July 2022 Climate Summary for Northern and Eastern Maine
...JULY 2022 NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE CLIMATE NARRATIVE...
JULY 2022 FINISHED A LITTLE WARMER THAN AVERAGE. IT WAS WETTER THAN
NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THE EXCEPTIONS WERE IN BANGOR AND
AREAS SOUTH TO THE COAST, NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY, WESTERN
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY, AND PARTS OF FAR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY WHERE
PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW AVERAGE.
TEMPERATURES GENERALLY RANGED FROM 1 TO 2 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE
ACROSS THE REGION. THERE WERE NO 90 DEGREE DAYS IN CARIBOU OR
HOULTON. THERE WERE TWO 90 DEGREE DAYS IN MILLINOCKET, AND THREE IN
BANGOR WHERE THERE WERE CONSECUTIVE 90 DEGREE DAYS ON JULY 22-24.
RAINFALL WAS ABOVE AVERAGE AT HOULTON AND MILLINOCKET, AND JUST
SLIGHTLY BELOW THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE IN CARIBOU. RAINFALL WAS BELOW
AVERAGE IN BANGOR. RAINFALL RANGED FROM 90 TO 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FROM CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY NORTH, EXCEPT
ACROSS NORTHERN SOMERSET AND WESTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY WHERE
RAINFALL WAS 25 TO 70 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IN SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT AND
COASTAL AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF HANCOCK COUNTY AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON COUNTY RAINFALL RANGED FROM 70 TO 90 PERCENT OF NORMAL.
THE LARGEST RAINFALL DEPARTURE WAS OBSERVED IN HOULTON WHERE 6.02
INCHES OF RAIN WAS OBSERVED WHICH WAS 2.39 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL, AND
RANKED AS THE 8TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD.
TOTAL EVAPORATION AT CARIBOU FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.02 INCHES, BUT THIS
LIKELY WAS AN UNDERESTIMATE FOR DOWNEAST AREAS WHICH HAD WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND DRIER SOILS. IN ANY EVENT, THERE WERE RAINFALL
SURPLUSES ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTH AND DEFICITS ACROSS INTERIOR
DOWNEAST AREAS.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S FORECAST FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR
OUR REGION IS CALLING FOR SLIGHTLY INCREASED ODDS OF ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED ODDS OF BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. SEVEN OF
THE TOP 10 WARMEST AUGUSTS HAVE OCCURRED IN CARIBOU SINCE 2010.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM LOWS AND HIGHS OF MID 50S AND MID TO
UPPER 70S OVER FAR NORTHERN AREAS TO UPPER 50S AND AROUND 80 DEGREES
FOR INTERIOR DOWNEAST AREAS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO
SLOWLY FALL DURING THE MONTH, MOST SO DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE
MONTH. AVERAGE AUGUST RAINFALL RANGES FROM NEAR 3 INCHES OVER
DOWNEAST AREAS UPWARDS TO 3.6 INCHES ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH.
AUGUST RANKS AS THE 3RD MOST ACTIVE MONTH AS FAR AS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION, BUT THE FREQUENCY OF SEVERE WEATHER
BEGINS TO DROP DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE MONTH. NEARLY 1.5 HOURS OF
DAYLIGHT IS LOST DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
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CB/VJN
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