Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
000 CXUS51 KCAR 040428 CCA CLSBGR CLIMATE REPORT ...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1128 PM EST FRI MAR 3 2023 ................................... ...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2022 TO 2/28/2023...PRELIMINARY CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1925 TO 2023 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 54 12/03 MM MM 65 02/23 12/23 LOWEST -17 02/03 MM MM -17 01/27 02/04 02/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 35.5 31.3 4.2 32.0 AVG. MINIMUM 18.3 12.4 5.9 11.3 MEAN 26.9 21.8 5.1 21.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 34 47.1 -13.1 51 DAYS MIN <= 32 82 85.7 -3.7 85 DAYS MIN <= 0 7 18.2 -11.2 18 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.35 2018 MINIMUM 6.50 2013 TOTALS 11.08 9.27 1.81 9.33 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.10 0.02 0.11 DAYS >= .01 38 33.7 4.3 20 DAYS >= .10 21 20.6 0.4 13 DAYS >= .50 7 5.8 1.2 5 DAYS >= 1.00 4 1.5 2.5 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.49 MM 1.20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 2022 TOTALS 50.1 50.8 -0.7 57.3 SINCE 7/1 51.1 55.7 -4.6 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 3 4 DAYS >= 1.0 13 14.2 -1.2 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 19 01/24 17 02/05 02/06 24 HR TOTAL 10.3 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3405 3882 -477 3881 SINCE 7/1 4703 5464 -761 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/180 DATE 12/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 66/180 DATE 12/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 38 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 43 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 2 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 21 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 7 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 8 LIGHT SNOW 46 SLEET 8 FOG 43 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE 2022/23 WINTER CLIMATE NARRATIVE... WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) 2022/23 FINISHED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, AND AT TO ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL. TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES RANGED FROM 3.5 NORTH TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE DOWNEAST FOR THE PERIOD AS A WHOLE. AT BANGOR (CARIBOU), THE 26.9 (19.5) RANKED AS THE 3RD (4TH) WARMEST BEHIND THE ALL TIME WARMEST OF 29.4 (21.6) RECORDED DURING THE WINTER OF 1936/37 (2015/16). DECEMBER AND JANUARY WERE, BY FAR, THE WARMEST MONTHS OF THIS SEASON, WITH FEBRUARY NEAR OR A LITTLE BELOW AVERAGE. OF PARTICULAR NOTE WAS THE BRUTALLY COLD ARCTIC WIND CHILL EVENT OF FEBRUARY 3RD/4TH WHICH FEATURED WINDS CHILLS AS LOW AS -50 TO -60 DEGREES ACROSS THE REGION. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON RANGED FROM 120-140 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. AT CARIBOU (BANGOR) THE TOTAL OF 12.03 (11.08) INCHES, IT WAS THE 4TH (20TH) WETTEST BEHIND THE WETTEST SEASONS OF RECORD OF 12.62 (16.99) RECORDED DURING THE WINTER OF 2007/08 (1993/84). DESPITE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS MOSTLY A LITTLE ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS RANGING FROM 95-125 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. SNOWPACK RANGED FROM NEAR NORMAL ACROSS THE NORTH, DESPITE A DELAYED START IN JANUARY DUE TO EARLY SEASON RAIN EVENTS, TO BELOW AVERAGE OVER DOWNEAST AREAS WHICH WAS SUBJECT TO INTERMITTENT THAWING TEMPERATURES AN RAIN ALL SEASON. THE AVERAGE SNOWPACK FOR THE SEASON FOR CARIBOU (BANGOR) WAS 13 (3) INCHES COMPARED TO 1991-2020 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS OF 13 (6). MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH RECORDED DURING THE SEASON AT CARIBOU (BANGOR) WAS 26 (19) INCHES RECORDED ON JANUARY 31ST (JANUARY 24TH). SNOWPACK ACROSS THE NORTH BECAME ESTABLISHED ENOUGH FOR SNOW MOBILING BY MID JANUARY AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE REST OF THE SEASON. THE OUTLOOK FOR SPRING (MARCH-MAY) 2023 FOR THE REGION IS CALLING FOR SLIGHTLY INCREASED ODDS OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW, NEAR NORMAL, OR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. $$ VJN