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Once you're out of the built-up section of Skowhegan one can roll, slowing for Solon/Bingham and the nasty curves just north of the latter. The road north of there grows some frost heaves as winter goes on but the log trucks run 70+ if the pavement isn't icy. Some truth in the joke about the PQ driver stopped for speeding on the interstate south of WVL. "But officer, the sign says 95 and I was only 5 mph over." After being instructed that it was a route number not a speed limit, he added, "I'm sure glad you didn't catch me on 201!"

Maybe it's precise location, but in my NNJ days only 1960 featured a snowfall that was bigger (way bigger) than moderate during the 1st half of December. 1966 had a 31-32° dump of 7" on 12/13 that was gone in 24 hours but that's probably #2 for 12/1-15 from when I became aware of snowfall size about 1954 until moving north in early 1973.

That 3/18-22/2012 run blew away all time March heat records here, but 3/2010 was 0.64° milder. Early March 2012 we had a -10 morning and then some sub-freezing highs after the heat. March 2010 never got below 11° and featured 28 days with AN temps. Super heat trumped by lack of cold.

Saw 25 at BML. Cloudy and near 40 for the low here unless there was some clearing during the wee hours. And those computer-generated P&C forecasts, while useful, often have false precision - like identifying a one-hour window for snow showers two days out.

We had that set-up installed in April of 2020 after 6-7 outages October-April 19-20, 13KW genny with two 100-gal propane tanks. We were getting too old to continue camping out in our own home. After all those outages that cold season we've run the system very little (of course), 10 hours in late Sept 2020 and little beyond testing otherwise. Would've had a 5-hour run this past April but the close lightning strike a month earlier had ruined the transfer wiring. Took out the indoor DirecTV connection as well. Thankfully not the external wire from the roof-mounted dish. Reminds me of my dad buying a snowblower following the 100"+/three-blizzard 60-61 winter in NNJ. 1961-62 brought maybe 25" with no events above 6". Didn't have a blower-worthy storm until Jan 1964.

Cashes Ledge was reporting 23-24-foot waves this afternoon. Also, Mt. Desert Rock had 50+ kt NE winds while George's Bank was reporting 4-6 kt SE breeze.

Only 10 of my 75 years were in homes w/o a wood-burner - fireplace 1950-71 and wood stoves since mid-May 1977. What else would a forester (or his parents) do?

Not everywhere. The 6.41" I had in Gardiner, Maine is the greatest calendar-day rain I've measured since beginning to observe in 1962. Bob is also the only TC of my experience in which the backside winds G60+) were as strong as frontside, though 95% of the rain came before the switch. (Greatest in 24 hr came August 1971 in NNJ from Doria [5.10" during the wee hours] plus the PRE [3.80'] the day before.)

My 12.10" for May-August doesn't compare?

My cocorahs report of 0.44" this morning pushes the year's total to 30.24", 77% of average. Slight difference.

IDK - ACK hasn't been listed on the hourly obs page from GYX, from at least 8 this AM.

Total for the week so far is 0.57", with 0.11" coming in Monday's WF. Gusts reaching perhaps 30, no leaves to rip off except the oaks and those are still well foliaged. About as GYX forecasted.

After bottoming at 28 before the clouds arrived, yesterday was locked in at 40°. Updated forecast says we get <1" (maybe <0.5") from this coastal. Will probably get the dousing this Saturday as it's the firearms deer season opener for residents. (Two sons of friends punched their tickets last Saturday on Youth Day. )

It's forest certification week for my former agency, and tomorrow one of the audit teams is planning to be down to Cutler tomorrow. Could be a wild trip. On last year's audit we dealt with two 2"+ rain events; looks like a near replay.

Was 31 at 10 last evening with the first wispy clouds in view, then 37 at 7 this AM. Our first frost yesterday was also a freeze - low was 27.

"Normal" weather is merely the average of abnormal weather.

Color me still stupid, as the "normals" are 30-year "averages". However I agree that medians are more valuable than averages, especially in smaller sample sizes.

Unless one is down by the river, AUG's minima on cool/cold nights is one of the least cold in the southern half of the state. Both the Civic Center and the AP are on hills. Finally a frost here, may have dipped under 30. Between 6 and 7 this morning the temp popped up 4-5 degrees as a breeze mixed out the inversion. First frost was 18 days later than the previous latest and at the Farmington co-op (assuming they frosted - very likely) it was the latest by a week in their 129-year POR.

We got our 19-month-old Dudley Lab (yellow Lab with pink nose) on Feb. 4, 2017, through New England Lab Rescue. Her first life was in TX and Maine's reception was less than gentle. From Feb 7 thru the 16th we had storms of 5.2", 4.6", 8.0", 21.0" and 6.2". And the Pi Day blizzard (15.5") was the storm that most scared the poor pooch - had to be dragged off the porch to do her business.

Huh? I think you're a year off. Five years ago we were heading into 2016-17 and my 127.5" is #3 of 23 snow seasons here. Had 21" storms in Dec and Feb plus the Pi-Day blizzard. Did it stink farther west?

Or 26" in 5 hr in the central VA mts from the remains of Camille.

Despite reaching 100", 2010-11 was somewhat disappointing, especially the 12/26 to 1/12 stretch when BGR/WVL/AUG each had 2 blizzard-criteria storms totaling 20-30" while we had marginal WSW events. Barely grazed by the late January storm and low end for Feb 1-2. Far less frustrating (and not as good) than 14-15, but lots of what ifs.

Not as concentrated here - about 6" the holiday weekend, another 4" a week later then 4" more Oct 23-26. 2005 was Maine's wettest year, set at Acadia. Also wettest year at CAR, PWM, Farmington.

I raked last Friday with 90% leaf drop. Leaves were dry and loose, easy to rake and easy to carry. Would be ten times harder after a big rain.

Dryslot won't be very dry. (And neither would I.) Current October precip is 1.15" Only need another 12.94" to match October 2005, my wettest month here.