Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
804 CXUS51 KCAR 042008 CLMBGR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 408 PM EDT SUN AUG 04 2024 ................................... ...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1925 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 07/14/1995 07/30/1949 07/04/1949 LOW 37 07/16/1946 HIGHEST 89 07/14 MM MM 92 07/06 07/17 LOWEST 50 07/02 MM MM 54 07/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.5 80.4 2.1 82.0 AVG. MINIMUM 61.9 58.6 3.3 64.0 MEAN 72.2 69.5 2.7 73.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 2.2 -2.2 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.67 2021 MINIMUM 0.27 1952 TOTALS 2.87 -0.29 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.10 -0.01 0.13 DAYS >= .01 13 10.9 2.1 11 DAYS >= .10 4 6.8 -2.8 7 DAYS >= .50 2 2.2 -0.2 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.99 07/23 TO 07/23 1.49 07/16 TO 07/17 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1 16 -15 0 SINCE 7/1 1 11 -10 MM COOLING TOTAL 231 156 75 256 SINCE 1/1 338 221 117 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/350 DATE 07/13 23/320 07/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/300 DATE 07/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.59 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 25 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...JULY 2024 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE... TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM 2.0 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 3RD WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. MEANWHILE, MILLINOCKET HAD ITS 4TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. HOULTON RECORDED ITS 8TH WARMEST JULY, WHILE BANGOR HAD ITS 9TH WARMEST JULY. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 21 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES OR GREATER IN CARIBOU. THIS TIED 2018 FOR THE HIGHEST NUMBER ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, AS WELL AS FOR ANY MONTH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1939. IN HOULTON, THERE WERE ALSO 21 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 80 DEGREES, WHICH WAS THE 10TH MOST EVER FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. MILLINOCKET AND BANGOR EACH HAD 24 DAYS RECH 80 DEGREES OR GREATER, WHICH WERE THE 6TH AND 12TH MOST RESPECTIVELY. FOR THE 2-MONTH PERIOD OF JUNE AND JULY 2024, IT WAS THE WARMEST ON RECORD IN CARIBOU WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.8 DEGREES. THIS BEAT THE OLD RECORD FROM 2020 BY 0.6 DEGREES. IN HOULTON AND MILLINOCKET, IT RANKED AS THE 3RD WARMEST JUNE-JULY 2-MONTH PERIOD ON RECORD. AT BANGOR, IT WAS THE 10TH WARMEST. RAINFALL FOR JULY WAS NEAR NORMAL FOR THE BANGOR REGION AND THE NORTH (AROUND 90 TO 110 PERCENT OF NORMAL). ACROSS DOWNEAST AREAS AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, RAINFALL WAS MOSTLY 125 TO 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL. HOWEVER, A ZONE FROM AROUND DOVER-FOXCROFT TO LINCOLN SAW RAINFALL UPWARDS OF 250 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR JULY. THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BERYL, WHICH DROPPED ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO NEARLY 6 INCHES OF RAIN ON JULY 10TH AND 11TH. IN MILLINOCKET, 6.01 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH, MAKING IT THE 3RD WETTEST JULY ON RECORD THERE. AS SUCH, THE SMALL AREA OF ABNOMRALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS IN EASTERN SOMERSET AND WESTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY VANISHED BY THE END OF THE MONTH. AT CARIBOU, TOTAL EVAPORATION FOR JULY WAS 5.40 INCHES. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S (CPC) FORECAST FOR AUGUST 2024 INDICATES AN ELEVATED CHANCE FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. IN ADDITION, THE CPC IS FORECASTING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR AUGUST. AT THE START OF AUGUST, AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES. AVERAGE LOWS START OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. BY THE END OF THE MONTH, AVERAGE HIGHS FALL TO THE LOWER TO MID 70S. AVERAGE LOWS DROP TO THE UPPER 40S IN THE NORTH WOODS AND LOWER 50S ELSEWHERE. NEARLY 1.5 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT ARE LOST DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. $$ NC/CB/VJN