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CXUS51 KCAR 081747
CLSCAR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1207 PM EDT MON JUN 08 2026
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...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2026 TO 5/31/2026...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2026
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 96 05/22/1977
LOW -28 03/02/2001
HIGHEST 84 05/20 MM MM 86 05/14
LOWEST -12 03/02 MM MM -9 03/03
AVG. MAXIMUM 47.9 48.3 -0.4 49.8
AVG. MINIMUM 28.2 28.8 -0.6 30.3
MEAN 38.0 38.6 -0.6 40.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 16 14.1 1.9 9
DAYS MIN <= 32 54 53.7 0.3 46
DAYS MIN <= 0 5 4.2 0.8 4
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 14.29 2005
MINIMUM 4.11 1965
TOTALS 13.00 9.22 3.78 12.97
DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.10 0.04 0.14
DAYS >= .01 39 40.3 -1.3 50
DAYS >= .10 25 22.6 2.4 29
DAYS >= .50 8 5.9 2.1 7
DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.8 2.2 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.98 1.80 05/17 TO 05/18
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 65.1 1961
TOTALS 17.1 30.5 -13.4 31.1
SINCE 7/1 86.4 118.2 -31.8 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 3
DAYS >= 1.0 7 7.9 -0.9 9
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 11 03/04 18 03/02
03/05
03/06
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 2457 2438 19 2278
SINCE 7/1 8907 8901 6 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 6 -6 5
SINCE 1/1 0 6 -6 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/170 DATE 03/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/180 DATE 03/17
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.58
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 33
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 36
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 1
HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 15
LIGHT RAIN 45 FREEZING RAIN 3
LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 4
LIGHT SNOW 32 SLEET 2
FOG 39 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6
HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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..SPRING 2026 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE
SPRING 2026 TRENDS:
CARIBOU:
- SNOWFALL WAS 13.4 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. THIS WAS THE 14TH LEAST
SNOWY SPRING ON RECORD FOR CARIBOU, ONLY RECORDING 17.1 INCHES OF
SNOW BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY.
- MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 0.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
- MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 0.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A DAILY
RECORD LOW WAS REACHED ON MAY 23RD AT CARIBOU, MEASURING 30 DEGREES.
THE OLD RECORD WAS 31 DEGREES IN 2007. ANOTHER DAILY MINIMUM RECORD
WAS TIED ON MAY 30TH, WHEN THE STATION RECORDED 32 DEGREES. THE
OTHER RECORD WAS IN 1967.
- AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE 0.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
- PRECIPITATION WAS 3.78 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 3RD
WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD FOR CARIBOU, BEHIND 2005 AND 1983,
RESPECTIVELY. A DAILY RECORD FOR PRECIPITATION WAS BROKEN MAY 7TH,
WHEN 1.3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.03 INCHES IN
2017. THERE WAS ANOTHER DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORD BROKEN ON MAY
27TH, AS 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN FELL, BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
1.17 INCHES IN 1947.
BANGOR:
- SNOWFALL WAS 9.2 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. THIS WAS THE 19TH LEAST
SNOWY SPRING ON RECORD FOR BANGOR, ONLY REACHING 9.7 INCHES OF SNOW
BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY.
- MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND NORMAL. THERE WAS A DAILY
HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD TIED IN BANGOR ON MAY 19TH, RECORDING 89
DEGREES. THERE WAS A DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD BROKEN ON MAY
20TH, RECORDING 87 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 86 DEGREES IN
1996.
- MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND NORMAL. THAT SAID, THIS
SPRING TIED THE 11TH HIGHEST SEASONAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (59
DEGREES) ON RECORD, ON MAY 20TH.
- AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND NORMAL. THAT SAID, THIS SPRING
TIED THE 7TH HIGHEST SEASONAL MAXIMUM AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (73
DEGREES) ON RECORD, ON MAY 20TH.
- PRECIPITATION WAS 0.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THAT SAID, A DAILY
RECORD FOR RAINFALL WAS BROKEN ON MAY 20TH, WHEN 1.26 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL, COMPARED TO THE 1.02 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1949.
MILLINOCKET:
- MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND NORMAL.
- MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.
- AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- PRECIPITATION WAS 1.63 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 11TH
WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD FOR MILLINOCKET.
HOULTON:
- MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE 1.1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. HOULTON
RECORDED ITS 11TH HIGHEST SEASONAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (50 DEGREES)
DURING THE SPRING, ON MAY 20TH.
- AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- PRECIPITATION WAS 0.91 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
WEATHER EVENTS:
- THERE WERE A FEW LINGERING SNOW STORMS THIS SPRING SEASON. 2
WINTER STORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED, 1 IN MARCH, AND 1 IN APRIL. BOTH
WERE MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENTS.
- THERE WERE 8 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES, 6 IN MARCH AND 2 IN APRIL.
- THERE WAS 1 COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN MARCH. THE COLDEST RECORDED
WIND CHILL WAS -28F AT FRENCHVILLE AIRPORT.
- 1 FLOOD WARNING IN MARCH FOR AN ICE JAM ON PISCATAQUIS RIVER.
FLOOD WARNING LATER REPLACED WITH A FLOOD ADVISORY. 2 OTHER FLOOD
ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED FOR ICE JAMS - 1 ALONG THE PLEASANT RIVER,
AND 1 ALONG THE MEDUXNEKEAG RIVER. SPRING ICE OUT FOR ALL RIVERS BY
THE END OF APRIL.
- SNOWPACK DETERIORATED DURING THE SPRING, COMPLETELY MELTING OFF
DOWNEAST BY MARCH, AND APRIL IN THE NORTH.
- THERE WAS 1 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ON MAY 5TH, IN WESTERN
AROOSTOOK, NORTHEAST SOMERSET, AND NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES.
- FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM BEGAN IN MAY, AND MOST OF THE DOWNEAST
REGION BEGAN RECEIVING FROST HEADLINES BY MAY 11ST. THE PROGRAM
EXPANDED TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, UPPER PENOBSCOT VALLEY, AND
SOUTHERN TO EASTERN AROOSTOOK BY MAY 21ST. THE NORTH WOODS WAS
INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM JUNE 1ST. 4 FROST ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED IN
MAY, AND 1 FREEZE WARNING WAS ISSUED.
DROUGHT:
- IN MARCH, DROUGHT BEGAN AS SEVERE DROUGHT (D2) IN WESTERN
AROOSTOOK, NORTHERN SOMERSET, NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS, SOUTHERN
PENOBSCOT, AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES. MODERATE DROUGHT
(D1) ELSEWHERE IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. CONDITIONS IMPROVED
SLIGHTLY IN MID-TO-LATE APRIL, AS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST, CENTRAL,
AND SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PENOBSCOT, NORTHERN
HANCOCK, AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON ALL IMPROVED TO
ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS. WESTERN AROOSTOOK, NORTHERN
SOMERSET, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS, MOST OF SOUTHERN
PENOBSCOT, COASTAL HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WERE IN MODERATE
DROUGHT (D1). SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS AND WESTERN PENOBSCOT WERE IN
SEVERE DROUGHT (D2). IN MAY, CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS OCCURRED AS THE
MAJORITY OF INTERIOR AND COASTAL HANCOCK COUNTY, ALONG WITH CENTRAL
AND PORTIONS OF COASTAL WASHINGTON COUNTY, IMPROVED TO ABNORMALLY
DRY (D0) CONDITIONS. BY MAY 12TH, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK,
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PENOBSCOT, AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES,
IMPROVED TO NO DROUGHT. SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS AND EASTERN PENOBSCOT
IMPROVED TO MODERATE DROUGHT (D1). BY MAY 19TH, MOST OF CENTRAL
WASHINGTON WAS REMOVED FROM DROUGHT.
CLIMATE OUTLOOK:
- TEMPERATURES: FOR SUMMER (JUNE, JULY, AUGUST), CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER (CPC) IS FORECASTING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN
AND EASTERN MAINE.
- PRECIPITATION: FOR SUMMER, IS FORECASTING ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.
- ENSO: PER CPC, ENSO-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT, WITH AN EL
NINO WATCH IN EFFECT.. EL NINO HAS A 82% CHANCE OF DEVELOPING IN MAY-
JULY, PERSISTING THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
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