000 CXUS51 KCAR 020927 CLMCAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME 336 AM EST THU FEB 2 2012 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2012 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 53 01/15/1995 LOW -37 01/16/2009 HIGHEST 42 01/24 MM MM MM MM LOWEST -23 01/22 MM MM MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 22.4 19.5 2.9 MM AVG. MINIMUM 4.3 0.8 3.5 MM MEAN 13.4 10.2 3.2 MM DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS MAX <= 32 25 25.9 -0.9 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 30 30.6 -0.6 MM DAYS MIN <= 0 12 15.7 -3.7 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.60 1995 MINIMUM 0.12 1944 TOTALS 3.65 0.94 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.09 0.03 MM DAYS >= .01 16 14.5 1.5 MM DAYS >= .10 9 6.4 2.6 MM DAYS >= .50 1 1.7 -0.7 MM DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.3 0.7 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.15 01/27 TO 01/27 MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 44.5 1994 TOTALS 26.1 24.9 1.2 MM SINCE 7/1 46.2 60.6 -14.4 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 7 13 -6 MM DAYS >= 1.0 9 6.4 2.6 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 15 01/29 MM MM 01/28 01/27 24 HR TOTAL 8.4 MM MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1594 1700 -106 MM SINCE 7/1 4519 5294 -775 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 MM SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/250 DATE 01/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/250 DATE 01/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 76 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 21 SLEET 0 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...AREA MONTHLY CLIMATE NARRATIVE... JANUARY 2012 WILL REMEMBERED FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE AS A WHOLE. ARCTIC AIR DID VISIT THE REGION FROM TIME TO TIME THIS MONTH...BUT ONLY BRIEFLY...AND MOSTLY TO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED FROM 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER DOWNEAST AREAS. THAWING TEMPERATURES AND EVEN RAIN OCCURRED AFTER SEVERAL OF THE COLD SPELLS THIS MONTH...WITH THE MOST NOTABLE THE TEMPERATURE SWING OF THE 22ND THROUGH 24TH...WHICH FEATURED A 60 TO 70 DEGREE WARM-UP AFTER RECORDING THE COLDEST MORNING IN NEARLY 3 YEARS ON THE 22ND. AT BANGOR...THE JANUARY 2012 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 22.9 DEGREES FINISHED 12TH WARMEST...NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE WARMEST JANUARY AVERAGE OF 31.4 ESTABLISHED IN 1932. ALTHOUGH LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION AVERAGED NEAR AVERAGE FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE...IT VARIED FROM 70 PERCENT OF NORMAL OVER DOWNEAST AREAS TO 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS FAR NORTHERN AREAS. SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION FOLLOWED A SIMILAR PATTERN...RANGING FROM 50 PERCENT OF NORMAL OVER COASTAL DOWNEAST AREAS TO 110 PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY. THE MOST NOTABLE SNOW EVENT THIS MONTH ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA OCCURRED ON THE 27TH...WHICH FEATURED THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS...UPWARDS TO A FOOT...ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS. $$ VJN