Heat Expands for Center of the Nation; Severe Thunderstorms for Plains and Upper Midwest

Dangerous heat expands across the Desert Southwest, Plains, Mississippi Valley and Midwest. Critical fire weather for portions of the Intermountain West. Risk for severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and portions of the mid-Atlantic. Active monsoonal moisture fuels thunderstorms over the Southwest. Hurricane Fausto in the Pacific, should weaken Read More >

...WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD IN CARIBOU...

THE METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER OF 2020 (JUNE THROUGH AUGUST) WAS THE
WARMEST ON RECORD IN CARIBOU, MAINE. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
66.9 DEGREES (F). THE BREAKS THE RECORD OF 66.3 DEGREES (F) WHICH
WAS SET JUST 2 YEARS AGO IN 2018.  

A TOTAL OF 6.16" OF RAIN WAS OBSERVED DURING THE 3-MONTH PERIOD,
WHICH WAS 5.16" BELOW THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE, AND RANKED AT THE 2ND 
DRIEST SUMMER ON RECORD BEHIND 1995 WHEN 5.6" OF RAIN WAS 
OBSERVED. 

WEATHER RECORDS IN CARIBOU, MAINE BEGAN IN 1939.