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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME  
309 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2025  
   
..NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE SPRING 2025 CLIMATE NARRATIVE
 
 
METEOROLOGICAL SPRING (MARCH THROUGH MAY) FINISHED WITH TEMPERATURES  
RANGING FROM 1.0 TO 2.5 DEGREES (F) ABOVE THE 1991-2020 AVERAGES  
ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. MARCH FEATURED WELL ABOVE NORMAL  
TEMPERATURES. APRIL AND MAY SAW TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SOMEWHAT ABOVE  
NORMAL. NO MAJOR CLIMATE SITE FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 WARMEST SPRINGS  
ON RECORD OR FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL MONTH FROM MARCH TO MAY.  
 
PRECIPITATION (RAIN AND MELTED SNOWFALL) RANGED FROM 130 TO 170  
PERCENT OF NORMAL. CARIBOU SAW 12.97 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION DURING  
METEOROLOGICAL SPRING, THE 3RD MOST ON RECORD. THE WETTEST SPRING ON  
RECORD IN CARIBOU OCCURRED IN 2005 (14.29 INCHES). RECORDS IN  
CARIBOU DATE BACK TO 1939. BANGOR SAW 15.51 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION,  
ALSO THE 3RD MOST ON RECORD. THE WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD IN BANGOR  
OCCURRED IN 1983 (24.07 INCHES). RECORDS IN BANGOR BEGIN IN 1925. IN  
HOULTON, 12.43 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, THE 5TH MOST ON RECORD.  
THE WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD IN HOULTON OCCURRED IN 2011 (13.89  
INCHES). RECORDS IN HOULTON DATE TO 1948.  
 
SNOWFALL FOR MARCH THROUGH MAY WAS NEAR NORMAL IN NORTHERN AROOSTOOK  
COUNTY, AND BELOW NORMAL FURTHER SOUTH. IN CARIBOU, 31.1 INCHES OF  
SNOW FELL, WHICH IS 0.6 INCHES ABOVE THE 1991-2020 NORMAL. IN  
BANGOR, JUST 8.7 INCHES FELL, WHICH IS 10.2 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE.  
MARCH SAW NEAR NORMAL SNOWFALL IN NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY, AND  
BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL ELSEWHERE. APRIL FEATURED NEAR NORMAL SNOWFALL  
FROM MOOSEHEAD LAKE NORTHWARD, AND SUB-AVERAGE SNOWFALL FURTHER  
SOUTH. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED DURING MAY, EXCEPT ON KATAHDIN.  
 
SNOWPACK IN BANGOR AND DOWNEAST MELTED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF  
MARCH. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS SAW SNOWPACK  
MELT OUT AROUND THE 20TH OF MARCH, 2-3 WEEKS EARLIER THAN NORMAL.  
HIGHER ELEVATIONS LOST ALL SNOWPACK BY THE END OF APRIL.  
 
THE OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) FOR  
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER 2025 (JUNE-AUGUST) FEATURES AN ELEVATED CHANCE  
OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. THE CPC  
OUTLOOK IS TILTED TOWARDS ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE BANGOR  
REGION AND DOWNEAST MAINE. THE CPC OUTLOOK SHOWS NO STRONG CLIMATE  
SIGNALS TOWARDS ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL FOR NORTHERN MAINE.  
 

 
 
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