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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
704 PM EST SUN DEC 04 2022

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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2022 TO 11/30/2022...

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             92   09/01/2010
 LOW              -8   11/30/1995
HIGHEST           83   09/11         MM      MM       79  09/23
LOWEST             8   11/24         MM      MM        9  11/29
AVG. MAXIMUM    56.9               53.4     3.5     56.1
AVG. MINIMUM    37.0               35.8     1.2     38.8
MEAN            47.0               44.6     2.4     47.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    11                7.8     3.2        4
DAYS MIN <= 32    32               38.2    -6.2       27
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.2    -0.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       19.03   2008
 MINIMUM        4.65   1955
TOTALS         11.28              10.78    0.50    11.26
DAILY AVG.      0.12               0.12    0.00     0.12
DAYS >= .01       30               38.4    -8.4       35
DAYS >= .10       19               22.0    -3.0       21
DAYS >= .50       10                7.0     3.0        7
DAYS >= 1.00       3                2.2     0.8        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.76   1MM14 TO 10/15               1.86

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          35.3   1974
TOTALS          14.3               12.2     2.1      9.4
SINCE 7/1       14.3               12.2     2.1       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     1                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        4                3.4     0.6        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        8*  11/17                           6  11/27
                       11/26
                       11/27
 24 HR TOTAL      MM                                  MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1631               1877    -246     1576
 SINCE 7/1      1698               1991    -293       MM
COOLING TOTAL     12                 18      -6        9
 SINCE 1/1       243                224      19       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/330    DATE  09/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/330    DATE  09/24

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           47
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             25
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         19

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                9     RAIN                      11
LIGHT RAIN               33     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       3
LIGHT SNOW               15     SLEET                      1
FOG                      41     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     11
HAZE                      1

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

&&

...NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE CLIMATE 2022 FALL (SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER)
SUMMARY...

FALL 2022 ACROSS NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE FINISHED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY
WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, MOSTLY ABOVE AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION, AND MOSTLY BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION AS
A WHOLE.

AMONGST THE WEATHER ELEMENTS THIS SEASON, TEMPERATURE WAS THE MOST
UNIFORM ACROSS THE REGION AVERAGING 2 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE THE 1991-
2020 CLIMATE REFERENCE PERIOD. THROUGH SEPTEMBER UNTIL ABOUT OCTOBER
12TH, TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL. TEMPERATURES THEN
WERE MOSTLY ABOVE TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL FROM OCTOBER 13TH UNTIL
NOVEMBER 12TH. THE REST OF NOVEMBER MOSTLY FINISHED WITH BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MOST ANOMALOUS WARMTH OF
THE SEASON OCCURRED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 4TH-7TH WITH DAILY TEMPERATURE
DEPARTURES RANGING UPWARDS OF +15 TO +30 DEGREES OF NORMAL DAILY
AVERAGES WITH ACTUAL HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING INTO THE LOWER TO
MID 70S ON NOVEMBER 5TH AND 6TH AND DOWNEAST AREAS ON THE 7TH.
RECORD MONTHLY WARM DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ON NOVEMBER 6TH
ACROSS THE REGION WERE MORE TYPICAL OF AVERAGE JULY MINIMUM TEMPS.
ACTUAL WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURES, HOWEVER, OCCURRED BETWEEN
SEPTEMBER 9TH-12TH WERE MOST LOCATIONS REACHED THE LOWER TO MID 80S.
AVERAGE FALL TEMPERATURES OF 47.0 AT CARIBOU, 47.9 AT HOULTON, 49.2
AT MILLINOCKET, AND 50.9 AT BANGOR WERE THE 5TH, 3RD, 3RD, AND 9TH
WARMEST. RESPECTFULLY, AT EACH CLIMATE STATION.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION WAS MORE VARIABLE, RANGING
FROM ABOUT 110 PERCENT OF AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH UPWARDS TO
160 PERCENT OF AVERAGE OVER CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS. DOWNEAST
AREAS HAD MOSTLY ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL EACH MONTH THIS FALL
(ESPECIALLY OCTOBER), WHILE NORTHERN AREAS BEGAN THE FALL WITH A DRY
SEPTEMBER GOING TO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN OCTOBER AND
NOVEMBER. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF 17.25 INCHES AT MILLINOCKET AND
18.93 INCHES AT BANGOR FINISHED AS THE 4TH AND 2ND WETTEST FALLS,
RESPECTFULLY.

LASTLY, TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS FALL, OCCURRING
EXCLUSIVELY IN NOVEMBER OUTSIDE OF VERY HIGH TERRAIN, RANGED FROM
NEAR ZERO ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST UPWARDS TO NEAR 24 INCHES (ABOUT
150 PERCENT OF NORMAL) OVER THE NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTHERN SAINT
JOHN VALLEY AREAS. MOST LOCATIONS, HOWEVER, EXPERIENCING 10+ INCHES
WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREENVILLE TO MARS HILL LINE, WITH
COMPARATIVELY LITTLE SNOWFALL SOUTH OF HOULTON-MILLINOCKET-DOVER
FOXCROFT LINE. SNOWFALL EVENTS BEGAN OCCURRING MOSTLY ACROSS THE
NORTH HALF OF THE REGION WITH THE TEMPERATURE REGIME CHANGE AFTER
NOVEMBER 12TH.

THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S OUTLOOK FOR WINTER
(DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) FOR OUR REGION IS CALLING FOR SOMEWHAT INCREASED
ODDS FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOUT EQUAL ODDS OF BELOW,
NEAR NORMAL, AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION, TO PERHAPS VERY
SLIGHTLY FAVORING ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION ODDS OVER THE NORTHWEST
THIRD.

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