Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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000 CXUS51 KCAR 070214 CLSCAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1011 PM EDT TUE JUN 06 2023 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2023 TO 5/31/2023... 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 96 05/22/1977 LOW -28 03/02/2001 HIGHEST 91 05/31 MM MM MM LOWEST -4 03/04 MM MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 50.4 48.3 2.1 MM AVG. MINIMUM 30.1 28.8 1.3 MM MEAN 40.3 38.6 1.7 MM DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.2 0.8 MM DAYS MAX <= 32 9 14.1 -5.1 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 49 53.7 -4.7 MM DAYS MIN <= 0 1 4.2 -3.2 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.29 2005 MINIMUM 4.11 1965 TOTALS 6.23 9.22 -2.99 MM DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.10 -0.03 MM DAYS >= .01 33 40.3 -7.3 MM DAYS >= .10 14 22.6 -8.6 MM DAYS >= .50 4 5.9 -1.9 MM DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.20 MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 65.1 1961 TOTALS 33.3 30.5 2.8 MM SINCE 7/1 133.4 118.2 15.2 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 9 MM DAYS >= 1.0 10 7.9 2.1 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 27 03/03 MM 24 HR TOTAL 3.7* MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2264 2438 -174 MM SINCE 7/1 8042 8901 -859 MM COOLING TOTAL 11 6 5 MM SINCE 1/1 11 6 5 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/310 DATE 03/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/300 DATE 03/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 32 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 34 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 26 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 27 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 8 LIGHT SNOW 27 SLEET 1 FOG 26 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE 2023 SPRING CLIMATE NARRATIVE... SPRING (MARCH THROUGH MAY) FINISHED WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL. TEMPERATURES FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD AVERAGED FROM 1.5 TO JUST OVER 2 DEGREES ABOVE THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE. MARCH AND APRIL BOTH FEATURED ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND MAY FINISHED WITH NEAR AVERAGE TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. IN CARIBOU IT TIED WITH 1977 FOR THE 9TH WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD. IN HOULTON IT TIED WITH 1973 AND 2021 FOR THE 10TH WARMEST SPRING. IN MILLINOCKET, IT TIED WITH 1979 AS THE 11TH WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD, AND FINALLY IN BANGOR IT TIED WITH 2006 AND PREVIOUS YEARS AS THE 15TH WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW AVERAGE WITH PRECIPITATION (RAIN AND MELTED SNOW) DEFICITS OF 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. SNOWFALL WAS CLOSER TO AVERAGE, AND THAT WAS MAINLY DUE TO ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IN MARCH. SNOWFALL WAS BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION IN APRIL. MARCH HAD ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AS WELL AS ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION. THERE WAS A LACK ON ARCTIC AIR WITH ONLY ONE NIGHT THE ENTIRE MONTH WITH A LOW BELOW ZERO IN CARIBOU. THE LOW FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH WAS +10F IN BANGOR. ALTHOUGH NOT A RECORD, TYPICALLY BANGOR WILL HAVE ONE OR TWO NIGHTS WITH A LOW BELOW ZERO. APRIL HAD ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. THE FIRST REAL MILD DAY OF THE SPRING OCCURRED ON THE 10TH WITH HIGHS IN MOST AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST IN THE 60S. ALL LONG TERM CLIMATE SITES HAD BOTH BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. WHAT LITTLE SNOW THAT DID FALL WAS MOSTLY OBSERVED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH. MAY WAS THE ONLY MONTH DURING THE SPRING OF 2023 WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THE WARMEST WEATHER OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE VERY LAST DAY OF MAY WHEN MANY INLAND AREAS TOPPED 90 DEGREES. THE LAST SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES OF THE SEASON WERE OBSERVED ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS ON THE 17TH WHEN IT WAS UNSEASONABLY COOL AND BLUSTERY. $$ CB/VJN