August 2012: Warmest on Record for Caribou and 2nd Warmest for Houlton (Maine)

US National Weather Service Caribou ME

...August 2012: Warmest on Record for Caribou and 2nd Warmest for Houlton...

August 2012 will go down in the record books as the warmest August on record for Caribou (records began in 1939) and the 2nd warmest for Houlton (records began in 1948).

Caribou's average temperature was 68.0F, beating the old record of 67.2F from 1944. Houlton's average temperature was 67.7F, coming up just shy of the record of 67.9F from 1973.

Although temperatures were also several degrees warmer than average for Bangor and Downeast, they did not come close to record territory for the month as a whole.

What was interesting about August 2012 was that it wasn't super hot (Caribou only topped out at 89F and Houlton 88F), but it was consistently warm. For example, both Caribou and Houlton had the most 75F+ days on record in August with 25 and 27 days respectively, even though no one day hit 90F.

For the "meteorological summer" as a whole (Jun 1-Aug 31), it was the 3rd warmest on record for Caribou, 9th warmest for Houlton, but only 20th warmest for Bangor. And, like August, we didn't have many really hot days, but it was consistently warm. For example, Caribou tied its most 75F+ days for Jun 1-Aug 31 with 60.