Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
747 CXUS51 KCAR 022208 CLMBGR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 608 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2024 ................................... ...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 98 06/27/1941 LOW 29 06/03/1939 HIGHEST 96 06/20 MM MM 93 06/01 LOWEST 40 06/02 MM MM 42 06/03 06/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 77.3 74.7 2.6 71.0 AVG. MINIMUM 55.6 52.6 3.0 52.8 MEAN 66.5 63.6 2.9 61.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.5 0.5 1 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 8.12 2009 MINIMUM 0.87 1930 TOTALS 4.00 0.13 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.13 0.00 0.19 DAYS >= .01 18 12.2 5.8 18 DAYS >= .10 11 7.2 3.8 12 DAYS >= .50 2 2.8 -0.8 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.30 06/23 TO 06/23 1.37 06/17 TO 06/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 45.5 74.6 -29.1 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 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 46 98 -52 125 SINCE 7/1 6596 7624 -1028 MM COOLING TOTAL 97 58 39 39 SINCE 1/1 107 65 42 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/020 DATE 06/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/030 DATE 06/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.65 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 21 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...JUNE 2024 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE... JUNE 2024 FINISHED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND NEAR AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM 3.0 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 WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD, BEATING THE OLD RECORD FROM 2021 BY 0.2 DEGREES. RECORDS IN CARIBOU DATE BACK TO 1939. MILLINOCKET AND HOULTON BOTH HAD THEIR 6TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. MEANWHILE, BANGOR HAD ITS 11TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. INTERMITTENT WARM TO HOT SPELLS ON THE 4TH-7TH AND 18TH-20TH WERE BROKEN BY PERIODS OF NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON LOW TERRAIN LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL ON THE 19TH AND CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS ON THE 20TH WHEN NEAR RECORD OR RECORD HIGH TEMPS OF MID TO UPPER 90S OCCURRED. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES AT CARIBOU ON THE 19TH TIED THE ALL TIME RECORD OF 96 (SINCE RECORDS BEGAN THERE IN 1939), INTERESTINGLY LAST SET ON THE SAME DATE JUST 4 YEARS PRIOR IN 2020. FURTHERMORE, THE CALENDAR DAY LOW OF 71, WHICH TIED THE WARMEST LOW OF RECORD AT CARIBOU, MEANT THAT JUNE 19TH 2024 AVERAGE TEMP OF 83.5 DEGREES WAS ALSO THE HOTTEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DAY OF RECORD AT CARIBOU. OTHER DATES CARIBOU REACHED 96 DEGREES INCLUDE MAY 22ND 1977 AND JUNE 29TH 1944. BASED ON LONGER EXISTING CLIMATE RECORDS NEARBY CARIBOU, HIGH TEMPS AT CARIBOU MAY HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DEGREES HIGHER IN MID TO LATE AUGUST 1935 HEAT WAVE. RAINFALL FOR THE REGION RANGED FROM 75 TO 90 PERCENT OVER DOWNEAST AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE REGION UPWARDS TO 110 TO 125 PERCENT OF NORMAL OVER THE NORTH. BUT EVEN ACROSS THE NORTH WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF RAINFALL WAS CONCENTRATED FROM THE 9TH-11TH AND THE 23RD, MONTHLY EVAPORATION JUST UNDER 6 INCHES RESULTED IN DRY GROUNDS AND PATCHY BROWN LAWNS AT TIMES DURING THE MONTH WITH EVEN DRIER CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND INTERIOR DOWNEAST AREAS. ON JUNE 6TH, A SMALL AREA OF MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) WAS PRESENT NEAR THE QUEBEC BORDER IN WESTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY PER THE US DROUGHT MONITOR. ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY ALONG WITH NORTHWESTERN PISCATAQUIS AND NORTHERN SOMSERSET COUNTIES. BY JUNE 27TH, NO PART OF THE AREA WAS UNDER D1. THE AREA UNDER D0 HAD SHRUNK IN NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY, ALONG WITH VERY SMALL PORTIONS OF PISCATAQUIS AND SOMERSET COUNTIES. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S FORECAST FOR JULY 2024 INDICATES SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER ODDS OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW, AVERAGE, OR ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL. NORMAL JULY LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE REGION ARE 55 TO 60 DEGREES AND NORMAL HIGH TEMPEARTURES OF UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. $$ NC/CB/VJN