Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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000 CXUS51 KCAR 050212 CLSCAR CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 704 PM EST SUN DEC 04 2022 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2022 TO 11/30/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 92 09/01/2010 LOW -8 11/30/1995 HIGHEST 83 09/11 MM MM 79 09/23 LOWEST 8 11/24 MM MM 9 11/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.9 53.4 3.5 56.1 AVG. MINIMUM 37.0 35.8 1.2 38.8 MEAN 47.0 44.6 2.4 47.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 11 7.8 3.2 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 32 38.2 -6.2 27 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 19.03 2008 MINIMUM 4.65 1955 TOTALS 11.28 10.78 0.50 11.26 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.12 0.00 0.12 DAYS >= .01 30 38.4 -8.4 35 DAYS >= .10 19 22.0 -3.0 21 DAYS >= .50 10 7.0 3.0 7 DAYS >= 1.00 3 2.2 0.8 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.76 1MM14 TO 10/15 1.86 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 35.3 1974 TOTALS 14.3 12.2 2.1 9.4 SINCE 7/1 14.3 12.2 2.1 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0 DAYS >= 1.0 4 3.4 0.6 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 8* 11/17 6 11/27 11/26 11/27 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1631 1877 -246 1576 SINCE 7/1 1698 1991 -293 MM COOLING TOTAL 12 18 -6 9 SINCE 1/1 243 224 19 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/330 DATE 09/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/330 DATE 09/24 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 47 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 25 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 19 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 33 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 15 SLEET 1 FOG 41 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE CLIMATE 2022 FALL (SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER) SUMMARY... FALL 2022 ACROSS NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE FINISHED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, MOSTLY ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, AND MOSTLY BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION AS A WHOLE. AMONGST THE WEATHER ELEMENTS THIS SEASON, TEMPERATURE WAS THE MOST UNIFORM ACROSS THE REGION AVERAGING 2 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE THE 1991- 2020 CLIMATE REFERENCE PERIOD. THROUGH SEPTEMBER UNTIL ABOUT OCTOBER 12TH, TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL. TEMPERATURES THEN WERE MOSTLY ABOVE TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL FROM OCTOBER 13TH UNTIL NOVEMBER 12TH. THE REST OF NOVEMBER MOSTLY FINISHED WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MOST ANOMALOUS WARMTH OF THE SEASON OCCURRED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 4TH-7TH WITH DAILY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES RANGING UPWARDS OF +15 TO +30 DEGREES OF NORMAL DAILY AVERAGES WITH ACTUAL HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S ON NOVEMBER 5TH AND 6TH AND DOWNEAST AREAS ON THE 7TH. RECORD MONTHLY WARM DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ON NOVEMBER 6TH ACROSS THE REGION WERE MORE TYPICAL OF AVERAGE JULY MINIMUM TEMPS. ACTUAL WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURES, HOWEVER, OCCURRED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 9TH-12TH WERE MOST LOCATIONS REACHED THE LOWER TO MID 80S. AVERAGE FALL TEMPERATURES OF 47.0 AT CARIBOU, 47.9 AT HOULTON, 49.2 AT MILLINOCKET, AND 50.9 AT BANGOR WERE THE 5TH, 3RD, 3RD, AND 9TH WARMEST. RESPECTFULLY, AT EACH CLIMATE STATION. TOTAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION WAS MORE VARIABLE, RANGING FROM ABOUT 110 PERCENT OF AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH UPWARDS TO 160 PERCENT OF AVERAGE OVER CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS. DOWNEAST AREAS HAD MOSTLY ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL EACH MONTH THIS FALL (ESPECIALLY OCTOBER), WHILE NORTHERN AREAS BEGAN THE FALL WITH A DRY SEPTEMBER GOING TO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF 17.25 INCHES AT MILLINOCKET AND 18.93 INCHES AT BANGOR FINISHED AS THE 4TH AND 2ND WETTEST FALLS, RESPECTFULLY. LASTLY, TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS FALL, OCCURRING EXCLUSIVELY IN NOVEMBER OUTSIDE OF VERY HIGH TERRAIN, RANGED FROM NEAR ZERO ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST UPWARDS TO NEAR 24 INCHES (ABOUT 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL) OVER THE NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTHERN SAINT JOHN VALLEY AREAS. MOST LOCATIONS, HOWEVER, EXPERIENCING 10+ INCHES WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREENVILLE TO MARS HILL LINE, WITH COMPARATIVELY LITTLE SNOWFALL SOUTH OF HOULTON-MILLINOCKET-DOVER FOXCROFT LINE. SNOWFALL EVENTS BEGAN OCCURRING MOSTLY ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE REGION WITH THE TEMPERATURE REGIME CHANGE AFTER NOVEMBER 12TH. THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S OUTLOOK FOR WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) FOR OUR REGION IS CALLING FOR SOMEWHAT INCREASED ODDS FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOUT EQUAL ODDS OF BELOW, NEAR NORMAL, AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION, TO PERHAPS VERY SLIGHTLY FAVORING ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION ODDS OVER THE NORTHWEST THIRD. $$ VJN/CB