Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
011 NOUS41 KCAR 050709 PNSCAR MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-051915- 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. $$ NC