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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
205 AM EST THU MAR 03 2022

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

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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             60   12/01/2020
 LOW             -41   02/01/1955
HIGHEST           49   12/06         MM      MM       60  12/01
LOWEST           -30   01/27         MM      MM      -15  02/10
AVG. MAXIMUM    24.1               24.1    -0.0     28.4
AVG. MINIMUM     4.3                6.4    -2.1     13.0
MEAN            14.2               15.3    -1.1     20.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    64               68.7    -4.7       64
DAYS MIN <= 32    88               87.9     0.1       86
DAYS MIN <= 0     37               33.8     3.2       16

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       12.62   2008
 MINIMUM        2.38   1944
TOTALS          9.35               8.97    0.38     8.03
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.10    0.01     0.09
DAYS >= .01       30               41.0   -11.0       MM
DAYS >= .10       15               20.3    -5.3       MM
DAYS >= .50        4                5.9    -1.9       MM
DAYS >= 1.00       0                1.0    -1.0       MM
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.24    MM                          1.23

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL         128.7   2008
TOTALS          83.4               75.5     7.9     77.3
SINCE 7/1       92.8               87.7     5.1       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     9                                  10
DAYS >= 1.0       21               18.7     2.3       MM
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       23   02/09                          23  02/28
 24 HR TOTAL      MM                                  MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   4551               4471      80     3958
 SINCE 7/1      6231               6462    -231       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/330    DATE  02/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    46/250    DATE  12/12

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.58
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           27
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             28
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         35

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN               18     FREEZING RAIN              3
LT FREEZING RAIN          6     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW               11     SNOW                      18
LIGHT SNOW               64     SLEET                      4
FOG                      40     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     11
HAZE                     16

-  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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