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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
130 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2008
...CARIBOU MAINE RECORDS WETTEST WATER YEAR EVER...
...CARIBOU ON PACE FOR A TOP 10 WET CALENDER YEAR...
...BANGOR MAINE RECORDS 5TH WETTEST WATER YEAR EVER...
FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS, PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU, MAINE, HAS
ACCUMULATED AT A RATE GREATER THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN
IN 1939. AS OF OCTOBER 1, 53.60 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAD FALLEN,
OUTPACING ALL OTHER YEARS FOR THIS SAME 12 MONTH PERIOD. THIS
PRECIPITATION TOTAL MAKES THE 2008 WATER YEAR THE WETTEST WATER
YEAR OF ALL TIME.
TOP 10 WET WATER YEARS (OCTOBER 1 - SEPTEMBER 30) AT WFO CARIBOU
RANK VALUE YEAR
1 53.60 2008
2 47.82 2006
3 46.88 1954
4 45.69 1991
5 45.17 1976
6 45.13 1951
7 44.65 1945
8 44.61 1958
9 43.77 2005
10 43.75 1984
AS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2008 THROUGH SEPTEMBER, CARIBOU`S
PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 37.67 INCHES OUTPACES ALL BUT ONE OTHER
YEAR`S ACCUMULATED PRECIPITATION FOR THE JANUARY 1 - SEPTEMBER 30
PERIOD. WITH 3 MONTHS OF PRECIPITATION YET TO TALLY, SHOULD CARIBOU
RECORD NORMAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH DECEMBER, A TOTAL PRECIPITATION
ACCUMULATION OF 43.98 INCHES WOULD RESULT, MAKING THIS THE 7TH
WETTEST CALENDAR YEAR ON RECORD.
TOP 10 WET CALENDAR YEARS (JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31) AT WFO CARIBOU
1 54.25 2005
2 51.11 1954
3 48.63 1976
4 46.69 1981
5 46.44 1990
6 46.37 1983
7 43.40 1972
8 42.65 1973
9 42.65 2003
10 42.02 2007
AT THE BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THERE WERE 51.11 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED THIS WATER YEAR. THIS ACCUMULATION RATE
RANKS AS THE 5TH GREATEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1925.
TOP 10 WET WATER YEARS (OCTOBER 1 - SEPTEMBER 30) AT BANGOR
RANK VALUE YEAR
1 60.28 2006
2 57.94 1984
3 57.54 1969
4 51.20 1954
5 51.11 2008
6 50.31 1995
7 49.68 1983
8 49.32 1953
9 48.50 1970
10 48.49 1958
SO FAR IN 2008, BANGOR HAS RECEIVED 35.56 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.
THIS IS THE 8TH GREATEST PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION FOR THIS PERIOD
JANUARY 1 - SEPTEMBER 30. SHOULD BANGOR RECORD NORMAL PRECIPITATION
THROUGH DECEMBER, A TOTAL PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION OF 42.58 INCHES
WOULD RESULT, MAKING THIS THE 22ND WETTEST CALENDAR YEAR ON RECORD.
TOP 10 WET CALENDAR YEARS (JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31) AT BANGOR
1 65.24 1983
2 62.00 1969
3 58.59 2005
4 52.70 1953
5 51.33 2006
6 51.24 1959
6 49.97 1954
7 49.85 1958
8 49.75 1996
9 49.06 1962
10 47.69 1973
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1200 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2008
...VERY WET SEPTEMBER ACROSS DOWNEAST MAINE...
BELOW IS THE PRECIPITATION RECORDED ACROSS NORTHERN, CENTRAL AND
DOWNEAST MAINE FOR SEPTEMBER, 2008.
********************PRECIPITATION*********************
LOCATION PRECIPITATION
MEASURED
MAINE
...AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
CARIBOU 4.96
WASHBURN 4.99
HOULTON AIRPORT 4.69
FORT KENT 4.55
ALLAGASH 4.52
EAGLE LAKE 4.06
VAN BUREN 3.90
FOX BROOK 3.72
PORTAGE 3.50
...HANCOCK COUNTY...
ELLSWORTH 12.06
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK 11.07
...PENOBSCOT COUNTY...
BANGOR 6.93
DIXMONT 6.35
CORINNA 5.92
PATTEN 5.34
MILLINOCKET 5.11
...PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...
BLANCHARD 5.65
MILO 5.43
BARNARD PLANTATION 5.32
DOVER-FOXCROFT 5.08
RIPOGENOUS DAM 5.05
GUILFORD 4.81
SEBEC LAKE 4.73
GREENVILLE 4.38
CHAMBERLIN BRIDGE 3.55
CHURCHILL DAM 3.50
SMITH BROOK 3.50
KOKADJO 3.45
...WASHINGTON COUNTY...
EAST MACHIAS 10.98
JONESBORO MCOOP 10.24
EASTPORT 9.29
ROBBINSTON 8.75
TOPSFIELD 7.61
WESLEY 7.51
GRAND LAKE STREAM 6.98
DANFORTH MCOOP 6.25
PRINCETON 6.19
VANCEBORO USGS 6.02
BAILEYVILLE 6.27
$$
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
110 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2008
...RECORD WARM WEATHER IN PORTLAND MAINE ON THURSDAY...
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THURSDAY WAS 73 DEGREES AT THE PORTLAND
JETPORT. THOUGH VERY WARM, THIS WAS SIX DEGREES SHORT OF THE RECORD
79 DEGREES SET IN 1942 AND 1943. THE LOW TEMPERATURE ON THURSDAY WAS
53 DEGREES...AGAIN VERY WARM BUT NOT A RECORD. THE RECORD WARMEST
LOW TEMPERATURE REMAINS 56 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET IN 1949.
HOWEVER...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR YESTERDAY WAS A RECORD FOR
OCTOBER 9TH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 63 DEGREES IS THE WARMEST
FOR THE DATE...SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 62 DEGREES SET IN
1942 AND IN 1970.
TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT THE PORTLAND JETPORT BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 1940.
$$
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