Winter 2018/2019 Climate Summary for Northern and Eastern Maine
735
CXUS51 KCAR 071100
CLSCAR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
503 AM EST THU MAR 7 2019
...................................
...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2018 TO 2/28/2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2019
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 59 02/20/1994
LOW -41 02/01/1955
HIGHEST 50 12/22 MM MM 51 02/21
01/12
LOWEST -19 02/18 MM MM -19 01/03
AVG. MAXIMUM 22.8 23.2 -0.4 24.2
AVG. MINIMUM 3.0 5.1 -2.1 5.6
MEAN 12.9 14.2 -1.3 14.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 74 68.7 5.3 64
DAYS MIN <= 32 90 87.7 2.3 89
DAYS MIN <= 0 43 34.6 8.4 36
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 12.62 2008
MINIMUM 2.38 1944
TOTALS 12.33 8.19 4.14 11.62
DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.09 0.04 0.13
DAYS >= .01 39 40.5 -1.5 51
DAYS >= .10 25 19.1 5.9 21
DAYS >= .50 10 5.1 4.9 9
DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.9 2.1 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.51 MM 02/28 TO 02/28
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 128.7 2008
TOTALS 114.2 70.3 43.9 98.4
SINCE 7/1 147.0 82.5 64.5 102.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 24 13 11 21
DAYS >= 1.0 25 17.5 7.5 20
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 45R 02/25 36 02/11
02/08
24 HR TOTAL 16.9 MM 02/28 TO 02/28
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 4667 4576 91 4499
SINCE 7/1 MM 6721 MM MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/300 DATE 02/26
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/300 DATE 02/26
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 33
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 22
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 35
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
0
5
2
0
26
0
19
HAZE 38
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
000
CXUS51 KCAR 071153
CLSBGR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
503 AM EST THU MAR 7 2019
...................................
...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2018 TO 2/28/2019...
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
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 65 12/07/1998
12/04/1982
LOW -32 02/10/1948
HIGHEST 58 12/21 MM MM 57 02/21
LOWEST -4 02/03 MM MM -24 12/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 30.6 30.8 -0.2 30.9
AVG. MINIMUM 11.4 10.8 0.6 11.0
MEAN 21.0 20.8 0.2 21.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 48 47.9 0.1 42
DAYS MIN <= 32 89 85.9 3.1 87
DAYS MIN <= 0 10 19.2 -9.2 20
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 12.35 2018
MINIMUM 6.50 2013
TOTALS 11.21 2.32
DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.10 0.03 0.14
DAYS >= .01 37 31.9 5.1 38
DAYS >= .10 18 19.0 -1.0 26
DAYS >= .50 8 5.3 2.7 9
DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.5 0.5 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.49 MM 02/28 TO 02/28
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
TOTALS 47.1 48.3 -1.2 76.0
SINCE 7/1 63.0 50.7 12.3 76.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 3 6 -3 7
DAYS >= 1.0 13 13.4 -0.4 16
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 12 02/21 33 01/09
24 HR TOTAL 7.9 MM 02/28 TO 02/28
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 3934 3977 -43 3955
SINCE 7/1 MM 5646 MM MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7
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 23
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 35
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 32
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
0
6
0
1
17
8
11
HAZE 18
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE WINTER SEASONAL SUMMARY...
THE METEOROLOGICAL CORE OF WINTER COMPRISING DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH
FEB 28TH/29TH WAS COLDER AND SNOWIER THAN AVERAGE FOR MOST OF THE
REGION WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TOTAL PRECIPITATION.
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 1 DEGREE ABOVE AVERAGE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
DOWNEAST COAST TO 1 TO 2 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN AREAS WITH INTERIOR DOWNEAST AREAS RIGHT AT AVERAGE.
PERIODS OF COLD DURING THE SEASON WERE PUNCTUATED BY THAWS
ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN EVENTS MOST FREQUENTLY FOR DOWNEAST AREAS, BUT
AT TIMES, EVEN FOR NORTHERN AREAS.
PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE AVERAGE RANGING FROM 120 PERCENT DOWNEAST TO
150 PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS THE NORTH FOR THE PERIOD. AT CARIBOU,
THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER PERIOD TOTAL FOR 2018/19 OF 12.33 INCHES
WAS THE 3RD GREATEST, JUST BEHIND THE RECORD TOTAL OF 12.62 INCHES
OF 2007/08. THE COMBO OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION REGIMES
RESULTED IN SNOWFALL FOR THE PERIOD RANGING FROM BELOW AVERAGE OVER
DOWNEAST TO WELL ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. THE 114.2 INCH
DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY (ONLY A PORTION OF THE TOTAL SEASON) TOTAL
OBSERVED THIS SEASON ALSO RANKED 3RD, BEHIND THE ALL TIME RECORD OF
128.7 INCHES RECORDED IN 2007/08, BUT STILL WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE
SNOWFALL OF 71.5 INCHES. IN COMPARISON, BANGOR ONLY RECEIVED 47.1
INCHES THIS SEASON, BELOW THE NORM OF 54.4 INCHES.
SUBSEQUENTLY, AVERAGE SNOW PACK FOR THE SEASON VARIED STEEPLY FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA, RANGING FROM ONLY 2.8 INCHES AT
BANGOR TO 23.2 INCHES AT CARIBOU (TIED FOR 6TH HIGHEST BEHIND 31.8
INCHES DURING 1976/77). MAXIMUM DAILY SNOW DEPTHS RECORDED AT THE
END OF FEBRUARY RANGED FROM 12 INCHES AT BANGOR TO 45 INCHES AT
CARIBOU. INDEED, THESE AVERAGES AND MAXIMUM DAILY SNOW DEPTHS WOULD
HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IF THE DECEMBER SOLSTICE SOAKING
RAINFALL, WHICH MELTED OVER A FOOT OF SNOW PACK ACROSS THE NORTH,
DID NOT OCCUR.
IN SUMMARY, WINTER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SNOW MOBILING,
CROSS COUNTRY/DOWNHILL SKIING AND SNOW SHOEING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
ESPECIALLY NORTHERN AREAS BENEFITED FROM THE ABOVE AVERAGE SNOW PACK
RESULTING FROM FREQUENT SNOWFALLS AND RELATIVELY CONSISTENT COLD
TEMPERATURES.
CXUS51 KCAR 071100
CLSCAR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
503 AM EST THU MAR 7 2019
...................................
...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2018 TO 2/28/2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2019
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 59 02/20/1994
LOW -41 02/01/1955
HIGHEST 50 12/22 MM MM 51 02/21
01/12
LOWEST -19 02/18 MM MM -19 01/03
AVG. MAXIMUM 22.8 23.2 -0.4 24.2
AVG. MINIMUM 3.0 5.1 -2.1 5.6
MEAN 12.9 14.2 -1.3 14.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 74 68.7 5.3 64
DAYS MIN <= 32 90 87.7 2.3 89
DAYS MIN <= 0 43 34.6 8.4 36
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 12.62 2008
MINIMUM 2.38 1944
TOTALS 12.33 8.19 4.14 11.62
DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.09 0.04 0.13
DAYS >= .01 39 40.5 -1.5 51
DAYS >= .10 25 19.1 5.9 21
DAYS >= .50 10 5.1 4.9 9
DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.9 2.1 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.51 MM 02/28 TO 02/28
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 128.7 2008
TOTALS 114.2 70.3 43.9 98.4
SINCE 7/1 147.0 82.5 64.5 102.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 24 13 11 21
DAYS >= 1.0 25 17.5 7.5 20
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 45R 02/25 36 02/11
02/08
24 HR TOTAL 16.9 MM 02/28 TO 02/28
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 4667 4576 91 4499
SINCE 7/1 MM 6721 MM MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/300 DATE 02/26
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/300 DATE 02/26
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 33
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 22
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 35
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
0
5
2
0
26
0
19
HAZE 38
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
000
CXUS51 KCAR 071153
CLSBGR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
503 AM EST THU MAR 7 2019
...................................
...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2018 TO 2/28/2019...
