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CXUS51 KCAR 052142  
CLMBGR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME  
316 PM EDT SAT JUL 05 2025  
   
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..THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2025
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1925 TO 2025  
 
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S  
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
RECORD  
HIGH 98 06/27/1941  
LOW 29 06/03/1939  
HIGHEST 98* 06/24 MM MM 96 06/20  
LOWEST 39 06/03 MM MM 40 06/02  
AVG. MAXIMUM 74.6 74.7 -0.1 77.3  
AVG. MINIMUM 53.7 52.6 1.1 55.6  
MEAN 64.1 63.6 0.5 66.5  
DAYS MAX >= 90 1 1.5 -0.5 2  
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0  
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0  
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0  
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)  
RECORD  
MAXIMUM 8.12 2009  
MINIMUM 0.87 1930  
TOTALS 2.93 -0.94  
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.13 -0.03 0.13  
DAYS >= .01 9 12.2 -3.2 18  
DAYS >= .10 6 7.2 -1.2 11  
DAYS >= .50 3 2.8 0.2 2  
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 1  
GREATEST  
24 HR. TOTAL 1.32 06/06 TO 06/07 1.30 06/23 TO 06/23  
 
SNOWFALL (INCHES)  
RECORDS  
TOTAL MM MM  
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE 7/1 57.8 74.6 -16.8 MM  
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0  
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0  
GREATEST  
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM  
24 HR TOTAL MM MM  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 95 98 -3 46  
SINCE 7/1 7143 7624 -481 MM  
COOLING TOTAL 74 58 16 97  
SINCE 1/1 76 65 11 MM    
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WIND (MPH)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/330 DATE 06/12  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/290 DATE 06/20  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61  
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4  
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17  
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9  
 
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0  
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6  
LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0  
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0  
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0  
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0  
FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2  
HAZE 3  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
   
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..JUNE 2025 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE
 
 
THE JUNE 2025 SEASON WRAPPED UP WITH GENERALLY NEAR AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURES, AND SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR  
NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.  
 
TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY AROUND NORMAL FOR THE MAJORITY OF  
NORTHERN MAINE, RANGING 0.5-1.5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. MONTHLY  
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MAINE ONLY  
DEVIATED UP TO A DEGREE WARMER FROM CLIMATE AVERAGES, WITH  
MILLINOCKET SEEING THE GREATEST DEVIATION FROM NORMAL AT 1.1 DEGREES  
FROM NORMAL. HOULTON AVERAGED A 0.2 DEGREES DIFFERENCE FROM NORMAL.  
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE STATIONS DEVIATED COLDER THAN CLIMATE  
AVERAGES SLIGHTLY, WITH CARIBOU BEING 0.2 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE, AND  
BANGOR BEING 0.1 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.  
 
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT HEAT WAVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST ON JUNE 24TH,  
BREAKING MULTIPLE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND.  
BANGOR REACHED 98 DEGREES, WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS 93 DEGREES  
RECORD FROM 1995. HOULTON TIED WITH THE PREVIOUS RECORD FROM 1995,  
AT 92 DEGREES. CARIBOU REACHED 93 DEGREES AND MILLINOCKET REACHED 94  
DEGREES, JUST A FEW DEGREES BELOW THEIR PREVIOUS RECORDS FROM 1995,  
AND 1914, RESPECTIVELY.  
 
LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MAINE WERE GENERALLY  
WARMER THAN AVERAGE. HOULTON LOWS WERE 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, AND  
CARIBOU LOW TEMPERATURES WERE 0.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE.  
MILLINOCKET LOWS WERE 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE, WHILE BANGOR LOWS  
WERE 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE RECORD.  
 
RAINFALL FOR THE REGION WAS UNDER CLIMATE NORMALS IN THE NORTH  
WOODS, SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK, AND COASTAL DOWNEAST. THE CENTRAL  
HIGHLANDS AND NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK WERE ABOVE CLIMATE NORMALS,  
GENERALLY 100-150 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL, WITH SOME LOCATIONS 150-200  
PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL, FROM SOME HEAVY RAINFALL STORMS OCCURRING  
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, EASTERN AROOSTOOK, AND  
DOWNEAST WERE GENERALLY ONLY 50-90 PERCENT OF CLIMATE NORMALS. ON  
JUNE 3RD, NORTHERN MAINE WAS NOT IN ANY DROUGHT, DUE TO ABOVE  
AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IN MAY. DESPITE THE BELOW AVERAGE  
PRECIPITATION AND NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH, MAINE WAS STILL  
NOT IN A DROUGHT AT THE END OF JUNE. CALCULATED SOIL MOISTURE FROM  
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) REMAINS ELEVATED THROUGHOUT  
MAINE. EVAPORATION AT CARIBOU THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TOTALED 4.84  
INCHES.  
 
FOR THE JULY OUTLOOK, THE CPC IS CURRENTLY FORECASTING AN ELEVATED  
CHANCE OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE NORTHEAST. THERE ARE NO  
STRONG SIGNALS INDICATING ABOVE OR BELOW AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR JULY.  
NORMAL JULY LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE REGION ARE 55 TO 60 DEGREES AND  
NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES.  
 

 
 
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