July 2024 Climate Summary for Northern and Eastern Maine

..JULY 2024 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE...

JULY 2024 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL 

TEMPERATURES, HUMIDITY, AND FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION, RAINFALL.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM 2.0 DEGREES (F) ABOVE THE 

30-YEAR 1991-2020 NORMALS OVER DOWNEAST AREAS UPWARDS TO 4 DEGREES 

ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTH. IN CARIBOU, IT WAS THE 3RD WARMEST 

JULY ON RECORD. MEANWHILE, MILLINOCKET HAD ITS 4TH WARMEST JULY ON 

RECORD. HOULTON RECORDED ITS 8TH WARMEST JULY, WHILE BANGOR HAD ITS 

9TH WARMEST JULY.

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 21 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES 

OR GREATER IN CARIBOU. THIS TIED 2018 FOR THE HIGHEST NUMBER ON 

RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, AS WELL AS FOR ANY MONTH SINCE RECORDS 

BEGAN IN 1939. IN HOULTON, THERE WERE ALSO 21 DAYS WITH A HIGH 

TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 80 DEGREES, WHICH WAS THE 10TH MOST EVER FOR 

THE MONTH OF JULY. MILLINOCKET AND BANGOR EACH HAD 24 DAYS RECH 80 

DEGREES OR GREATER, WHICH WERE THE 6TH AND 12TH MOST RESPECTIVELY.

FOR THE 2-MONTH PERIOD OF JUNE AND JULY 2024, IT WAS THE WARMEST ON 

RECORD IN CARIBOU WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.8 DEGREES. THIS 

BEAT THE OLD RECORD FROM 2020 BY 0.6 DEGREES. IN HOULTON AND 

MILLINOCKET, IT RANKED AS THE 3RD WARMEST JUNE-JULY 2-MONTH PERIOD 

ON RECORD. AT BANGOR, IT WAS THE 10TH WARMEST.

RAINFALL FOR JULY WAS NEAR NORMAL FOR THE BANGOR REGION AND THE 

NORTH (AROUND 90 TO 110 PERCENT OF NORMAL). ACROSS DOWNEAST AREAS 

AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, RAINFALL WAS MOSTLY 125 TO 150 PERCENT OF 

NORMAL. HOWEVER, A ZONE FROM AROUND DOVER-FOXCROFT TO LINCOLN SAW 

RAINFALL UPWARDS OF 250 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR JULY. THIS WAS MAINLY 

DUE TO THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BERYL, WHICH DROPPED ANYWHERE FROM 

3 TO NEARLY 6 INCHES OF RAIN ON JULY 10TH AND 11TH. IN MILLINOCKET, 

6.01 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH, MAKING IT THE 3RD WETTEST 

JULY ON RECORD THERE. AS SUCH, THE SMALL AREA OF ABNOMRALLY DRY (D0) 

CONDITIONS IN EASTERN SOMERSET AND WESTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES AT 

THE BEGINNING OF JULY VANISHED BY THE END OF THE MONTH. AT CARIBOU, 

TOTAL EVAPORATION FOR JULY WAS 5.40 INCHES.

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER'S (CPC) FORECAST FOR AUGUST 2024 

INDICATES AN ELEVATED CHANCE FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR 

NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. IN ADDITION, THE CPC IS FORECASTING AN 

INCREASED CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR AUGUST. AT THE START 

OF AUGUST, AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO 

NEAR 80 DEGREES. AVERAGE LOWS START OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. BY 

THE END OF THE MONTH, AVERAGE HIGHS FALL TO THE LOWER TO MID 70S. 

AVERAGE LOWS DROP TO THE UPPER 40S IN THE NORTH WOODS AND LOWER 50S 

ELSEWHERE. NEARLY 1.5 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT ARE LOST DURING THE MONTH OF 

AUGUST.