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CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
716 PM EST FRI MAR 03 2023

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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2022 TO 2/28/2023...

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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             60   12/01/2020
 LOW             -41   02/01/1955
HIGHEST           47   12/03         MM      MM       49  12/06
                       12/07
                       02/16
LOWEST           -22   02/01         MM      MM      -30  01/27
AVG. MAXIMUM    27.8               24.1     3.6     24.1
AVG. MINIMUM    11.2                6.4     4.4      4.3
MEAN            19.5               15.3     3.9     14.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    64               68.7    -4.7       64
DAYS MIN <= 32    87               87.9    -0.9       88
DAYS MIN <= 0     21               33.8   -12.8       37

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       12.62   2008
 MINIMUM        2.38   1944
TOTALS         12.03               8.97    3.06     9.35
DAILY AVG.      0.13               0.10    0.03     0.11
DAYS >= .01       51               41.0    10.0       30
DAYS >= .10       18               20.3    -2.3       15
DAYS >= .50       10                5.9     4.1        4
DAYS >= 1.00       4                1.0     3.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.93   0MM12 TO 01/13               1.24

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL         128.7   2008
TOTALS          85.8               75.5    10.3     83.4
SINCE 7/1      100.1               87.7    12.4       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.    13                                   9
DAYS >= 1.0       20               18.7     1.3       MM
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       26   01/31                          23  02/09
 24 HR TOTAL    19.7                                  MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   4080               4471    -391     4551
 SINCE 7/1      5778               6462    -684       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    38/090    DATE  12/23
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    62/080    DATE  12/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.64
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             25
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         44

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       5
LIGHT RAIN               13     FREEZING RAIN              4
LT FREEZING RAIN          7     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                6     SNOW                      12
LIGHT SNOW               61     SLEET                      2
FOG                      44     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      9
HAZE                      9

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

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...NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE 2022/23 WINTER CLIMATE NARRATIVE...

WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) 2022/23 FINISHED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY
ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, AND AT TO
ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL.

TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES RANGED FROM 3.5 NORTH TO 5 DEGREES
ABOVE AVERAGE DOWNEAST FOR THE PERIOD AS A WHOLE. AT BANGOR
(CARIBOU), THE 26.9 (19.5) RANKED AS THE 3RD (4TH) WARMEST BEHIND
THE ALL TIME WARMEST OF 29.4 (21.6) RECORDED DURING THE WINTER OF
1936/37 (2015/16). DECEMBER AND JANUARY WERE, BY FAR, THE WARMEST
MONTHS OF THIS SEASON, WITH FEBRUARY NEAR OR A LITTLE BELOW
AVERAGE. OF PARTICULAR NOTE WAS THE BRUTALLY COLD ARCTIC WIND
CHILL EVENT OF FEBRUARY 3RD/4TH WHICH FEATURED WINDS CHILLS AS LOW
AS -50 TO -60 DEGREES ACROSS THE REGION.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON RANGED FROM 120-140 PERCENT OF
AVERAGE. AT CARIBOU (BANGOR) THE TOTAL OF 12.03 (11.08) INCHES,
IT WAS THE 4TH (20TH) WETTEST BEHIND THE WETTEST SEASONS OF RECORD
OF 12.62 (16.99) RECORDED DURING THE WINTER OF 2007/08 (1993/84).
DESPITE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS MOSTLY A LITTLE
ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS RANGING FROM 95-125 PERCENT OF
AVERAGE.

SNOWPACK RANGED FROM NEAR NORMAL ACROSS THE NORTH, DESPITE A
DELAYED START IN JANUARY DUE TO EARLY SEASON RAIN EVENTS, TO
BELOW AVERAGE OVER DOWNEAST AREAS WHICH WAS SUBJECT TO
INTERMITTENT THAWING TEMPERATURES AN RAIN ALL SEASON. THE AVERAGE
SNOWPACK FOR THE SEASON FOR CARIBOU (BANGOR) WAS 13 (3) INCHES
COMPARED TO 1991-2020 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS OF 13 (6). MAXIMUM
SNOW DEPTH RECORDED DURING THE SEASON AT CARIBOU (BANGOR) WAS 26
(19) INCHES RECORDED ON JANUARY 31ST (JANUARY 24TH). SNOWPACK
ACROSS THE NORTH BECAME ESTABLISHED ENOUGH FOR SNOW MOBILING BY
MID JANUARY AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE REST OF THE SEASON.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SPRING (MARCH-MAY) 2023 FOR THE REGION IS CALLING
FOR SLIGHTLY INCREASED ODDS OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND
EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW, NEAR NORMAL, OR ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION.

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