February 2019 Climate Summary for Northern and Eastern Maine

000
CXUS51 KCAR 071157
CLMCAR

CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
356 AM EST FRI MAR 1 2019

...................................

...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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            46   02/05        MM      MM       51  02/21
LOWEST            -19   02/18        MM      MM      -13  02/03
AVG. MAXIMUM     22.1              23.9    -1.8     30.1
AVG. MINIMUM      1.2               4.2    -3.0      8.5
MEAN             11.7              14.1    -2.4     19.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     24              21.5     2.5       15
DAYS MIN <= 32     28              27.3     0.7       28
DAYS MIN <= 0      14              11.4     2.6        9

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         4.72   2008
 MINIMUM         0.26   1978
TOTALS           2.92                      0.71
DAILY AVG.       0.10              0.08    0.02     0.08
DAYS >= .01        11              11.7    -0.7       16
DAYS >= .10         7               5.3     1.7        5
DAYS >= .50         2               1.3     0.7        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.2    -0.2        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.87   02/13 TO 02/13           02/07 TO 02/07
                                                          02/07 TO 02/07EATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                                                          02/07 TO 02/07EATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           47.7   2008
TOTALS           35.4              22.2    13.2     25.3
SINCE 7/1       147.0              82.5    64.5    102.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     37                19      18       31
DAYS >= 1.0         7               5.3     1.7        6
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        45   02/25                         36  02/11
                                                          02/08
 24 HR TOTAL     12.9   02/13 TO 02/13           02/07 TO 02/07
                                                          02/07 TO 02/07EATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                                                          02/07 TO 02/07EATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1487              1427      60     1274
 SINCE 7/1       6830              6721     109     6203
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
.................................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.0
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           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           12
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
  0
  0
  1
  0
  9
  0
  6
HAZE                     12

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

000
CXUS51 KCAR 071158 RRA
CLMBGR

CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
356 AM EST FRI MAR 1 2019

...................................

...THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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              60   02/21/1937
 LOW              -32   02/10/1948
HIGHEST            53   02/05        MM      MM       57  02/21
LOWEST             -4   02/03        MM      MM      -10  02/09
AVG. MAXIMUM     30.2              31.3    -1.1     36.7
AVG. MINIMUM     10.8              10.2     0.6     15.0
MEAN             20.5              20.8    -0.3     25.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     15              14.4     0.6        8
DAYS MIN <= 32     28              26.8     1.2       26
DAYS MIN <= 0       5               6.2    -1.2        3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         7.12   1969
 MINIMUM         0.53   1987
TOTALS           1.83                     -0.69
DAILY AVG.       0.07              0.09   -0.02     0.11
DAYS >= .01        11               9.3     1.7       13
DAYS >= .10         6               5.7     0.3        9
DAYS >= .50         1               1.5    -0.5        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.3    -0.3        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.50   02/13 TO 02/13           02/07 TO 02/07
                                                          02/07 TO 02/07EATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                                                          02/07 TO 02/07EATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           62.5   1969
TOTALS           16.6              14.7     1.9     18.2
SINCE 7/1        63.0              50.7    12.3     76.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      5                 7      -2        4
DAYS >= 1.0         5               4.3     0.7        5
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        12   02/21                         12  02/11
 24 HR TOTAL      6.3   02/13 TO 02/13           02/07 TO 02/07
                                                          02/07 TO 02/07EATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                                                          02/07 TO 02/07EATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1238              1239      -1     1089
 SINCE 7/1       5692              5646      46     5214
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
.................................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/300    DATE  02/26
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/310    DATE  02/26

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     62

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
  0
  1
  0
  0
  7
  3
  4
HAZE                      7

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE FEBRUARY 2019 MONTHLY CLIMATE
NARRATIVE..

TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH AS A WHOLE AVERAGED BELOW THE 30-YEAR
AVERAGES AND RANGED FROM 0.3 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE AT BANGOR TO 2.4
DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE AT CARIBOU. THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH
FEATURED ALTERNATING SPELLS OF ABOVE AND BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON MOST DAYS DURING THE SECOND HALF
OF THE MONTH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH AND OF THE
METEOROLOGICAL WINTER WAS OBSERVED ON THE MORNING OF THE 28TH WITH
LOWS OF 32 BELOW AT BOTH ESTCOURT STATION AND BIG BLACK RIVER.

AT CARIBOU, 35.4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS 13.2 INCHES
ABOVE AVERAGE. IT RANKED AS THE 11TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. AT
BANGOR, A TOTAL OF 16.6 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS 1.9
INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE. ACROSS THE REGION AS A WHOLE, PRECIPITATION
RANGED FROM 70 TO 90 PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS THE DOWN EAST REGION,
AND FROM 100 TO 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORMS OCCURRED ON THE 13TH WHEN OVER A
FOOT OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED FROM MILLINOCKET NORTH TO CARIBOU, WITH 6
TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW DOWN EAST AND ACROSS THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY.
ANOTHER WINTER STORM AFFECTED THE REGION ON THE 24TH INTO THE 25TH
WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OF A FOOT OR MORE ACROSS THE SAINT JOHN
VALLEY WITH 10.8" AT CARIBOU AND ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG THE COAST.
IT WAS THE WIND BEHIND THE STORM THAT PRODUCED TREMENDOUS BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR NEARLY 2 DAYS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CROWN OF
MAINE WITH DRIFTS 10 FEET OR MORE DEEP IN SPOTS.
MANY ROADS IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY WHERE CLOSED WHILE CREWS WORKED TO
CLEAR THE SNOW.

AT THE START OF THE MONTH, THE SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 2 TO 4 FEET
ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS. AMOUNTS RAPIDLY DROPPED OFF TO THE SOUTH OF
MILLINOCKET WITH 4 INCHES AT BANGOR AND GENERALLY 2 TO 6 INCHES FOR
MOST AREAS DOWN EAST AND ALONG THE COAST. BY THE END OF THE MONTH,
THE SNOW DEPTH RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS. AMOUNTS
DROPPED OFF RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTH OF MILLINOCKET WITH 8 INCHES ON THE
GROUND AT BANGOR AND FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

THROUGH FEBRUARY A TOTAL OF 147 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED AT
CARIBOU. THIS WAS THE MOST ON RECORD FOR A WINTER SEASON THROUGH
FEBRUARY BEHIND ONLY THE WINTER OF 2007-2008 WHEN A TOTAL OF 145.5
INCHES OF SNOW AS OBSERVED.

THE MEAN SNOW DEPTH FOR THE MONTH AT CARIBOU WAS 36.3 INCHES, WHICH
IS WELL ABOVE THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE OF 18.8 INCHES. IT RANKED AS THE
5TH HIGHEST MEAN SNOW DEPTH FOR FEBRUARY, BUT WAS WELL BEHIND THE
RECORD YEAR OF 1977 WHEN THE MEAN SNOW DEPTH WAS 55.1 INCHES.

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN
MAINE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH INDICATES AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF
BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THERE ARE NO STRONG CLIMATE SIGNALS THAT
WOULD POINT TOWARD AN UNUSUALLY WET (SNOWY) OR DRY MONTH.

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.

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...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.