000 CXUS51 KCAR 101237 CLMHUL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME 736 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009 ................................... ...THE HOULTON ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 83 10/17/1947 10/13/1938 10/12/1938 LOW 10 10/30/1978 10/21/1972 HIGHEST 65 10/31 MM MM 66 10/08 LOWEST 19 10/17 MM MM 17 10/20 10/16 10/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 48.5 53.5 -5.0 53.5 AVG. MINIMUM 30.5 32.4 -1.9 32.5 MEAN 39.5 43.0 -3.5 43.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 20 MM MM 20 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 MM MM 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 5.01 1.70 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.11 0.05 0.12 DAYS >= .01 16 MM MM 14 DAYS >= .10 9 MM MM 8 DAYS >= .50 4 MM MM 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 MM MM 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.92 10/24 TO 10/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS MM MM MM MM SINCE 7/1 MM 0.8 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM MM MM DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 783 683 100 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/280 DATE 10/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/190 DATE 10/31 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$