Spring 2019 Climate Review

...SPRING 2019 NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE CLIMATE NARRATIVE...

SPRING (MARCH THROUGH MAY) 2019 ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE REMEMBERED
FOR PERSISTENTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, ABOVE AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION, AND AT TO BELOW AVERAGE SNOWFALL.

TEMPERATURES FOR THE SEASON AVERAGED 1.5 TO 3.0 DEGREES BELOW THE
LONG TERM MEAN WITH ALL THREE INDIVIDUAL MONTHS AVERAGING BELOW
NORMAL. AT HOULTON AND MILLINOCKET IT WAS THE 6TH AND 7TH COOLEST
SPRING (WITH NO MISSING DAYS), RESPECTFULLY, OF RECORD.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON RANGED FROM 110 TO 135 PERCENT OF
AVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION WITH MOST OF THE SURPLUS FOR THE SEASON
OCCURRING IN APRIL AND MAY.

SNOWFALL RANGED FROM 70 TO 110 PERCENT OF AVERAGE, WITH MARCH SEEING
A RELATIVE BREAK OF PRIOR WINTER HEAVY SNOW MONTHS AFFECTING MAINLY
NORTHERN AREAS. AVERAGE SNOW PACK FOR THE SEASON RANGED FROM 2
INCHES AT BANGOR TO 17 INCHES AT CARIBOU WITH MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTHS OF
11 AND 45 INCHES, RESPECTFULLY, RECORDED IN EARLY MARCH. THE SNOW
MOBILE AND SKIING SEASON LASTED TIL EARLY TO MID APRIL ACROSS THE
NORTH BEFORE THAWING TEMPERATURES AND RAIN EVENTS RESULTED IN RAPID
SNOW PACK REDUCTION AFTERWARDS.

THE OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER (JUNE THROUGH AUGUST)
OF 2019 FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE IS CALLING FOR INCREASED
PROBABILITIES OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND EQUAL CHANCES OF
BELOW, NEAR, AND ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION.