Spring 2025 Seasonal Narrative for Northern and Eastern Maine

...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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