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CLMBGR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
448 PM EST MON NOV 03 2025
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..THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 92 10/13/1930
LOW 11 10/30/1941
HIGHEST 84 10/06 10000 -9916 78 10/31
LOWEST 28 10/10 10000 -9972 17 10/29
AVG. MAXIMUM 61.2 58.2 3.0 61.1
AVG. MINIMUM 39.6 38.2 1.4 38.8
MEAN 50.4 48.2 2.2 50.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 6 8.8 -2.8 6
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 13.32 2005
MINIMUM 0.99 1986
TOTALS 2.69 -1.89
DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.15 -0.06 0.04
DAYS >= .01 10 11.4 -1.4 10
DAYS >= .10 5 7.7 -2.7 3
DAYS >= .50 2 2.9 -0.9 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.3 -1.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.98 10/30 TO 10/31 0.55 10/13 TO 10/14
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 9.0 2000
TOTALS 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 447 522 -75 456
SINCE 7/1 625 752 -127 MM
COOLING TOTAL 4 1 3 0
SINCE 1/1 393 379 14 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/360 DATE 10/01
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/110 DATE 10/20
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.57
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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..OCTOBER 2025 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE
THE OCTOBER 2025 SEASON, OVERALL, WAS ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL
FOR DAILY MAXIMUM, MINIMUM, AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION
TOTALS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE WERE BELOW AVERAGE THROUGHOUT
THE MONTH. DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUED, AND DETERIORATED,
THROUGHOUT THE STATE DURING OCTOBER, IMPACTING AGRICULTURE AND
DRYING UP WELLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SIMILAR TO SEPTEMBER, PRECIPITATION AND DROUGHT WERE THE PRIMARY
WEATHER CONCERNS FOR OCTOBER. ALL CLIMATE SITES RECORDED BELOW
AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. BANGOR HAD THE LARGEST DEFICIT, RECEIVING
ONLY 2.69 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION, WHICH IS 1.89 INCHES BELOW
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL FOR OCTOBER. HOULTON RECEIVED 3.24 INCHES OF
RAIN, AND CARIBOU RECEIVED 3.26 INCHES, EACH RECORDING 0.8 AND 0.73
INCH DEFICITS, RESPECTIVELY. MILLINOCKET RECORDED 3.94 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION, WHICH IS A 0.61 INCH PRECIPITATION DEFICIT. THERE
WERE SOME WETTING RAIN STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN AND
EASTERN MAINE, BUT AS SHOWN BY THE ABOVE DEFICITS, NONE RESULTED IN
DROUGHT RELIEF.
AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, NORTHERN MAINE, INCLUDING NORTHERN
AROOSTOOK, NORTHERN PENOBSCOT, NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS, AND NORTHERN
SOMERSET, WERE ABNORMALLY DRY. SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK, CENTRAL
PENOBSCOT, AND CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS EXPERIENCED MODERATE DROUGHT.
NORTHERN WASHINGTON, NORTHERN HANCOCK, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PENOBSCOT, SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS WERE IN SEVERE DROUGHT. COASTAL
WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES WERE IN EXTREME DROUGHT. CONDITIONS
WORSENED BY THE END OF THE MONTH, GIVEN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION
DEFICITS. PORTIONS OF NORTHERN SOMERSET, NORTHWESTERN AROOSTOOK,
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK AND NORTHERN PENOBSCOT, UPGRADED TO MODERATE
DROUGHT. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PENOBSCOT, PISCATAQUIS, AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN SOMERSET ALL
BECAME, OR MAINTAINED, SEVERE DROUGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER
OCCURRED IN OCTOBER.
TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL AT ALL CLIMATE SITES, WITH AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES GENERALLY 2-5 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL.
MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE FOR
OCTOBER, GENERALLY 3-5 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL.
CARIBOU’S AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE THE WARMEST THIS MONTH,
BEING 4.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. MILLINOCKET WAS A CLOSE SECOND,
BEING 4.7 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL. HOULTON DAILY HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE 4.5 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL. BANGOR
WAS 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
CARIBOU BROKE ITS ALL-TIME HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER, 83 DEGREES, DURING A HEAT EVENT ON OCTOBER 6TH. DURING THIS
SAME EVENT, MILLINOCKET REACHED 85, AND HOULTON REACHED 84 DEGREES,
BOTH OF WHICH ALSO BROKE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME HIGH MONTHLY RECORDS.
BANGOR RECORDED 84 DEGREES, WHICH WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
RECORD, RIGHT BEHIND A 86 DEGREE RECORD IN 1968. THE PAST 5 YEARS
HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE TOP 10 WARMEST OCTOBERS, WITH RECORDS DATING
BACK TO 1953.
MONTHLY MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY 1-2 DEGREES ABOVE
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL. MILLINOCKET HAD THE LARGEST DEVIATION, BEING
2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. CARIBOU LOW TEMPERATURES WERE 1.9 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. BANGOR MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY 1.4 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. LASTLY, HOULTON HAD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE VALUES ROUGHLY
1.3 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL.
FOR THE MONTH AHEAD, CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) IS SHOWING A
LIKELY PROBABILITY OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE ENTIRE STATE
OF MAINE, ALONGSIDE A CHANCE FOR SOME ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES IN MAINE. THERE IS, HOWEVER, NO STRONG SIGNAL FOR
PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON AT THIS TIME.
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