...CARIBOU MAINE ON TRACK FOR IT`S 2ND SNOWIEST SEASON EVER...
...BANGOR MAINE ON TRACK FOR IT`S 4TH SNOWIEST SEASON EVER...
THROUGH FEBRUARY, 2008, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU
MAINE HAD RECORDED 145.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AT THE CARIBOU AIRPORT
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2007-2008 SNOWFALL SEASON. THIS SNOWFALL
WAS THE 7TH GREATEST SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1939.
SHOULD CARIBOU RECEIVE CLIMATOLOGICALLY NORMAL SNOW FOR MARCH, APRIL
AND MAY (19.7 INCHES, 9.9 INCHES AND 0.6 INCHES, RESPECTIVELY),
CARIBOU WOULD END THE 2007-2008 SNOW SEASON WITH 175.7 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL, IT`S 2ND SNOWIEST SEASON EVER.
THE TOP 10 SNOWIEST SEASONS IN CARIBOU WERE/ARE:
RANK SNOW SEASON
(INCHES)
1 181.1 1954-1955
2 158.8 1981-1982
3 153.0 1972-1973
4 152.0 1968-1969
5 147.5 1962-1963
6 145.9 1976-1977
7 145.5 2007-2008
8 144.8 1960-1961
9 136.8 1971-1972
10 134.7 1970-1971
THE TOP 10 SNOWIEST SEASONS THROUGH FEBRUARY 2008 IN CARIBOU ARE:
RANK SNOW SEASON
(INCHES)
1 145.5 2007-2008
2 134.0 1954-1955
3 123.0 1972-1973
4 119.3 1976-1977
5 118.4 1968-1969
6 116.2 1951-1952
7 113.6 1962-1963
8 107.6 1994-1995
9 105.7 1957-1958
10 105.1 1975-1976
IN BANGOR, 85.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAS BEEN RECORDED SO FAR THIS
2007-2008 SNOWFALL SEASON. THE PACE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THROUGH
FEBRUARY 5TH FOR THIS PERIOD. SHOULD BANGOR RECEIVE CLIMATOLOGICALLY
NORMAL SNOW FOR MARCH, APRIL AND MAY (12.3 INCHES, 4.1 INCHES AND
0.2 INCHES, RESPECTIVELY), BANGOR WOULD END THE 2007-2008 SNOW
SEASON WITH 117.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL, IT`S 4TH SNOWIEST SEASON EVER.
THE TOP 10 SNOWIEST SEASONS IN BANGOR WERE:
RANK SNOW SEASON
(INCHES)
1 181.9 1962-1963
2 132.3 1970-1971
3 118.9 1968-1969
4 112.1 1995-1996
5 103.9 1971-1972
6 101.1 1965-1966
7 100.8 1954-1955
8 97.7 1958-1959
9 96.6 1981-1980
10 95.3 2000-2001
THE TOP 10 SNOWIEST SEASONS THROUGH FEBRUARY 2008 IN BANGOR ARE:
RANK SNOW SEASON
(INCHES)
1 146.9 1962-1963
2 106.8 1968-1969
3 97.9 1954-1955
4 89.0 1965-1966
5 85.5 2007-2008
6 83.9 1954-1955
7 82.9 1973-1974
8 75.1 1956-1957
9 71.9 1977-1978
10 71.8 1971-1972
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