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Totally different from the Euro for NNE.

September is the sunniest month here, followed in order by August and July.

About 20 years ago (I'm guessing) an entomologist in Maine researched the critters and found that there was a significant (barely) relationship between the color bands and the subsequent winter. (Probably the above relationship - I don't remember. And I think it compared snow or snow/cold for full winters, without the early/late connection.) Slowly warming minima here - 34 on Tuesday, 36 yesterday, 38 this morning. Forecast suggests tomorrow morning will go the other way.

Nice! I've seen almost no deer sign in our woodlot, though our new neighbors (they plan to build next summer, now doing some road and clearing work) have captured does and a nice buck on their trailcams. Another sunny cool day.

36° with fog this morning, 34° without fog yesterday.

34 this morning, close but the garden still lives (though growth/ripening has slowed considerably).

A bit over 1" from Saturday's event, including some Sunday leftovers. Raised the Sandy River by 0.15 feet, still under the 25th percentile and headed back down. First fire in the stove in nearly 3 months this morning - low of 41 after yesterday's cloudy drippy high of 59.

Had 0.92" yesterday afternoon, with about 0.6" in 45 minutes, 3:30-4:15. Biggest precip day since March. Light rain this morning, another 0.04", but after today it's dry, dry, dry.

Had nearly an hour of mod/hvy RA, barely enough thunder to call it a TS - 1st one since July 20. Not close to severe (near zero wind) but we take.

We moved to Fort Kent on Jan 1, 1976 and moved back south (Gardiner) on Oct 25, 1985, so I missed the big Novie dump, though we waded thru it a week later on Public Land (Scraggly Lake) just NE from Baxter Park. The day we moved to FK was relatively mild, low 20s. Then Jan 9-13 had minima -33/-36/-24/-41/-37. 1976 was probably the most weather-eventful year of my lifetime, though the 12 months March 1960-Feb 1961 was close.

With the right conditions, even in late month. On 9/30/86, straight-line winds flattened about 600 acres 13-14 miles SE from downtown Fort Kent, a swath 4 miles long and up to 1/2 mile wide, ending with trees blown into Square Lake. Damage was near 100%, probably 90-100 mph gusts. I don't know if CAR ever investigated - would've had to been within 6 weeks of the event as the area had a 20"+ storm on 11/20-21. (Irony: 5 years later, same date [9/30], the area had 3-4" snow.)

Saco at Cornish, Maine is at 269 cfs. The listed low is 295 in 1995. Sandy River at Mercer is 57.1 cfs. Record low is 38.7 in 2002 while the 25th percentile is 86. August 2002 Was the driest with 0.88", and Jan-August was 3rd lowest. (Lowest J-A came the next year but Sept-Dec dumped more than 27", 57% of the year's total.)

Dragging canoes is such fun, especially when they're loaded with duffle, food and drink. Learned all about that on Allagash Stream going to (and 4 days later, dragging back from) Allagash Lake.

We're assessing the damage from this morning's 0.04" deluge. June: 2.44" July: 1.53" August: 1.32" Sept.: 0.04" Total: 5.23" 2nd driest for the same period: 7.44" in 2002.

My 1.32" for August looks a lot better than your total, but the JJA total here was only 5.29", driest by nearly 2". (POR only 28 years) Curling leaves, bit of early color outside of the swamps, some leaf drop.

I checked - all 5 brought 100"+ here and averaged 130% of the 27-winter mean.

farther BN, quite possible. Lowest temps, maybe 5% chance. Avg for Aug 31 here 72/50. For Oct 16 it's 56/35. Temps are very unlikely to overcome the 10-15° (1st and 16th) drop in averages and verify the boldface.

August 2025: Avg max: 77.2 +2.4 Hottest: 92 on the 12th, hottest August day. The avg is 4th warmest. Avg min: 50.6 -2.4 Coolest: 38 on the 19th. The avg is 5th coolest. Mean: 63.9 +0.02 Precip: 1.32" -2.78 Wettest day: 0.47" on the 25th Met summer total: 5.29" -7.55" Previous low for met summer: 7.24" in 2002 August 2025 featured only our 3rd heat wave, with 91/92/91 on 11-13. (The others are 90/90/91 on August 13-15, 2002 and 91/91/90 on June 25-27, 2003.) It had the greatest available sunshine, 71%, of any month here. (July 2019 with 69% is now 2nd.) The month also was the first August here with no thunderstorms, and met summer had only 2. Next lowest is 5 in 2010. August 2025 also went against the tall minima that's been the usual in recent years, with the 2nd highest average diurnal range of 26.6°, 4.8° AN and tied for 2nd greatest after 1998's 27.8°.

At 3 PM, 36F, 39G47, vis. zero. Hope no climbers (also drivers and Cog passengers) were expecting a view. Just had a quick shower with some gusts into the 20s and temp dropped into the 50s. Had showers at midnight and 8 AM also, probably under 0.2" in total though the MTD is about 1.3".

Might reach 0.05". The many yellow-to-red patches danced around our place without ever getting here.

Since it hasn't begun raining here yet, we've had only the ditty's 2 days of rain this month, though not on consecutive days. Too young to have seen Johnny Sain pitch, but Spahn was a favorite with the big kick, deadly pick-off move and the best screwball since Carl Hubbell. His 16-inning duel with Juan Marichal at age-42 might be the best such game since the dead ball era.

When I was 10-11 yr old, I'd pull poison ivy vines off of trees and out of the ground as it had no effect on me. Then I read that one could suddenly become susceptible and decided to be a bit more careful. I got a very mild P.I. rash about a dozen years ago, but only after spending the morning pulling plants from the embankment behind the church parking lot - filled a 30-gallon garbage bag. Another crisp autumnal day that started in the 40s.

Rain! Had more than expected, with 0.47" just before sunset and another 0.27" between 10:30-11 PM. August total is now 1.02" and met summer 4.99". Driest met summer thru 2024 is 7.24" in 2002. That record is toast. (Max is 23.82" in 2009.)

Reported zero precip to cocorahs for the 24th time this month. We had 0.28" in about 30 minutes on the afternoon of the 17th and about 580 hours this month without a drop.

Maine public lands has had good results from seeding logyards and winter roads just before spring breakup. They can still get to the sites with the 4-wheelers with attached spreaders then and the catch has been satisfactory. Their seed mix isn't lawn grass; it's designed to limit erosion and provide food for wildlife.