Spring 2024 Climate Summary for Northern and Eastern Maine

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CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

342 AM EDT MON JUN 03 2024

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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM

3/1/2024 TO 5/31/2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020

CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2024

WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S

VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)

NORMAL

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TEMPERATURE (F)

RECORD

HIGH 96 05/22/1977

LOW -28 03/02/2001

HIGHEST 84 05/22 MM MM 91 05/31

LOWEST 0 03/01 MM MM -4 03/04

AVG. MAXIMUM 52.2 48.3 3.9 50.4

AVG. MINIMUM 33.0 28.8 4.2 30.1

MEAN 42.6 38.6 4.0 40.3

DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 1

DAYS MAX <= 32 4 14.1 -10.1 9

DAYS MIN <= 32 49 53.7 -4.7 49

DAYS MIN <= 0 1 4.2 -3.2 1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)

RECORD

MAXIMUM 14.29 2005

MINIMUM 4.11 1965

TOTALS 9.47 9.22 0.25 6.23

DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.10 -0.00 0.07

DAYS >= .01 41 40.3 0.7 33

DAYS >= .10 23 22.6 0.4 14

DAYS >= .50 6 5.9 0.1 4

DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 0

GREATEST

24 HR. TOTAL 1.34 MM 1.20

SNOWFALL (INCHES)

RECORDS

TOTAL 65.1 1961

TOTALS 31.2 30.5 0.7 33.3

SINCE 7/1 88.2 118.2 -30.0 MM

SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 9

DAYS >= 1.0 8 7.9 0.1 10

GREATEST

SNOW DEPTH 13 03/24 27 03/03

24 HR TOTAL 29.8* MM 3.7

DEGREE DAYS

HEATING TOTAL 2051 2438 -387 2264

SINCE 7/1 7644 8901 -1257 MM

COOLING TOTAL 16 6 10 11

SINCE 1/1 16 6 10 MM

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WIND (MPH)

AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8

HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/070 DATE 04/04

HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/290 DATE 03/30

SKY COVER

POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM

AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.54

NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18

NUMBER OF DAYS PC 20

NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 24

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH

THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0

HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 11

LIGHT RAIN 40 FREEZING RAIN 0

LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0

HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 5

LIGHT SNOW 22 SLEET 0

FOG 35 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 10

HAZE 1

- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.

* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.

MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.

T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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...NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE 2024 SPRING CLIMATE NARRATIVE...

METEOROLOGICAL SPRING (MARCH 1ST - MAY 31ST) FINISHED WITH WELL

ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, AT TO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION, AND AT

TO ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL.

SPRING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM 2.5 TO 4.5 DEGREES

F ABOVE AVERAGE WITH THE WARMEST DEPARTURES ACROSS THE NORTH. THE

2024 SPRING SEASONAL AVERAGE OF 42.6 DEGREES AT CARIBOU FINISHED 2ND

WARMEST ONLY BEHIND SPRING 2010 WHICH AVERAGED 43.9 DEGREES. IT WAS

THE 4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH WARMEST SPRING OF RECORD AT MILLINOCKET,

HOULTON, AND BANGOR RESPECTFULLY, ALL OF WHICH ALSO EXPERIENCED

THEIR WARMEST SPRING IN 2010. UNIFORM WARMTH WITH ONLY A FEW SHORT

BELOW AVERAGE PERIODS WAS THE GENERAL RULE FOR THE REGION THIS

SEASON.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM NEAR AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR

NORTHEAST TO 150 TO 200 PERCENT OF AVERAGE OVER THE CENTRAL

HIGHLANDS AND DOWNEAST AREAS. THE TOTAL OF 15.31 INCHES AT BANGOR

WAS THE THIRD GREATEST SPRING PRECIPITATION TOTAL, BUT WAS STILL

WELL BEHIND THE WETTEST SPRING OF 24.07 INCHES SET IN 1983.

DESPITE BEING A WARM SPRING, SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON RANGED FROM

NEAR AVERAGE UPWARDS TO 125 TO 150 PERCENT OF AVERAGE OVER THE

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY. MOST OF THIS SNOW

FELL IN THE LATTER HALF OF MARCH AND OPENING DAYS OF APRIL, WHICH

PROVIDED A SHORT SECOND WINTER AFTER A LENGTHY THAW PERIOD EARLIER

IN MARCH RESULTING IN THE MELT OFF OF MOST OF THE LOWER TERRAIN

SNOWPACK. SNOWFALL WAS THEN BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE REST OF APRIL, AND

PRETTY MUCH NON-EXISTENT IN MAY. THAW CONDITIONS EARLY IN SPRING

ENDED THE SKIING AND SNOW MOBILE SEASON UPWARDS TO A MONTH EARLIER

THAN AVERAGE, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS NORTHEAST MAINE, NEGATIVELY

IMPACTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER`S 2024 SUMMER (JUNE 1ST - AUGUST 31ST)

PREDICTION FOR THE REGION IS CALLING FOR SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED

ODDS OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEARLY EQUAL ODDS OF BELOW,

NEAR NORMAL, OR ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL.

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