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5 hours ago, vortex95 said:

The deepening rate of the storm was incredible.  BOS recorded min pressure of 965 mb.

I think 955 mb is the record non-TC pressure for New England, set at BID 3/7/1932.

Bliz of 93 peaked at 960 mb over Mid-Atlantic and filled a bit to 963 once over SNE.

For eastern US it's probably the Cleveland Crusher in Jan 1978.  IIRC, that reached low 950s.

7 hours ago, vortex95 said:

What about something like this?  G103mph at DE-lux-BURY MA (that's your nickname for the location, not mine!) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2021_nor'easter|

G113 mph Truro MA.  That's among the highest gusts ev-A recorded at sea level in a nor'easter in New England.  Probably the 2/2/1976 one had gusts this high on the ME coast (the one that flooded downtown BGR).  And of course, @CoastalWx fav -- Dec 9, 2005 ("what's that roar noise outside?" -- said by Scott waking up in the aftn in GHG!).
 

Southwest Harbor (Penobscot Bay) recorded a gust of 115 mph in that storm.  The 957 mb reading at CAR that day is a contender for lowest pressure in New England from a non-tropical storm.  At Fort Kent we had 1.5" of rain plus 0.5" flurries with wind gusting to 50 and temp 46/-11.  At 1 PM it was 44, 4 PM 14, 6 PM -6.  By the next day the ice holes on most roads were awesome.

5 hours ago, vortex95 said:

Sometimes quite localized areas get repeatedly hammered.  Looks at just RI, ern MA, an Downeast ME Jan-Feb 2015.  It was relentless!  But regarding snowstorms and the synoptic scale, the odds of them all just whaling on this small part of New England for 6 weeks? That's pretty incredible, YET it happened!

Pack at Machias (20' asl) reached 74" in March 2015, likely a top-10 depth in Maine records, and by far tops for saltwater shoreline sites.  

August numbers:
Avg max:   76.2   +1.4    Warmest, 87 on the 6th
Avg min:    54.9   +1.7    Coolest, 43 on the 31st
Mean:        65.5   +1.5
Met summer:  64.6    +1.2    6th warmest of 29

Precip:   2.46"    -1.58"   Wettest day, 1.05" on the 3rd

Like July, August 2026 started very warm then spent the rest of the month near normal.
Days 1-11 were 4.4° AN, had the 6 warmest days and had 1.83" rain
Days 12-31 were 0.2° AN, had no days warmer than 78 and had only 0.63" rain.

20 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

That spring and summer climate is generally brutal . Ocean temps prohibit swimming and now it’s a huge drought area 

This from one who goes running in shorts at sub-50 temps.
During my first visit to Maine (Boothbay Harbor/Spruce Head 1952) I went ocean swimming any time I could get a parent down to the shore to play lifeguard.  Of course, 6-year-olds don't care about water temps until they turn blue.    When we lived in Gardiner we had a number of visits to Popham or Reid State Parks where I did some body surfing.  I will admit that I've only once found Maine salt water that was actually warm, near Otter Cliffs at Acadia on Hot Saturday (8/2/75) when BHB touched 100.

It’s typically chilly with temps in the 60’s / 70’s. Water temps in 50’s .Why would anyone want or like that in the summer at the beach ? 

Maybe at Cutler Harbor.  Midcoast and points south usually reach ocean temp in the mid-60s.

7 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

The Maine coast. It’s a horrific climate for warmth and summer lovers ..and now rain 

Pit2 is about 33 miles NE from PWM and 15 miles up the Kennebec estuary, which is mostly fresh water that far up - only when all the rivers feeding Merrymeeting Bay are very low does muc salt gets there.  PWM is 2 miles from Casco Bay, and its 1991-2020 norm is 69".  2001-30 so far is 65", both close to ORH.  Pit2 probably gets 5-10" more than the Jetport, though I'm not sure it beats ORH for retention.

7 hours ago, dendrite said:

61 years ago right now we were advecting in, arguably, our coldest August airmass in recorded history. 

PWM touched 33 on August 31.  Next coldest August temp is 38.  MWN had a couple inches of snow.

3 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

 

How can you look at all modeling for next week and think Stein? It could rain several days . 

Maybe it's because we've had 2-3 flood watches over the past 15 days and have had only 0.18" over that period?

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

I honestly cannot recall a more boring summer. Been great weather overall, just boring AF. At least locally.

Fitting, as it follows the biggest bundle of meh that was 2025, probably the most boring since moving here in 1998.  Maybe 1991 or 92 in Gardiner was equally meh, or 1973, our first year in Maine.  (NNJ had an even higher meh rate, of course - at least since the 1956-61 pile of big snowstorms.)

5 hours ago, dendrite said:

Looks like another dry cold fropa.

Huge COC tomorrow. Dews well into the 40s up here. Dare I say fall-like in the morning?

