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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
447 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2022
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..THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2022
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1925 TO 2022
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 04/27/1990
LOW 4 04/01/1928
HIGHEST 63 04/15 MM MM 73 04/10
LOWEST 24 04/03 MM MM 19 04/03
04/06
AVG. MAXIMUM 54.4 53.2 1.2 57.9
AVG. MINIMUM 34.4 32.4 2.0 35.5
MEAN 44.4 42.8 1.6 46.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.3 -0.3 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 10 16.1 -6.1 9
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.04 1983
MINIMUM 0.59 1999
TOTALS 4.96 1.35
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.12 0.05 0.12
DAYS >= .01 14 11.6 2.4 12
DAYS >= .10 8 7.3 0.7 6
DAYS >= .50 4 2.1 1.9 2
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.7 0.3 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.44 04/08 TO 04/08 1.62 04/29 TO 04/30
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 24.4 2007
TOTALS T 3.7 -3.7 0.8
SINCE 7/1 64.5 74.6 -10.1 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 -1
DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.2 -1.2 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 04/06
04/17
04/22
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 611 666 -55 543
SINCE 7/1 6793 7195 -402 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/320 DATE 04/17
32/320 04/22
32/320 04/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.67
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 14
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 19 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0
FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..APRIL 2022 NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE MONTHLY CLIMATE NARRATIVE
APRIL 2022 ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE FINISHED SLIGHTLY
ABOVE AVERAGE FOR TEMPERATURE, ABOVE AVERAGE FOR PRECIPITATION,
AND GENERALLY BELOW AVERAGE FOR SNOWFALL.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM AVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR
NORTH UPWARDS TO 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR CENTRAL AND
DOWNEAST AREAS. CLOUDY, WET CONDITIONS LIMITED TEMPERATURE
EXTREMES ACROSS THE REGION THIS MONTH WITH ONLY LOCATIONS FROM
MILLINOCKET AND SOUTHWARD EXPERIENCING 60+ DEGREE HIGHS AFTER
APRIL 10TH AND ONLY HOULTON ACROSS THE NORTH ON APRIL 25TH. THE
COLDEST MORNING ACROSS MOST THE ENTIRE REGION WAS ON THE MORNING
OF THE 6TH WITH LOWS RANGING FROM TEENS NORTH TO LOWER TO MID 20S
DOWNEAST.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION RANGED FROM 100 TO 140
PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS FALLING FROM THE
8TH-10TH AND THE 27TH-29TH WHERE UPWARDS OF AROUND AN INCH OF
LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FELL FOR EACH EVENT.
SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS RELATIVELY SCANT RANGING FROM A TRACE
OVER DOWNEAST AREAS UPWARDS TO 50 PERCENT OF AVERAGE ACROSS THE
NORTH. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OCCURRED LATE IN THE MONTH ON
THE 28TH-29TH, AND MOSTLY AFFECTED HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTH
CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, AND EAST CENTRAL AREAS WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES.
A FEW LOCATIONS, HOWEVER, LIKE MARS HILL AND JEMTLAND THAT WERE
UNDER LOCALIZED BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW RATES RECEIVED UPWARDS OF 8 TO
10 INCHES, ABOUT THE NORMAL COMPLIMENT OF APRIL SNOWFALL.
SNOWPACK WAS ONLY PRESENT FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, AND INITIALLY GRADUALLY MELTED PRIOR
TO THE PRECIPITATION EVENT OF THE 8TH-10TH. MELTING OCCURRED MORE
RAPIDLY AFTER THE 8TH, RESULTING IN THE SUBSEQUENT DISLODGING OF
NORTHERN RIVER ICE WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
DURING THE WEEK AFTERWARDS. MAXIMUM SNOWPACK AT CARIBOU WAS 16
INCHES ON THE MORNING OF THE 1ST WITH FAR NORTHERN WOODS LOCATIONS
STILL AROUND 30 INCHES, AFTERWARDS CARIBOU DOWN TO TRACE ON THE
GROUND BY THE 12TH. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE SNOWPACK AT CARIBOU OF
2.9 INCHES WAS BELOW THE 1991-2020 30 YEAR MEAN OF 4.1 INCHES,
DESPITE CURRENT SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 123.1 INCHES, WHICH IS
NEARLY 5 INCHES ABOVE THE 1991-2020 30 YEAR AVERAGE.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER'S FORECAST FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
FOR OUR REGION IS CALLING FOR NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY INCREASED
CHANCES OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW,
NEAR NORMAL, OR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE REGION IN MAY RANGE FROM LOWS LOWER 40S AND HIGHS OF
LOWER TO MID 60S. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH IS AT OR
JUST BELOW 3.50 INCHES.
VJN/CB
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