Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
783 CXUS51 KCAR 030524 CCA CLMCAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 451 PM EST SAT MAR 02 2024 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... RESENT... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 59 02/20/1994 LOW -41 02/01/1955 HIGHEST 49 02/27 MM MM 47 02/16 LOWEST -10 02/21 MM MM -22 02/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 31.1 24.1 7.0 23.8 AVG. MINIMUM 11.6 4.4 7.2 0.9 MEAN 21.4 14.2 7.2 12.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 17 22.0 -5.0 22 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 27.7 0.3 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 3 12.2 -9.2 14 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.72 2008 MINIMUM 0.26 1978 TOTALS 1.29 -1.13 DAILY AVG. 0.04 NAN NAN 0.08 DAYS >= .01 7 12.1 -5.1 12 DAYS >= .10 5 5.8 -0.8 2 DAYS >= .50 0 1.5 -1.5 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.2 -0.2 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.63 02/28 TO 02/29 1.09 02/17 TO 02/17 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 47.7 2008 TOTALS 8.7 25.3 -16.6 28.1 SINCE 7/1 57.0 87.7 -30.7 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 9 22 DAYS >= 1.0 2 5.9 -3.9 6 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 15 02/02 25 02/01 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1256 1421 -165 1467 SINCE 7/1 5593 6554 -961 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/160 DATE 02/28 25/240 02/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/250 DATE 02/29 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 16 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. * INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...FEBRUARY 2024 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE... FEBRUARY 2024 FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE FINISHED WITH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL WERE BOTH WELL BELOW AVERAGE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA RANGED FROM 5.5 TO 7.5 DEGREES (F) ABOVE 1991-2020 NORMALS. IT RANKED AS THE 5TH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AT BOTH CARIBOU AND HOULTON, AND AS THE 4TH WARMEST IN MILLINOCKET, AND THE 9TH WARMEST IN BANGOR. THE MONTH WAS VERY DRY ACROSS THE REGION WITH PRECIPITATION THAT RANGED FROM 25 TO 50 PERCENT OF NORMAL, EXCEPT LOCALLY 50 TO 75 PERCENT OF NORMAL IN PARTS OF EASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. SNOWFALL WAS WELL BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. IN FACT, IT WAS THE 2ND LEAST SNOWY FEBRUARY ON RECORD IN BANGOR WITH ONLY 1.2 INCHES OF SNOW. THE ONLY YEAR ON RECORD WITH LESS SNOWFALL IN FEBRUARY WAS IN 1998 WHEN AN INCH WAS OBSERVED. IN CARIBOU, ONLY 8.7 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED WHICH MADE IT THE 7TH LEAST SNOWY FEBRUARY ON RECORD. A BIG WARM-UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH COMBINED WITH RAIN CAUSED MUCH OF THE SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS TO MELT. BY THE END OF THE MONTH THE SNOW DEPTH ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM ZERO TO AN INCH IN BANGOR AND ALONG THE COAST (DUE TO RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING OF THE 29TH). ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION, THE SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 2 TO 8 INCHES, BUT WITH LOCALLY A FOOT OR MORE ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. THE SNOW DEPTH AT THE END OF THE MONTH WAS WELL BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS ALL AREAS. THE WARM-UP AND RAIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH WIPED OUT SO MUCH OF THE SNOWPACK ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS AND THE SNOWMOBILE TRAILS BECAME POOR AND IN MOST AREAS THE SNOWMOBILE SEASON ENDED. THE LACK OF SNOW HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR WINTER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES CAUSING MANY TO BE POSTPONED OR CANCELLED. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S FORECAST FOR MARCH 2024 INDICATES THAT THERE ARE STRONG SIGNALS THAT POINT TOWARD ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THERE ARE NO STRONG SIGNALS THAT POINT TOWARD EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY MODERATE DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH AND LOWS/HIGHS IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS/MID 20S F OVER THE FAR NORTH TO AROUND 15F/35F ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST AT THE START OF THE MONTH, AND FROM LOWS/HIGHS IN THE LOW 20S/NEAR 40F IN THE FAR NORTH TO AROUND 25F/45F AT THE DOWNEAST COAST. AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IS CLOSE TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION, AND AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 15.2 INCHES IN BANGOR AND 21.4 INCHES IN CARIBOU. OVER AN HOUR AND 40 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT IS GAINED DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS THIS YEAR ON MARCH 10TH. $$ CB/VJN