Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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000 CXUS51 KCAR 040422 CLSCAR CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 716 PM EST FRI MAR 03 2023 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2022 TO 2/28/2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 60 12/01/2020 LOW -41 02/01/1955 HIGHEST 47 12/03 MM MM 49 12/06 12/07 02/16 LOWEST -22 02/01 MM MM -30 01/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 27.8 24.1 3.6 24.1 AVG. MINIMUM 11.2 6.4 4.4 4.3 MEAN 19.5 15.3 3.9 14.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 64 68.7 -4.7 64 DAYS MIN <= 32 87 87.9 -0.9 88 DAYS MIN <= 0 21 33.8 -12.8 37 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.62 2008 MINIMUM 2.38 1944 TOTALS 12.03 8.97 3.06 9.35 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.10 0.03 0.11 DAYS >= .01 51 41.0 10.0 30 DAYS >= .10 18 20.3 -2.3 15 DAYS >= .50 10 5.9 4.1 4 DAYS >= 1.00 4 1.0 3.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.93 0MM12 TO 01/13 1.24 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 128.7 2008 TOTALS 85.8 75.5 10.3 83.4 SINCE 7/1 100.1 87.7 12.4 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 13 9 DAYS >= 1.0 20 18.7 1.3 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 26 01/31 23 02/09 24 HR TOTAL 19.7 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4080 4471 -391 4551 SINCE 7/1 5778 6462 -684 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/090 DATE 12/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 62/080 DATE 12/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.64 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 25 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 44 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 4 LT FREEZING RAIN 7 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 6 SNOW 12 LIGHT SNOW 61 SLEET 2 FOG 44 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 9 HAZE 9 - 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