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Fire Weather Concerns in the Southern Plains and Southeast; Thunderstorms in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic

Elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions will continue across portions of the Southern Plains and Southeast today due to gusty winds and low humidity. Widely scattered strong to severe storms may impact southern Texas through the Southeast and the central Appalachians and southern Mid-Atlantic. 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.