Spring (Mar-May) 2024: Warm and Generally Wet

Spring (Mar-May) 2024: Warm and Generally Wet

Images Courtesy Brian Brettschneider, Alaska State Climatologist

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
301 AM EDT THU JUN 05 2025

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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2025 TO 5/31/2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2025

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 86 05/14 MM MM 84 05/22
LOWEST -9 03/03 MM MM 0 03/01
AVG. MAXIMUM 49.8 48.3 1.5 52.2
AVG. MINIMUM 30.3 28.8 1.5 33.0
MEAN 40.1 38.6 1.5 42.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 9 14.1 -5.1 4
DAYS MIN <= 32 46 53.7 -7.7 49
DAYS MIN <= 0 4 4.2 -0.2 1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 14.29 2005
MINIMUM 4.11 1965
TOTALS 12.97 9.22 3.75 9.47
DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.10 0.04 0.10
DAYS >= .01 50 40.3 9.7 41
DAYS >= .10 29 22.6 6.4 23
DAYS >= .50 7 5.9 1.1 6
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.8 1.2 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.80 0MM17 TO 05/18 1.34

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 65.1 1961
TOTALS 31.1 30.5 0.6 31.2
SINCE 7/1 106.7 118.2 -11.5 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 3 1
DAYS >= 1.0 9 7.9 1.1 8
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 18 03/02 13 03/24
24 HR TOTAL MM MM 29.8

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 2278 2438 -160 2051
SINCE 7/1 8132 8901 -769 MM
COOLING TOTAL 5 6 -1 16
SINCE 1/1 5 6 -1 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 200/024 DATE 04/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 180/040 DATE 04/29

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 30
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 38

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 16
LIGHT RAIN 49 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 6
LIGHT SNOW 30 SLEET 2
FOG 43 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8
HAZE 5

- 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 SPRING 2025 CLIMATE NARRATIVE...

METEOROLOGICAL SPRING (MARCH THROUGH MAY) FINISHED WITH TEMPERATURES
RANGING FROM 1.0 TO 2.5 DEGREES (F) ABOVE THE 1991-2020 AVERAGES
ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. MARCH FEATURED WELL ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. APRIL AND MAY SAW TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SOMEWHAT ABOVE
NORMAL. NO MAJOR CLIMATE SITE FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 WARMEST SPRINGS
ON RECORD OR FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL MONTH FROM MARCH TO MAY.

PRECIPITATION (RAIN AND MELTED SNOWFALL) RANGED FROM 130 TO 170
PERCENT OF NORMAL. CARIBOU SAW 12.97 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION DURING
METEOROLOGICAL SPRING, THE 3RD MOST ON RECORD. THE WETTEST SPRING ON
RECORD IN CARIBOU OCCURRED IN 2005 (14.29 INCHES). RECORDS IN
CARIBOU DATE BACK TO 1939. BANGOR SAW 15.51 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION,
ALSO THE 3RD MOST ON RECORD. THE WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD IN BANGOR
OCCURRED IN 1983 (24.07 INCHES). RECORDS IN BANGOR BEGIN IN 1925. IN
HOULTON, 12.43 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, THE 5TH MOST ON RECORD.
THE WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD IN HOULTON OCCURRED IN 2011 (13.89
INCHES). RECORDS IN HOULTON DATE TO 1948.

SNOWFALL FOR MARCH THROUGH MAY WAS NEAR NORMAL IN NORTHERN AROOSTOOK
COUNTY, AND BELOW NORMAL FURTHER SOUTH. IN CARIBOU, 31.1 INCHES OF
SNOW FELL, WHICH IS 0.6 INCHES ABOVE THE 1991-2020 NORMAL. IN
BANGOR, JUST 8.7 INCHES FELL, WHICH IS 10.2 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE.
MARCH SAW NEAR NORMAL SNOWFALL IN NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY, AND
BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL ELSEWHERE. APRIL FEATURED NEAR NORMAL SNOWFALL
FROM MOOSEHEAD LAKE NORTHWARD, AND SUB-AVERAGE SNOWFALL FURTHER
SOUTH. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED DURING MAY, EXCEPT ON KATAHDIN.

SNOWPACK IN BANGOR AND DOWNEAST MELTED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF
MARCH. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS SAW SNOWPACK
MELT OUT AROUND THE 20TH OF MARCH, 2-3 WEEKS EARLIER THAN NORMAL.
HIGHER ELEVATIONS LOST ALL SNOWPACK BY THE END OF APRIL.

THE OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) FOR
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER 2025 (JUNE-AUGUST) FEATURES AN ELEVATED CHANCE
OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. THE CPC
OUTLOOK IS TILTED TOWARDS ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE BANGOR
REGION AND DOWNEAST MAINE. THE CPC OUTLOOK SHOWS NO STRONG CLIMATE
SIGNALS TOWARDS ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL FOR NORTHERN MAINE.

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