April 2019 Climate Summary for Northern and Eastern Maine

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
545 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2019

...NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE APRIL 2019 MONTHLY CLIMATE
NARRATIVE...

TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH AS A WHOLE AVERAGED FROM NEAR AVERAGE
TO AROUND 1 DEGREE BELOW THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE. TEMPERATURES WERE
GENERALLY BELOW AVERAGE THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF THE MONTH, ABOVE
AVERAGE MUCH OF THE TIME FROM THE 11TH THROUGH THE 22ND, AND BELOW
AVERAGE LATE IN THE MONTH. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF THE MONTH
WERE OBSERVED ON THE 13TH, 21ST, AND 22ND, WHEN MOST INLAND AREAS
HAD HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S.

AT CARIBOU, THERE WERE 18 NIGHTS WITH A LOW OF 32 OR LOWER, WHICH
IS EXACTLY THE 30 YEAR AVERAGE. AT BANGOR, THERE WERE 13 NIGHTS
WITH A LOW OF FREEZING OE LOWER, WHICH IS ALSO EXACTLY THE 30 YEAR
AVERAGE.

PRECIPITATION WAS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE AND RANGED FROM 130 TO 200
PERCENT OF NORMAL, WITH THE GREATEST DEPARTURES ACROSS THE CROWN
OF MAINE AND INTO PARTS OF HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. AT
CARIBOU, A TOTAL OF 4.84 INCHES OF RAIN (AND MELTED SNOW) WAS
OBSERVED, WHICH WAS 2.18 INCHES ABOVE THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE AND
RANKED AS THE 3RD WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD. AT BANGOR, A TOTAL OF
5.53 INCHES OF RAIN (AND MELTED SNOW) WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS 1.91
INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE. IT RANKED AS THE 9TH WETTEST APRIL ON
RECORD. AT HOULTON, THE TOTAL OF 4.38 INCHES RANKED AS THE 6TH
WETTEST ON RECORD.

SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE, WITH ALMOST ALL OF THE SNOW OBSERVED
DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF THE MONTH. AT BANGOR, A TOTAL OF 10.2
INCHES WAS OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH, WHICH MADE IT THE SNOWIEST
APRIL SINCE 2011, AND IT WAS THE 11TH SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD. AT
CARIBOU, A TOTAL OF 11.4 INCHES WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS ALSO THE
SNOWIEST APRIL SINCE 2011, AND RANKED AS THE 19TH SNOWIEST APRIL
ON RECORD.

THE LARGEST SNOWFALL EVENTS ALL OCCURRED EARLY IN THE MONTH. ON
THE 3RD, MANY AREAS IN SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK AND NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY OBSERVED FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES. ANOTHER EVENT ON
THE 8TH PRODUCED MORE WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS
NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. THAT EVENT WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY
THE LAST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OF THE MONTH ON THE 9TH INTO THE 10TH
THAT PRODUCED FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA.

THROUGH APRIL 30TH A TOTAL OF 165.4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED
FOR THE 2018-2019 SEASON AT CARIBOU, WHICH WAS 57.2 INCHES ABOVE
AVERAGE AND THE 3RD SNOWIEST ON RECORD. AT BANGOR, 79.9 INCHES OF
SNOW WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS MUCH CLOSER TO THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE OF
66.1 INCHES.

AT THE START OF THE MONTH, THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO SNOW IN THE
GREATER BANGOR REGION AND ALONG THE COAST WITH 14 INCHES AT
MILLINOCKET, AND FROM 2 TO 3 FEET ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MAINE. BY
THE END OF THE MONTH, THERE WAS NO SNOW FROM MILLINOCKET SOUTH TO
THE COAST, BUT AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 6 TO 18 INCHES IN THE HEAVILY
WOODED AREAS OF THE NORTH WOODS.

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER'S OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN
MAINE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY INDICATES NO STRONG CLIMATE SIGNALS
THAT WOULD POINT TOWARD AN UNUSUALLY WARM OR COOL MONTH OR THAT
WOULD POINT TOWARD AN UNUSUALLY WET OR DRY MONTH.

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