May 2015 off to a warm and dry start in northern & eastern Maine

...May off to a warm and dry start...

During the first half of May (May 1-15) the average temperature at Bangor of 54.6 degrees was 3.5 degrees above average (1981-2010
averages). It tied with 2010 for the warmest start to may since 2001.

Only 22 hundredths of an inch (0.22") of rain has been observed at Bangor so far this month, which was 1.46 inches below normal.
It has been the driest start to May since 2001.

At Caribou, the average temperature during the first half of May Was 52.4 degrees, which was 3.7 degrees above normal.

A total of 85 hundredths of an inch (0.85") of rain has been observed so far this month at Caribou, which was 0.64" below average.  It has been the driest start to May since 2008.