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Not all that long, had 91 on 5/18/2017. Last one before then was in June 2005. Battery-run indoor-outdoor now 93, but that's the instrument that has read 36 with accumulating snow - probably 87-88 on the max-min. CAR only 1F from their record at 1 PM so I think it's toast. No more bragging about insulating my attic in Fort Kent on the day they hit 96 to tie the record.

That's what the P&C has for CAR. Their low this morning was 65, FVE only got down to 69 - nice high launchpads.

About the most fireflies I've seen out at one time Wednesday evening, and bright as 1st-magnitude stars. Deerflies are here, in small numbers so far, black flies about done and plenty of skeeters.

CAR hottest in the Northeast, as usual. Missed their record by one, another shot today. Had 87/48 here - can't quite hit that 40° diurnal range, with 3 straight days at 39. Sandy River down to 150 cfs, lowest on record for the date. (83 year POR) Previous low was 155 in 1962. Carrabassett is 113, tied for lowest.

My take on subjective ratings includes grades for both temp and snowfall (latter weighted 2X) for each month Oct-May, though 90% of weight comes Dec-Mar. Then I toss in subjectives, like the record run of 1"+ cover in 2018-19 and resultant huge SDDs, or monster storms/cold snaps. Also give extra credit when either monthly temp or snowfall sets a new record at the Farmington co-op with its 127-year POR. Dwarfs my 22 years. Have had 2 each of co-op records, 3/2001 and 4/2007 for snow, 3/2014 and 2/2015 for temp.

I'm at the Augusta office, and would guess it's upper 80s on the instrument at home, next to the big lilac bush.

P&C forecast tomorrow for CAR is 97, which would be their hottest on record. Same P&C forecast, same story for Fort Kent. Dry spell is affecting non-irrigated crops but it likely will be a while before wells and reservoirs have serious issues.

Young crops cooking in the field, like the other gray/brown spot around CAR/PQI.

89/61 noontime at CAR - should be in HI numbers next hour. Need 7° to tie their all-time high. Also 89 at MLT but dews still in the 50s.

True. We moved from NNJ to BGR in January 1973 right after their snowiest December on record, and immediately had 40s when the normal is 20s. Got a moderate snow in late month, quickly extirpated in a torch/deluge, and that was it for real winter. The next winter began with the snow-to-downpour event in mid-Dec that had us with RA+ and 56° while my parents in NNJ were at 15 with IP (and western SNE was hammered by ZR), and 1973-74 was only saved from being BGR's least snowy by post-equinoctal storms. Mid-90s in July 1974 then 102 on Hot Saturday the following summer - never had a real "Maine winter" month until Dec 1975, our last in BGR. The effect didn't carry over to our Jan 1 move to Ft. Kent - the minima for 9th-13th were -33, -36 ,-24, -41, -37.

Berlin co-op (AP doesn't record snowfall, at least as found on Climod2) average for 1981-2010 was 81" ,and 1991-2020 is up to 87", pending OND this year (though it would take a large anomaly to move the 30-yr even 1/2".) Low-snow '80s, will be good to see them off the 30-yr, for snow anyway. 91-20 temps probably a full degree or more above 81-10.

In part because the dews are often lower, northern Maine gets some awesome diurnal ranges. Greatest I've seen without a frontal passage was 86/30 on 5/21/77, the day before CAR hit 96 to tie its all time hottest. (We were a modest 93/60 that day.)

Just missed here: 77/38. Will need mid 80s to make a 40 today and I think we miss by 2-3 degrees.

I'll take the under (by 5°+ at my transpirationally-cooled site.) Farmington co-op hasn't reached upper 90s since 1995 and only that once since Hot Saturday in 1975. I don't expect them to do it this week. You know he loves it.

In NNE about 90% of social distancing was already in place before the term entered our vocabulary.

CAR has reached 96 twice, once in May and once in June. Other than the historic NNE heatwave of July 1911, the big heat there often comes at or before the solstice.

Given your lower (but still decent) elevation, I'd expect 80-90% of the Randolph observer's total at your place. Not too shabby.

That cocorahs observer is up at about 1750'. And the past 2 winters illustrate what mreaves posted - not just that 60 vs 39 max depth, but some 5150 SDDs in 18-19 vs 2815 this past winter. Takes some crummy retention to have 10" less snow but 2500 fewer SDDs.

We began to wonder if the birds were being directed by the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock.

Our hummingbird feeder has had a lot of activity, including one bird that comes close to sunset, which we found surprisingly late in the day. Thought the little critters were midday feeders. 3 years ago a partridge killed itself on our picture window, a year after we had replaced the 40+ year old one, which probably would've been broken by the impact. No damage to the new one, and our first partridge dinner in years.

Downy and hairy woodpeckers, various thrushes and finches. So far the blue jays have not participated.

Looks like it. Sandy River at 190 cfs, 25th percentile 310, record low 131 so it's probably about 10th percentile. 22 years ago the flow was 22,900. Odd question - anyone else having an abnormally high number of bird strikes on their windows? It's probably 5X the usual this month, a lot on the north side of the house where we're still putting out suet for the woodpeckers (and the hogging blue jays) but also on east and south sides. Haven't had any that failed to fly away, yet.

Hope they hadn't set out their tomatoes yet. Glad the air kept moving a little overnight here, keeping temps 40+. 2 June frosts are more than enough.

Another little impulse after early sun. Nice cool breeze though it's not affecting the swarms of mosquitos. Makes the house a bit chilly and we don't want to close everything up as our dog met with a skunk last evening - critter only fired a warning shot rather than the whole load but it doesn't take much to remain quite redolent. Kinda hope the clouds hang around overnight (as currently forecast.) With today's max in the low 60s, clear skies and calm air would bring us well down into the 30s even with the short night.

Agree. Water table is still fine, even though the nearby Sandy River is running well below 25th percentile. It's the top layer of soil that's dry, and that's a pain for gardeners like me who began planting in mid-late May, so the tiny plants haven't reached far below that dusty top 2". (And given the 27 here on June 1, very glad I delayed.) Seems like it's often dry when the garden is started here, just like it always turned cold and windy when I started the garden in Fort Kent. The one year I held off putting out tomatoes and peppers until June's 2nd weekend it snowed on 6/9. Always an adventure.