Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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828 CXUS51 KCAR 031010 CLSCAR CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 342 AM EDT MON JUN 03 2024 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2024 TO 5/31/2024... 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 05/22/1977 LOW -28 03/02/2001 HIGHEST 84 05/22 MM MM 91 05/31 LOWEST 0 03/01 MM MM -4 03/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 52.2 48.3 3.9 50.4 AVG. MINIMUM 33.0 28.8 4.2 30.1 MEAN 42.6 38.6 4.0 40.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 14.1 -10.1 9 DAYS MIN <= 32 49 53.7 -4.7 49 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 4.2 -3.2 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.29 2005 MINIMUM 4.11 1965 TOTALS 9.47 9.22 0.25 6.23 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.10 -0.00 0.07 DAYS >= .01 41 40.3 0.7 33 DAYS >= .10 23 22.6 0.4 14 DAYS >= .50 6 5.9 0.1 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.34 MM 1.20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 65.1 1961 TOTALS 31.2 30.5 0.7 33.3 SINCE 7/1 88.2 118.2 -30.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 9 DAYS >= 1.0 8 7.9 0.1 10 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 13 03/24 27 03/03 24 HR TOTAL 29.8* MM 3.7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2051 2438 -387 2264 SINCE 7/1 7644 8901 -1257 MM COOLING TOTAL 16 6 10 11 SINCE 1/1 16 6 10 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/070 DATE 04/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/290 DATE 03/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.54 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 20 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 24 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 40 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 22 SLEET 0 FOG 35 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 10 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE 2024 SPRING CLIMATE NARRATIVE... METEOROLOGICAL SPRING (MARCH 1ST - MAY 31ST) FINISHED WITH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, AT TO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION, AND AT TO ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL. SPRING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM 2.5 TO 4.5 DEGREES F ABOVE AVERAGE WITH THE WARMEST DEPARTURES ACROSS THE NORTH. THE 2024 SPRING SEASONAL AVERAGE OF 42.6 DEGREES AT CARIBOU FINISHED 2ND WARMEST ONLY BEHIND SPRING 2010 WHICH AVERAGED 43.9 DEGREES. IT WAS THE 4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH WARMEST SPRING OF RECORD AT MILLINOCKET, HOULTON, AND BANGOR RESPECTFULLY, ALL OF WHICH ALSO EXPERIENCED THEIR WARMEST SPRING IN 2010. UNIFORM WARMTH WITH ONLY A FEW SHORT BELOW AVERAGE PERIODS WAS THE GENERAL RULE FOR THE REGION THIS SEASON. TOTAL PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM NEAR AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST TO 150 TO 200 PERCENT OF AVERAGE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND DOWNEAST AREAS. THE TOTAL OF 15.31 INCHES AT BANGOR WAS THE THIRD GREATEST SPRING PRECIPITATION TOTAL, BUT WAS STILL WELL BEHIND THE WETTEST SPRING OF 24.07 INCHES SET IN 1983. DESPITE BEING A WARM SPRING, SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON RANGED FROM NEAR AVERAGE UPWARDS TO 125 TO 150 PERCENT OF AVERAGE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY. MOST OF THIS SNOW FELL IN THE LATTER HALF OF MARCH AND OPENING DAYS OF APRIL, WHICH PROVIDED A SHORT SECOND WINTER AFTER A LENGTHY THAW PERIOD EARLIER IN MARCH RESULTING IN THE MELT OFF OF MOST OF THE LOWER TERRAIN SNOWPACK. SNOWFALL WAS THEN BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE REST OF APRIL, AND PRETTY MUCH NON-EXISTENT IN MAY. THAW CONDITIONS EARLY IN SPRING ENDED THE SKIING AND SNOW MOBILE SEASON UPWARDS TO A MONTH EARLIER THAN AVERAGE, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS NORTHEAST MAINE, NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S 2024 SUMMER (JUNE 1ST - AUGUST 31ST) PREDICTION FOR THE REGION IS CALLING FOR SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED ODDS OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEARLY EQUAL ODDS OF BELOW, NEAR NORMAL, OR ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. $$ VJN/CB/NC