Late Season Snowfall across Northern Maine

...2nd latest measurable snowfall on record at Caribou, Maine...

 

A cold upper low tracked across northern Maine during the early morning hours of May 23, 2015.  The air mas was cold enough that the precipitation that fell across far northern Maine fell mainly as snow. A total of three tenths (0.3") of an inch of snow was observed at Caribou, Maine on May 23, 2015. This broke the previous record for May 23rd of a trace of snow observed in 1990.  It was the greatest snowfall ever observed so late in the season. It was also the 2nd latest measurable snowfall on record at Caribou. The all-time latest measurable snowfall was May 25, 1974 when two tenths (0.2") of an inch of snow was observed.

Here are some snowfall totals that were observed across the area:

************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS                   
                     SNOWFALL           OF 
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

MAINE

...AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
   2 N PORTAGE            5.2   748 AM  5/23  SOCIAL MEDIA            
   2 SSE ASHLAND          2.0   734 AM  5/23  TRAINED SPOTTER         
   PERHAM                 1.0   952 AM  5/23  SOCIAL MEDIA            
   PRESQUE ISLE           1.0   757 AM  5/23  PUBLIC                  
   PRESQUE ISLE EAST      1.0   800 AM  5/23  CO-OP OBSERVER          
   5 NNW NEW SWEDEN       0.8   700 AM  5/23  COCORAHS                
   1 N CARIBOU            0.3   734 AM  5/23  TRAINED SPOTTER         
   MONTICELLO             0.2   745 AM  5/23  SOCIAL MEDIA            
   MAPLETON               0.2   745 AM  5/23  SOCIAL MEDIA            

Below, is a picture taken during the early morning hours of May 23, 2015, from the National Weather Service Forecast office at Caribou, Maine.