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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
934 AM EST THU FEB 5 2026
..JANUARY 2026 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE
JANUARY TRENDS:
CARIBOU:
* SNOWFALL WAS 0.5 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE
* MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 1.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
* MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
* AROUND NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
* PRECIPITATION WAS 0.6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
BANGOR:
* SNOWFALL WAS 8.9 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE
* 10TH SNOWIEST JANUARY IN BANGOR!
* MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 2.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
* MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 0.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
* AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE 1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
* PRECIPITATION WAS 1.42 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
MILLINOCKET:
* MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 2.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
* MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
* AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE 0.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
* PRECIPITATION WAS 1.39 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
HOULTON:
* MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 1.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
* MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
* AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE 1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL
* PRECIPITATION WAS 1.53 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
WEATHER EVENTS:
* MULTIPLE SNOW STORMS IN THE REGION DURING JANUARY. NWS CARIBOU
ISSUED 2 WINTER STORM WARNINGS: ONE ON JANUARY 11TH (NORTHERN
AROOSTOOK, PISCATAQUIS, AND SOMERSET COUNTIES) AND ONE JANUARY
25TH - 27TH (CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND DOWNEAST REGIONS). THE
JANUARY 25TH-287TH STORM WAS A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT FOR THE
DOWNEAST REGION, WITH SOME AREAS SEEING OVER A FOOT AND A HALF
IN ACCUMULATIONS. HIGHEST SNOW TOTAL FOR THIS EVENT WAS IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY, OF AROUND 21 INCHES. THIS EVENT BROKE A DAILY
SNOWFALL RECORD FOR BANGOR ON JANUARY 26TH, RECEIVING AROUND
11.7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
* 7 COLD WEATHER ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED IN JANUARY.
* THERE WAS 1 EXTREME COLD WARNING ON JANUARY 24TH. THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE ON THIS DAY WAS IN FAR NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY, AT
-44F. CARIBOU RECORDED A DAYTIME HIGH OF -2F, WHICH IS THE
SECOND LOWEST DAILY MAX TEMPERATURE FOR THE TOWN, JUST BEHIND
THE 1961 DAILY MAX OF -3. JANUARY 24TH WAS ALSO THE SECOND
COLDEST DAYTIME HIGH FOR MILLINOCKET AND HOULTON, AT 2 DEGREES
AND 1 DEGREE, RESPECTIVELY. THIS WAS THE THIRD COLDEST DAYTIME
HIGH FOR BANGOR, AT 8 DEGREES.
* THE CONSISTENT SNOWPACK AND SNOWFALL IN THE NORTH AND DOWNEAST
HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON WINTER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
GENERALLY, BY THE END OF THE MONTH, MOST TRAILS FOR WINTER
RECREATION ARE OPEN AND PASSABLE.
CLIMATE OUTLOOK:
* TEMPERATURES: FOR FEBRUARY, CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) IS
FORECASTING NO STRONG SIGNALS FOR ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES IN EASTERN MAINE. PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS AND DOWNEAST MAINE SHOW A SIGNAL FOR POTENTIALLY BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. FOR THE SEASON AHEAD, NO STRONG SIGNAL FOR
TEMPERATURES TO BE ANOMALOUSLY ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL.
* PRECIPITATION: NO STRONG SIGNAL FOR ABOVE OR BELOW
PRECIPITATION IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE, FOR THE MONTH OR
SEASON AHEAD.
* ENSO: LA NINA WILL PERSIST, AND TRANSITION OVER TO ENSO-NEUTRAL
IN THE COMING MONTH OR SO. ENSO NEUTRAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST
UNTIL SPRING 2026.
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