Shot at Coldest March on Record in Bangor, Maine, Coldest Year to Date for Bangor

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1125 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2015

...SHOT AT COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD FOR BANGOR...

...COLDEST YEAR TO DATE ON RECORD FOR BANGOR...

AFTER HAVING NOT ONLY ITS COLDEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD...BUT ALSO
ITS COLDEST MONTH ON RECORD...BANGOR HAS A SHOT AT ITS COLDEST
MARCH ON RECORD. WE PROJECT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN BANGOR TO
FINISH AROUND 22.7 DEGREES...WHICH WOULD TIE JUST LAST MARCH AS
WELL AS MARCH 1939. WE PROJECT CARIBOU TO END UP AROUND THE 6TH
COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD WITH AROUND 17.6 DEGREES. CARIBOU'S
COLDEST MARCH WAS ALSO LAST MARCH WITH 15.1 DEGREES.

THROUGH MARCH 19...IT HAS ALSO BEEN THE COLDEST START TO THE YEAR
ON RECORD AT BANGOR AND THE 4TH COLDEST START TO THE YEAR AT
CARIBOU. BANGOR HAS AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 13.3 DEGREES SO FAR
THIS YEAR...BEATING 14.4 DEGREES IN 1948.

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