BOF 000 CXUS51 KCAR 020837 CLMCAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME 336 AM EST THU FEB 2 2012 ................................... ...THE CARIBOU ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2012 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 53 01/15/1995 LOW -37 01/16/2009 HIGHEST 42 01/24 MM MM MM MM LOWEST -23 01/22 MM MM MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 22.4 19.5 2.9 MM AVG. MINIMUM 4.3 0.8 3.5 MM MEAN 13.4 10.2 3.2 MM DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS MAX <= 32 25 25.9 -0.9 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 30 30.6 -0.6 MM DAYS MIN <= 0 12 15.7 -3.7 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.60 1995 MINIMUM 0.12 1944 TOTALS 3.65 0.94 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.09 0.03 MM DAYS >= .01 16 14.5 1.5 MM DAYS >= .10 9 6.4 2.6 MM DAYS >= .50 1 1.7 -0.7 MM DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.3 0.7 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.15 01/27 TO 01/27 MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 44.5 1994 TOTALS 26.1 24.9 1.2 MM SINCE 7/1 46.2 60.6 -14.4 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 7 13 -6 MM DAYS >= 1.0 9 6.4 2.6 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 15 01/29 MM MM 01/28 01/27 24 HR TOTAL 8.4 MM MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1594 1700 -106 MM SINCE 7/1 4519 5294 -775 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 MM SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/250 DATE 01/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/250 DATE 01/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 76 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 21 SLEET 0 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ EOF