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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
833 PM EDT FRI APR 02 2021
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..THE BANGOR ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2021
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1925 TO 2021
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 84 03/22/2012
LOW -16 03/02/2001
HIGHEST 66 03/22 MM MM 56 03/03
03/20
LOWEST 3 03/02 MM MM 10 03/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 43.5 40.0 3.5 43.9
AVG. MINIMUM 22.5 20.5 2.0 24.8
MEAN 33.0 30.2 2.8 34.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 MM
DAYS MAX <= 32 7 5.3 1.7 MM
DAYS MIN <= 32 23 27.3 -4.3 MM
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.6 -1.6 MM
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.36 1999
MINIMUM 0.26 1965
TOTALS 1.66 -1.72
DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.11 -0.06 0.07
DAYS >= .01 6 11.0 -5.0 MM
DAYS >= .10 4 6.8 -2.8 MM
DAYS >= .50 2 2.2 -0.2 MM
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 MM
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.78 03/28 TO 03/29 0.74 03/13 TO 03/13
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 41.5 1956
TOTALS T 11.7 -11.7 7.8
SINCE 7/1 34.9 62.4 -27.5 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 MM
DAYS >= 1.0 0 3.3 -3.3 MM
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 6 03/01 MM MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 984 1077 -93 940
SINCE 7/1 5947 6722 -775 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/320 DATE 03/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/320 DATE 03/02
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0
FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...MARCH 2021 PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN AND
EASTERN MAINE...
MARCH 2021 FINISHED WITH TEMPERATURES THAT AVERAGED FROM 2 TO 3
DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION. THE MONTH FEATURED
ALTERNATING SPELLS OF BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
THERE WAS A PRONOUNCED WARM-UP ON THE 20TH THROUGH THE 25TH THAT
BROUGHT SIX CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND
60S AND MELTED OUT A LOT OF THE SNOW PACK.
PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF THE REGION AND
RANGED FROM 30 TO 70 PERCENT OF NORMAL DOWNEAST, AND FROM 50 TO 90
PERCENT OF NORMAL ELSEWHERE. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WAS FROM CARIBOU AND
PRESQUE ISLE NORTH TO THE EASTERN SAINT JOHN VALLEY WHERE
PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 90 TO 110 PERCENT OF NORMAL.
SNOWFALL WAS BELOW AVERAGE THIS PAST MARCH. IN CARIBOU, 13.6 INCHES
OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS 5.1 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. IN BANGOR,
ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED ALL MONTH WHICH WAS 11.7 INCHES
BELOW AVERAGE. THIS PAST MARCH TIED WITH MARCH 1946 FOR THE LEAST
AMOUNT OF SNOW OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH SINCE WEATHER
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1925.
AT THE START OF THE MONTH, SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 15 TO 30 INCHES
ACROSS FAR NORTHERN AREAS FROM MILLINOCKET NORTH TO THE SAINT JOHN
VALLEY WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN THE
NORTH WOODS. SNOW DEPTH IN BANGOR AND ALONG THE COAST RANGED FROM 5
TO 10 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS. BY THE END OF THE MONTH, SNOW DEPTHS
RANGED FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MAINE. FURTHER EAST
ACROSS THE REST OF FAR NORTHERN MAINE SNOW DEPTHS RANGE FROM A TRACE
TO 4 INCHES. ELSEWHERE, ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE LITTLE OR
NO SNOW WAS LEFT ON THE GROUND.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 2ND
ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MAINE IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WIND AND SNOWFALL ON THE 1ST PRODUCED
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MANY AREA ROADS WERE CLOSED,
AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS DUE TO LOCAL WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR APRIL FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS FOR
AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THERE ARE
CURRENTLY NO STRONG SIGNALS THAT POINT TOWARD ABOVE OR BELOW AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION.
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