAY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTH EXPERIENCED SUB -30 DEGREE LOWS AND A FEW OF THE COLDEST VALLEYS NEARLY -40 DEGREES. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, PERIODS OF VERY COLD WEATHER WERE PUNCTUATED BY SHORT PERIODS OF WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. ONE SUCH PERIOD OCCURRED IN LATE FEBRUARY WHEN ON THE THE 23RD, HIGH TEMPERATURE AT BANGOR REACHED 65 DEGREES, A NEW RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND A TIE FOR THE WARMEST FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER SEASON THERE, LAST SET ON DECEMBER 7TH 1998. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE REGION WAS ABOUT 100 TO 110 PERCENT OF NORMAL AND WAS UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED. SNOWFALL FOR THE AREA RANGED FROM 100 TO 120 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. MILDER TEMPS IN EARLY DECEMBER RESULTED IN A DELAY IN THE SNOW PACK SEASON, WITH NOT ENOUGH SNOW FOR SNOW MOBILES EVEN ACROSS THE FAR NORTH UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. COLDER TEMPS IN JANUARY, ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE MONTH INTO EARLY FEBRUARY, RESULTED IN MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENTS. IN PARTICULAR, THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 28TH TO FEBRUARY 9TH FEATURED THREE HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENTS OF 10 INCHES OR MORE FOR MUCH OF THE REGION, WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF A TOTAL SUM OF 45 INCHES FOR THE THREE STORMS. AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH, WHICH WAS ONLY 60 TO 80 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THE THE PERIOD (COMPARED TO 1991-2020 AVERAGES) AS A WHOLE ACROSS THE REGION WAS HELD BACK BY SEVERAL BRIEF THAWS ACCOMPANIED BY RAIN EVENTS. THE AVERAGE FOR CARIBOU (BANGOR) THIS SEASON WAS 9 (4) INCHES COMPARED TO THE NORMAL VALUE OF 13 (6) INCHES WITH DAILY MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH TOTALS THIS SEASON OF 27 (17) INCHES RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 9TH (FEBRUARY 5-6TH). $$ VJN/CB