Heat Across the Center of the Nation; Severe Thunderstorms Across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley

Heat expands across the Desert Southwest, Plains, Mississippi Valley and Midwest into Monday. Fire weather concerns continue for portions of the Intermountain West. Active monsoonal moisture fuels thunderstorms over the Southwest with possible flash flooding. Tropical cyclone Fausto in the Pacific, should weaken as it approaches Hawaii; Dangerous surf, swells and rip currents are expected. 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.