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
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 65 12/07/1998
12/04/1982
LOW -32 02/10/1948
HIGHEST 58 12/21 MM MM 57 02/21
LOWEST -4 02/03 MM MM -24 12/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 30.6 30.8 -0.2 30.9
AVG. MINIMUM 11.4 10.8 0.6 11.0
MEAN 21.0 20.8 0.2 21.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 48 47.9 0.1 42
DAYS MIN <= 32 89 85.9 3.1 87
DAYS MIN <= 0 10 19.2 -9.2 20
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 12.35 2018
MINIMUM 6.50 2013
TOTALS 11.21 2.32
DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.10 0.03 0.14
DAYS >= .01 37 31.9 5.1 38
DAYS >= .10 18 19.0 -1.0 26
DAYS >= .50 8 5.3 2.7 9
DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.5 0.5 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.49 MM 02/28 TO 02/28
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
TOTALS 47.1 48.3 -1.2 76.0
SINCE 7/1 63.0 50.7 12.3 76.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 3 6 -3 7
DAYS >= 1.0 13 13.4 -0.4 16
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 12 02/21 33 01/09
24 HR TOTAL 7.9 MM 02/28 TO 02/28
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 3934 3977 -43 3955
SINCE 7/1 MM 5646 MM MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
.................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7
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 23
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 35
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 32
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
0
6
0
1
17
8
11
HAZE 18
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE WINTER SEASONAL SUMMARY...
THE METEOROLOGICAL CORE OF WINTER COMPRISING DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH
FEB 28TH/29TH WAS COLDER AND SNOWIER THAN AVERAGE FOR MOST OF THE
REGION WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TOTAL PRECIPITATION.
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 1 DEGREE ABOVE AVERAGE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
DOWNEAST COAST TO 1 TO 2 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN AREAS WITH INTERIOR DOWNEAST AREAS RIGHT AT AVERAGE.
PERIODS OF COLD DURING THE SEASON WERE PUNCTUATED BY THAWS
ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN EVENTS MOST FREQUENTLY FOR DOWNEAST AREAS, BUT
AT TIMES, EVEN FOR NORTHERN AREAS.
PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE AVERAGE RANGING FROM 120 PERCENT DOWNEAST TO
150 PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS THE NORTH FOR THE PERIOD. AT CARIBOU,
THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER PERIOD TOTAL FOR 2018/19 OF 12.33 INCHES
WAS THE 3RD GREATEST, JUST BEHIND THE RECORD TOTAL OF 12.62 INCHES
OF 2007/08. THE COMBO OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION REGIMES
RESULTED IN SNOWFALL FOR THE PERIOD RANGING FROM BELOW AVERAGE OVER
DOWNEAST TO WELL ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. THE 114.2 INCH
DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY (ONLY A PORTION OF THE TOTAL SEASON) TOTAL
OBSERVED THIS SEASON ALSO RANKED 3RD, BEHIND THE ALL TIME RECORD OF
128.7 INCHES RECORDED IN 2007/08, BUT STILL WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE
SNOWFALL OF 71.5 INCHES. IN COMPARISON, BANGOR ONLY RECEIVED 47.1
INCHES THIS SEASON, BELOW THE NORM OF 54.4 INCHES.
SUBSEQUENTLY, AVERAGE SNOW PACK FOR THE SEASON VARIED STEEPLY FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA, RANGING FROM ONLY 2.8 INCHES AT
BANGOR TO 23.2 INCHES AT CARIBOU (TIED FOR 6TH HIGHEST BEHIND 31.8
INCHES DURING 1976/77). MAXIMUM DAILY SNOW DEPTHS RECORDED AT THE
END OF FEBRUARY RANGED FROM 12 INCHES AT BANGOR TO 45 INCHES AT
CARIBOU. INDEED, THESE AVERAGES AND MAXIMUM DAILY SNOW DEPTHS WOULD
HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IF THE DECEMBER SOLSTICE SOAKING
RAINFALL, WHICH MELTED OVER A FOOT OF SNOW PACK ACROSS THE NORTH,
DID NOT OCCUR.
IN SUMMARY, WINTER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SNOW MOBILING,
CROSS COUNTRY/DOWNHILL SKIING AND SNOW SHOEING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
ESPECIALLY NORTHERN AREAS BENEFITED FROM THE ABOVE AVERAGE SNOW PACK
RESULTING FROM FREQUENT SNOWFALLS AND RELATIVELY CONSISTENT COLD
TEMPERATURES.
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