Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for December 2019 – February 2020. Dated March 2020.
Winter temperatures were as much as 4°C (7°F) above normal. Winter precipitation ranged from 50% of normal to 150% of normal. In Nova Scotia, this winter ranked among the ten driest for the Greenwood and Truro areas.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for September – November 2018. Dated December 2018.
Autumn temperatures ranged from 2°C (4°F) below normal to near normal for most of the region. Autumn precipitation generally ranged from 75% of normal in northern New Brunswick to 200% of normal in southeastern Massachusetts.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for June – August 2018. Dated September 2018.
Summer temperatures were near normal to 2°C (4°F) above normal. Caribou, ME, had its warmest summer on record. Summer precipitation ranged from 50% to 150% of normal.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for March – May 2018. Dated June 2018.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for December 2017 – February 2018. Dated March 2018.
The first significant storm of the season, on December 9-10, brought 15 to 30 cm (5.9 to 11.8 in.) of snow to parts of New Brunswick. Several thousand customers lost power there. The storm was mainly a rain event over Nova Scotia with up to 70 mm (2.8 in.) over Cape Breton.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for September – November 2017. Dated December 2017.
During autumn, moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions generally improved in New England and New Brunswick but were variable in Nova Scotia and P.E.I. See Impacts section for details.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for June – August 2017. Dated September 2017.
Summer was characterized by high variability in temperature, rainfall, and weather events. Moderate drought developed in portions of Maine and the Maritimes, while parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire had several heavy rain events. There were multiple severe thunderstorm and flash flooding events throughout the
summer.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for December 2016 – February 2017. Dated March 2017.
Drought conditions lingered but slowly improved during winter in New England and parts of the Maritimes. By early January, extreme drought had eased in eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire. By late January, severe drought had eased in eastern Massachusetts and Maine, while moderate drought had eased in New Brunswick and much of Nova Scotia. Conditions continued to improve in Maine during February. See Impacts section for more details.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for September – November 2016. Dated December 2016.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for June – August 2016. Dated September 2016.