Extreme Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.; Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.

Extremely critical fire weather conditions are expected to develop across the Great Basin and Southwest today, and exceptionally dry and windy conditions will promote rapid wildfire spread through the weekend. Scattered severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible across parts of the Ozark Plateau into lower Ohio Valley and parts of the northern Rockies into adjacent Great Plains. 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.