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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1117 PM EST SAT DEC 04 2021

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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2021 TO 11/30/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             92   09/01/2010
 LOW              -8   11/30/1995
HIGHEST           79   09/23         MM      MM       75  11/10
LOWEST             9   11/29         MM      MM       12  11/25
AVG. MAXIMUM    56.1               53.4     2.7     48.5
AVG. MINIMUM    38.8               35.8     3.0     31.7
MEAN            47.5               44.6     2.9     40.1
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     4                7.8    -3.8        6
DAYS MIN <= 32    27               38.2   -11.2       34
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.2    -0.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       19.03   2008
 MINIMUM        4.65   1955
TOTALS         11.26              10.78    0.48    10.90
DAILY AVG.      0.12               0.12    0.00     0.18
DAYS >= .01       35               38.4    -3.4       29
DAYS >= .10       21               22.0    -1.0       20
DAYS >= .50        7                7.0     0.0        7
DAYS >= 1.00       3                2.2     0.8        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.86    MM                          2.45

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          35.3   1974
TOTALS           9.4               12.2    -2.8      8.1
SINCE 7/1        9.4               12.2    -2.8       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                  -1
DAYS >= 1.0        2                3.4    -1.4        4
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        6*  11/27                           4  11/26
 24 HR TOTAL      MM    MM                           6.6

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1576               1877    -301     1497
 SINCE 7/1      1680               1991    -311       MM
COOLING TOTAL      9                 18      -9        0
 SINCE 1/1       351                224     127       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    29/240    DATE  11/01
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    39/260    DATE  11/01

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.52
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           29
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             32
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         30

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               11     RAIN                      14
LIGHT RAIN               40     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW               14     SLEET                      2
FOG                      42     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      9
HAZE                      2

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...2021 FALL CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE...

METEOROLOGICAL FALL (SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER) OF 2021 ACROSS
NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL. PRECIPITATION WAS
ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE DOWNEAST REGION AS WELL AS EASTERN MAINE
NORTH TO THE EASTERN SAINT JOHN VALLEY. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW
AVERAGE ACROSS THE WESTERN SAINT JOHN VALLEY AND NORTH WOODS.

IN CARIBOU, IT RANKED AS THE 3RD WARMEST FALL ON RECORD BEHIND ONLY
2017 AND 2011. SEVEN OF THE TOP 10 WARMEST FALLS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
SINCE 2001. IN HOULTON, IT ALSO RANKED AS THE 3RD WARMEST FALL ON
RECORD BEHIND 2017 AND 2011. IN MILLINOCKET IT RANKED AS THE 3RD
WARMEST ON RECORD, AGAIN BEHIND ONLY 2017 AND 2011. FINALLY, IN
BANGOR, IT RANKED AS THE 7TH WARMEST FALL ON RECORD.

IN BANGOR, IT RANKED AS THE 5TH WETTEST FALL ON RECORD WITH 17.31
INCHES OF RAIN (AND MELTED SNOW). IN MILLINOCKET, IT RANKED AS THE
17TH WETTEST FALL ON RECORD WITH 14.59 INCHES OF RAIN (AND MELTED
SNOW). IN HOULTON, IT RANKED AS THE 19TH WETTEST FALL ON RECORD WITH
12.38 INCHES OF RAIN (AND MELTED SNOW). IN CARIBOU, THERE WAS 11.26
INCHES OF RAIN (AND MELTED SNOW) WHICH WAS ONLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE
31ST WETTEST FALL ON RECORD.

A TOTAL OF 9.4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED IN CARIBOU THIS PAST
FALL, WHICH WAS 2.8 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. IN BANGOR, A TOTAL OF 2.2
INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED THIS FALL, WHICH WAS 2.7 INCHES BELOW
AVERAGE.

HIGHLIGHTS BY MONTH:

SEPTEMBER: WARMER AND WETTER THAN AVERAGE. ALL OF THE LONG TERM
CLIMATE SITES HAD A TOP 10 WETTEST SEPTEMBER, WHICH HELPED
SIGNIFICANTLY TO REDUCE THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

OCTOBER: WARMER THAN AVERAGE WITH NO MEASURABLE SNOWFALL EXCEPT FOR
THE HIGHEST ELEVATION. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW AVERAGE TO NEAR
AVERAGE. CARIBOU SET A RECORD FOR THE LATEST FIRST FREEZE ON RECORD
WHICH DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE 25TH. THIS SMASHED THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF OCTOBER 17, 1970.

NOVEMBER: A BIT WARMER AND DRIER THAN AVERAGE. THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON THE 15TH INTO THE 16TH ACROSS THE NORTH WITH 3
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. A LARGER STORM AFFECTED THE REGION ON THE 26TH-
27TH WITH UP TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH, BUT WITH LIGHTER
AMOUNTS CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS.

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