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CLIMATE REPORT ...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
747 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2022

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...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2021 TO 2/28/2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1925 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             65   12/07/1998
                       12/04/1982
 LOW             -32   02/10/1948
HIGHEST           65*  02/23         MM      MM       62  12/01
LOWEST           -17   01/27         MM      MM       -2  01/31
                       02/26
                                                          02/01
AVG. MAXIMUM    32.0               31.3     0.7     33.5
AVG. MINIMUM    11.3               12.4    -1.1     18.4
MEAN            21.7               21.8    -0.1     25.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    51               47.1     3.9       43
DAYS MIN <= 32    85               85.7    -0.7       84
DAYS MIN <= 0     18               18.2    -0.2        2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       12.35   2018
 MINIMUM        6.50   2013
TOTALS          9.33               9.27    0.06     7.90
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.10    0.01     0.09
DAYS >= .01       20               33.7   -13.7       MM
DAYS >= .10       13               20.6    -7.6       MM
DAYS >= .50        5                5.8    -0.8       MM
DAYS >= 1.00       2                1.5     0.5       MM
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.20    MM                          2.63

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            MM   2021
TOTALS          57.3               50.8     6.5     32.2
SINCE 7/1       59.5               55.7     3.8       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     4                                   3
DAYS >= 1.0       11               14.2    -3.2       MM
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       17   02/05                          12  02/23
                       02/06
 24 HR TOTAL      MM                                  MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   3881               3882      -1     3484
 SINCE 7/1      5201               5464    -263       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/180    DATE  01/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/180    DATE  02/22

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.63
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           20
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             31
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         39

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     71

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               2
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN               25     FREEZING RAIN              2
LT FREEZING RAIN          6     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                6     SNOW                       8
LIGHT SNOW               45     SLEET                      6
FOG                      46     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     14
HAZE                      4

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
*  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
   T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

...WINTER 2021/2022 NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE SEASONAL CLIMATE
NARRATIVE...

METEOROLOGICAL (DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY) WINTER FOR 2021/22
FINISHED WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AS WELL
AS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TOTAL PRECIPITATION AND
SNOWFALL.

TEMPERATURES FOR THE SEASON RANGED FROM NEAR NORMAL OVER DOWNEAST
AREAS TO 1 TO 1.5 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. THE
SEASON BEGAN ON MILD NOTE IN DECEMBER WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THEN TURNED DECIDELY COLDER IN JANUARY AND FINISHED
WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPS IN FEBRUARY. THE COLDEST TEMPS SINCE
FEBRUARY 2015 AND EVEN JANUARY 2009 WAS RECORDED ON THE MORNING OF
OF JANUARY 27TH WHEN MAY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTH EXPERIENCED
SUB -30 DEGREE LOWS AND A FEW OF THE COLDEST VALLEYS NEARLY -40
DEGREES. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, PERIODS OF VERY COLD
WEATHER WERE PUNCTUATED BY SHORT PERIODS OF WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES. ONE SUCH PERIOD OCCURRED IN LATE FEBRUARY WHEN ON
THE THE 23RD, HIGH TEMPERATURE AT BANGOR REACHED 65 DEGREES, A NEW
RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND A TIE FOR THE WARMEST FOR
THE ENTIRE WINTER SEASON THERE, LAST SET ON DECEMBER 7TH 1998.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE REGION WAS ABOUT 100 TO 110 PERCENT
OF NORMAL AND WAS UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED. SNOWFALL FOR THE AREA
RANGED FROM 100 TO 120 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. MILDER TEMPS IN EARLY
DECEMBER RESULTED IN A DELAY IN THE SNOW PACK SEASON, WITH NOT
ENOUGH SNOW FOR SNOW MOBILES EVEN ACROSS THE FAR NORTH UNTIL THE
END OF THE MONTH. COLDER TEMPS IN JANUARY, ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE
MONTH INTO EARLY FEBRUARY, RESULTED IN MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY
SNOWFALL EVENTS. IN PARTICULAR, THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 28TH TO
FEBRUARY 9TH FEATURED THREE HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENTS OF 10 INCHES OR
MORE FOR MUCH OF THE REGION, WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS
OF A TOTAL SUM OF 45 INCHES FOR THE THREE STORMS.

AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH, WHICH WAS ONLY 60 TO 80 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR
THE THE PERIOD (COMPARED TO 1991-2020 AVERAGES) AS A WHOLE ACROSS
THE REGION WAS HELD BACK BY SEVERAL BRIEF THAWS ACCOMPANIED BY
RAIN EVENTS. THE AVERAGE FOR CARIBOU (BANGOR) THIS SEASON WAS 9
(4) INCHES COMPARED TO THE NORMAL VALUE OF 13 (6) INCHES WITH
DAILY MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH TOTALS THIS SEASON OF 27 (17) INCHES
RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 9TH (FEBRUARY 5-6TH).

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