Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
736
CXUS51 KCAR 051916
CLMCAR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
316 PM EDT SAT JUL 05 2025
...................................
...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2025...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2025
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 96 06/29/1944
LOW 30 06/07/1958
HIGHEST 90 06/24 MM MM 96 06/19
LOWEST 37 06/14 MM MM 42 06/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 71.9 72.1 -0.2 76.5
AVG. MINIMUM 51.1 50.6 0.5 53.7
MEAN 61.5 61.4 0.1 65.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.5 0.5 2
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.03 2011
MINIMUM 0.88 2020
TOTALS 2.52 -1.37
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.13 -0.05 0.18
DAYS >= .01 12 13.8 -1.8 10
DAYS >= .10 8 7.8 0.2 7
DAYS >= .50 1 2.5 -1.5 4
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.06 05/31 TO 06/01 1.79 06/23 TO 06/24
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL T 2011
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 106.7 118.2 -11.5 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 141 148 -7 65
SINCE 7/1 8273 9048 -775 MM
COOLING TOTAL 46 38 8 76
SINCE 1/1 51 44 7 MM
................................................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/170 DATE 06/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/240 DATE 06/01
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 2
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
* INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
................................................................................................
...JUNE 2025 CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR NORTHERN/EASTERN MAINE...
THE JUNE 2025 SEASON WRAPPED UP WITH GENERALLY NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, AND SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.
TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY AROUND NORMAL FOR THE MAJORITY OF NORTHERN MAINE, RANGING 0.5-1.5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. MONTHLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MAINE ONLY DEVIATED UP TO A DEGREE WARMER FROM CLIMATE AVERAGES, WITH MILLINOCKET SEEING THE GREATEST DEVIATION FROM NORMAL AT 1.1 DEGREES FROM NORMAL. HOULTON AVERAGED A 0.2 DEGREES DIFFERENCE FROM NORMAL. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE STATIONS DEVIATED COLDER THAN CLIMATE AVERAGES SLIGHTLY, WITH CARIBOU BEING 0.2 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE, AND BANGOR BEING 0.1 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT HEAT WAVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST ON JUNE 24TH, BREAKING MULTIPLE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. BANGOR REACHED 98 DEGREES, WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS 93 DEGREES RECORD FROM 1995. HOULTON TIED WITH THE PREVIOUS RECORD FROM 1995, AT 92 DEGREES. CARIBOU REACHED 93 DEGREES AND MILLINOCKET REACHED 94 DEGREES, JUST A FEW DEGREES BELOW THEIR PREVIOUS RECORDS FROM 1995, AND 1914, RESPECTIVELY.
LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MAINE WERE GENERALLY WARMER THAN AVERAGE. HOULTON LOWS WERE 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, AND CARIBOU LOW TEMPERATURES WERE 0.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE. MILLINOCKET LOWS WERE 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE, WHILE BANGOR LOWS WERE 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE RECORD.
RAINFALL FOR THE REGION WAS UNDER CLIMATE NORMALS IN THE NORTH WOODS, SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK, AND COASTAL DOWNEAST. THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK WERE ABOVE CLIMATE NORMALS, GENERALLY 100-150 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL, WITH SOME LOCATIONS 150-200 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL, FROM SOME HEAVY RAINFALL STORMS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, EASTERN AROOSTOOK, AND DOWNEAST WERE GENERALLY ONLY 50-90 PERCENT OF CLIMATE NORMALS. ON JUNE 3RD, NORTHERN MAINE WAS NOT IN ANY DROUGHT, DUE TO ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IN MAY. DESPITE THE BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION AND NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH, MAINE WAS STILL NOT IN A DROUGHT AT THE END OF JUNE. CALCULATED SOIL MOISTURE FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) REMAINS ELEVATED THROUGHOUT MAINE. EVAPORATION AT CARIBOU THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TOTALED 4.84 INCHES.
FOR THE JULY OUTLOOK, THE CPC IS CURRENTLY FORECASTING AN ELEVATED CHANCE OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE NORTHEAST. THERE ARE NO STRONG SIGNALS INDICATING ABOVE OR BELOW AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR JULY. NORMAL JULY LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE REGION ARE 55 TO 60 DEGREES AND NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES.
$$
ASB/NC