Of course, though we got all of 0.03" last evening, along with a near miss TS that terrorized our dog.  We've had 5 rain events in the past 2 weeks for a grand total of 0.18".   drip, drip, drip

The 2 most recent events that promised widespread rain (a couple days prior to each) totaled 0.15" here, so I'm not very optimistic for today/tomorrow.  Probably just enough clouds to block our view of the lunar eclipse.  We're about 1-for-10 on lunars, usually due to clouds but sometimes because we don't care to get up at 2 AM to watch.  This one peaks here shortly after midnight.

Reported measurable precip to Cocorahs each of 8/23,24,25.  Unfortunately, those 3 "rainy" days totaled 0.04".  drip, drip, drip

1 hour ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Looking forward to your posts in the NNE winter thread because if you say this in January the SNE weenies may march on your town with cannon and torches.  

Remember to turn right after crossing the Sandy River.  (Currently known as the Sandy Rock Garden)

17 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I don't think we particularly prone because baseline assumptions aren't high...everyone excepts at least one month of like +8....

Jan 2023 was 9° AN here, our mildest of 28 Januarys, and it had 29.9" snow (avg 20.2") and 101.2" total (avg 88.4").  Different ENSO (mod Nina) but the next winter was mod Nino, our mildest met winter (22-23 was 2nd mildest), and had 99".  Sometimes it's nice to be north.

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

98% of New England definitely has been flaccid. 

Our TS days in July/August has averaged a bit over 7.  2025+26 has totaled only 5 and nothing of note.

Our weekend was sunless until just before sunset yesterday as the earlier forecasts of 60-70% PoP declined to 30-40%.  Total 2-day precip:  0.03".   

0.02" overnight, just enough to wet the grass.

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Mine had 240k before it reached its last leg.

My 2011 Ranger's automatic transmission broke last summer.  Then I learned that 2009-11 Rangers with 2.3 engine and auto tranny tended to break at about 150k.  Mine broke at 163+, and all those broken transmissions made replacements rarer than hen's teeth, with a huge price attached.  Sold it to someone who wanted the engine (which still ran just fine).  Would love to find another, as I've driven the little trucks since 1994.  5-speed preferred.

Forecast here has revised the 60-70% PoPs to 40%.  Maybe we get the grass wet.

17 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

They kept asking where’s the torch and we’ve been telling them everyday. It’s been here all month everywhere  and continues to ramp up !

First 10 days this month were +4.5.  Since then we've been a bit BN.  That ramp has been pretty flat so far.

17 hours ago, dendrite said:

And everyone is already +2 to +4 MTD. People have forgotten what a normal month feels like. CON’s record for tomorrow is 34° in 1982. That doesn’t even seem possible today.

+2 MTD here and today should pull it down a couple tenths.  3 of the 7 months this year were BN and the 7-month average is right at my norms (June 1998-on).

Not much optimism for significant rain this weekend.

GYX discussions seemed promising for the weekend but as is often the case, the forecast is "less than a tenth of an inch possible" (which usually verifies).

Sandy River is down to 77 cfs, well below the 25% level.  Median is 157.

2 hours ago, kdxken said:

Waste of a summer weekend. 

 

Cloudy weekend, just enough rain to keep the bushes wet but far too little to water the garden.  Lose-lose.

39 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Cherry picking again. I had 2.8 in June, 2.22 Aug and 6.98 Jul. it’s been two very dry months and one wet month that came mainly in two events .Your charts as usual don’t show the full story .  It’s dry 

That's 12.0" for June 1 thru August 18, probably normal or slightly AN for that period in your neighborhood.

August is imitating July a bit.
July 1-4:  +10.3;   5th on:  -1.0;    Month total:  +0.5
Aug 1-9:   +4.7;   10th-18th:  -0.4;     1-18:  +2.2

I'm guessing August will finish in the +1/+2 range.

11 hours ago, weathafella said:

I actually would love to see a big benchmark track in mid winter with wind and rain everywhere in New England.  The head explosions would be worth the price of admission.  I don’t consider myself a mean person but I do have an evil bone at times….

That would be a real stretch here, as benchmark-track storms are usually whiffs or grazes.  The big midwinter wind/rain events like Jan 10 & 13, 2024 come with lows a lot closer.

The forecast 1/2-1" rain is a no show - now it's progged for >0.1".

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Looks slightly above to above normal thru the 31st. The coming week cool vanished. Something to keep in mind moving forward 

GYX has been consistently showing slightly AN for next week, except for Monday's rain.

45 this morning, coolest since June 17.  August is still +3, however.

On 8/13/2026 at 3:32 PM, H2Otown_WX said:

You think ORH has a sub 10" seasonal total in the next 20 years?

My guess is no, as their lowest is 21.4" in 1954-55.  However, 1997-98 is missing and might've been a candidate for lowest.