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This award honors Cooperative Observers for outstanding accomplishments in the field of meteorological observations. It is named for a Lutheran minister, the first person known to have taken systematic weather observations in the American Colonies. Reverend Holm made observations of climate without the use of instruments in 1644 and 1645, near the present site of Wilmington, Delaware.
It is very important to stress how prestigious this award is. No more than twenty-five Holm awards are given annually for all the Cooperative Observers across the entire United States. The certificate is signed by the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
It gives us great pleasure in the NWS office in Caribou to be able to congratulate Mr. Paul Knaut Jr. for his lifetime dedication to taking weather observations, his careful attention of detail, and his encyclopedic knowledge of past weather events. Mr. Knaut's weather records were even used to change the date of the Maine State Arbor Day. A pro-active grade school class lobbied the former Governor of the state arguing that an April Arbor Day was too early for the region, and with the help of Mr. Knaut's weather records, proved that tree planting for the existing date was not favorable. Arbor Day, in the state of Maine, is now in the third week of May.
We are very proud of the John Campanius
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