Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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CXUS51 KCAR 040340 CCA
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CLIMATE REPORT...FINAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
701 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2019
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...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1925 TO 2019
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 63 10/07/5881
LOW -29 10/07/5881
HIGHEST 51 01/24 MM MM 51 01/13
01/12
LOWEST 01/31 MM MM -13 01/03
01/29
AVG. MAXIMUM 28.3 27.4 0.9 28.4
AVG. MINIMUM 8.7 6.7 2.0 9.4
MEAN 18.5 17.0 1.5 18.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 18 20.1 -2.1 20
DAYS MIN <= 32 31 30.1 0.9 30
DAYS MIN <= 0 4 10.0 -6.0 8
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.64 1979
MINIMUM 0.52 1985
TOTALS 5.15 2.26
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.09 0.08 0.18
DAYS >= .01 15 10.6 4.4 12
DAYS >= .10 7 6.5 0.5 8
DAYS >= .50 3 1.7 1.3 4
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.5 0.5 2
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 48.4 1966
TOTALS 20.5 19.2 1.3 30.1
SINCE 7/1 46.4 36.0 10.4 57.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 6 -4 11
DAYS >= 1.0 5 5.1 -0.1 5
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 9 01/24 33 01/09
01/23
01/22
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1433 1486 -53 1419
SINCE 7/1 4454 4407 47 4125
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/320 DATE 01/06
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/170 DATE 01/24
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
0
2
0
0
7
4
3
HAZE 8
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE JANUARY 2019 MONTHLY CLIMATE
NARRATIVE...
TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH AS A WHOLE DID NOT AVERAGE FAR FROM
THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE (1981-2010), RANGING FROM AROUND 1 DEGREE
BELOW AVERAGE TO 2 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE WITH VARIABILITY BETWEEN
CLIMATE SITES AND NO DISTINCTIVE TREND FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
ACROSS THE REGION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS -0.7
DEGREES (F) BELOW AVERAGE AT MILLINOCKET AND +1.5 DEGREES ABOVE
AVERAGE AT BANGOR.
AT CARIBOU, 59.8 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED. THIS SMASHED THE
PREVIOUS RECORD FOR JANUARY OF 44.5 INCHES IN 1994. NOT ONLY DID
IT BREAK THE JANUARY RECORD, IT ALMOST BROKE THE ALL-TIME
SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD OF DECEMBER 1972 WHEN 59.9 INCHES OF SNOW
WAS OBSERVED. A TOTAL OF 5.64 INCHES OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW WAS
OBSERVED, WHICH WAS THE MOST ON RECORD BREAKING THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 5.60 INCHES IN 1995.
AT BANGOR, A TOTAL OF 20.5 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED THIS PAST
JANUARY, WHICH WAS JUST 1.3 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE. A TOTAL OF 5.15
INCHES OF RAIN (AND MELTED SNOW) WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS MORE
THAN 2 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE, AND IT RANKED AS THE 10TH WETTEST
JANUARY ON RECORD AT BANGOR. ACROSS THE REGION AS A WHOLE,
PRECIPITATION IN MOST AREAS RANGED FROM 150 TO 200 PERCENT OF
NORMAL, BUT THERE WERE SOME AREAS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HANCOCK
COUNTY AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY WHERE
PRECIPITATION WAS ONLY 75 TO 110 PERCENT OF NORMAL.
THE MOST NOTEWORTHY EVENT OF THE MONTH WAS A MAJOR WINTER STORM ON
THE 20TH THAT PRODUCED FROM 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN
AREAS AND FROM 6 INCHES TO A FOOT OF SNOW DOWN EAST. THE STORM
PRODUCED A TOTAL OF 18.2 INCHES AT CARIBOU, HOWEVER, THE 16.9
INCHES THAT WAS OBSERVED ON THE 20TH WAS THE GREATEST CALENDAR DAY
SNOWFALL AT CARIBOU SINCE 2005. IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM, THERE
WAS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION WITH SNOW DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET
DEEP ACROSS EVEN PORTIONS OF U.S. ROUTE 1 IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
AT THE START OF THE MONTH, THE SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 6 INCHES TO
A FOOT ACROSS THE FAR NORTH WITH 2 INCHES OR LESS DOWN EAST. BY
THE END OF JANUARY THE SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 2 TO 4 FEET ACROSS
NORTHERN AREAS. AMOUNTS DROPPED OFF RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTH OF
MILLINOCKET WITH 4 INCHES AT BANGOR AND GENERALLY 2 TO 6 INCHES
FOR MOST AREAS DOWN EAST AND ALONG THE COAST. THE MONTHLY MEAN SNOW
DEPTH OF 22.9 INCHES AT CARIBOU WAS 8.1 INCHES ABOVE THE LENGTH OF
RECORD AVERAGE WHILE THE MONTHLY MEAN OF 2.2 INCHES AT BANGOR WAS
5.3 INCHES BELOW THE LENGTH OF RECORD AVERAGE AT THIS SITE. WITH THE
BREAK EVEN LINE NEAR A DOVER-FOXCROFT-MILLINOCKET-DANFORTH LINE,
ONLY THE NORTH HALF OF THE REGION HAD DEPENDABLE SNOW PACK FOR SNOW
MOBILING THIS MONTH.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN
MAINE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY INDICATES NO STRONG CLIMATE
SIGNALS THAT WOULD POINT TOWARD AN UNUSUALLY COLD OR MILD MONTH.
ODDS ARE SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARD ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION.
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