February 2022 Climate Summary for Northern and Eastern Maine

...PRELIMINARY FEBRUARY 2022 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN

MAINE...

FEBRUARY ENDED WITH TEMPERATURES THAT WERE NOT TOO FAR FROM THE 1991-

2020 NORMALS. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 2 DEGREES

BELOW AVERAGE TO NEAR AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH FROM CARIBOU

NORTH TO THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY, AND FROM 1 TO 2 DEGREES ABOVE

AVERAGE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.

TEMPERATURES WERE QUITE VARIABLE DURING THE MONTH WITH FREQUENT

ALTERNATING SPELLS OF BOTH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE AND WELL BELOW AVERAGE

TEMPERATURES.

IN CARIBOU, THE TEMPERATURE RANGED FROM A LOW OF 22 BELOW ON THE 1ST

TO 43 ABOVE ON THE 12TH. IN BANGOR, THE TEMPERATURE RANGED FROM 17

BELOW ON THE 26TH TO 65 ABOVE ON THE 23RD. MASARDIS SET THE

CONTIGUOUS U.S. COLD SPOT ON THE MORNING OF THE 1ST WITH A LOW OF 35

BELOW, AND AGAIN ON THE MORNING OF THE 6TH WITH A LOW OF 31 BELLOW.

PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE AVERAGE AND RANGED FROM 130 TO 200 PERCENT

OF NORMAL. SNOWFALL WAS ALSO ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION. IN

CARIBOU, A TOTAL OF 29.2 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS 3.9

INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE. IN BANGOR, 20.7 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED,

WHICH WAS 3.2 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENTS WERE ON THE 4TH-5TH WHEN AREAS FROM

BANGOR NORTH TO CARIBOU OBSERVED FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW.

THE STORM PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET ALONG AND NEAR THE

COAST WITH 3.5 INCHES OBSERVED NEAR ELLSWORTH, AND 5.3 INCHES IN

EASTPORT. ANOTHER STORM ON THE 8TH INTO THE 9TH PRODUCED FROM 8 TO

15 INCHES OF SNOW FROM MILLINOCKET NORTH TO THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY.

SNOW DEPTH ON THE 1ST RANGED FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES ALONG THE COAST,

AND FROM 14 TO 32 INCHES ACROSS AROOSTOOK COUNTY WITH THE HIGHEST

AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF ROUTE

11. BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, THE SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 15 TO 25

INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 30 TO 40 INCHES

ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST OF ROUTE 11. IN BANGOR AND

ALONG THE COAST, THE SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE

LOWEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

BANGOR SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY ON THE

23RD WITH A HIGH OF 65 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE MONTHLY RECORD OF 60

DEGREES SET ON FEBRUARY 21, 1937. IN SHARP CONTRAST, JUST 60 HOURS

LATER ON THE 26TH BANGOR SET A DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 17

BELOW WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD OF 15 BELOW SET IN 1929.

IN ADDITION, AN ALL-TIME RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH

AT BANGOR WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 17TH WHEN THE LOW WAS 42 DEGREES.

THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD OF 41 DEGREES SET ON FEBRUARY

21, 1981.

THE OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FOR MARCH INDICATES

THAT THERE ARE NO STRONG CLIMATE SIGNALS THAT POINT TOWARD IT BEING

UNUSUALLY MILD OR COLD. THE ODDS ARE TILTED TOWARD ABOVE AVERAGE

PRECIPITATION. DAYLIGHT INCREASES RAPIDLY DURING THE MONTH WITH OVER

AN HOUR AND A HALF OF ADDITIONAL DAYLIGHT BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RISE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE MONTH WITH AN

AVERAGE HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S IN THE FAR NORTH AT THE START OF THE

MONTH AND NEAR 40 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE MONTH. IN BANGOR,

AVERAGE HIGHS RISE FROM THE MID 30S ON THE 1ST TO THE MID 40S BY

MONTHS END. LOWS ACROSS THE NORTH AVERAGE AROUND 10 DEGREES AT THE

START OF THE MONTH, AND NEAR 20 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE MONTH. IN

BANGOR, AVERAGE LOWS RISE FROM 15 DEGREES ON THE 1ST TO 27 DEGREES

BY THE END OF THE MONTH. AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 15.2 INCHES IN

BANGOR AND 21.4 INCHES IN CARIBOU.

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