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Maine records unusual snowfall in December
by Outspoken on Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:19 am
Maine records unusual snowfall in December
By Bill Trotter
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
More shoveling, more snowmen and more skiing — and that does not include just the ski resorts in Maine’s western mountains.
Many areas of the state got rain this past weekend, but whether you live in Caribou, Calais, Camden, Kittery, or any place in between, you’ve seen more snow this December than you did last year.
A lot more.
According to the National Weather Service, as of Sunday the Bangor area has been hit by more than 13 times the amount of snow it got for the same month in 2006. Though about 13 inches is considered normal for Bangor for December, only 2˝ inches fell in the area last year, as opposed to more than 34 since Dec. 1 this year. That rate is more than an inch a day.
The most snow the Bangor area got in any December was in 1927, when 51 inches piled up, according to weather service statistics.
It’s not unusual for Aroostook County to get snow when the rest of the state is getting rain, but even so, the central part of The County has gotten much more snow than it usually does. Approximately 25 inches is normal in December for the area, but this year nearly 51 inches of snow have piled up in and around Caribou, according to weather service statistics. Last year, Caribou got only 8 inches of snow in December. The area’s record for the month is just under 60 inches, set in 1972.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=158356&zoneid=500
By Bill Trotter
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
More shoveling, more snowmen and more skiing — and that does not include just the ski resorts in Maine’s western mountains.
Many areas of the state got rain this past weekend, but whether you live in Caribou, Calais, Camden, Kittery, or any place in between, you’ve seen more snow this December than you did last year.
A lot more.
According to the National Weather Service, as of Sunday the Bangor area has been hit by more than 13 times the amount of snow it got for the same month in 2006. Though about 13 inches is considered normal for Bangor for December, only 2˝ inches fell in the area last year, as opposed to more than 34 since Dec. 1 this year. That rate is more than an inch a day.
The most snow the Bangor area got in any December was in 1927, when 51 inches piled up, according to weather service statistics.
It’s not unusual for Aroostook County to get snow when the rest of the state is getting rain, but even so, the central part of The County has gotten much more snow than it usually does. Approximately 25 inches is normal in December for the area, but this year nearly 51 inches of snow have piled up in and around Caribou, according to weather service statistics. Last year, Caribou got only 8 inches of snow in December. The area’s record for the month is just under 60 inches, set in 1972.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=158356&zoneid=500
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