CARIBOU, Maine — Summer-like weather seems to want to hang on for a bit longer in northern Maine, where Wednesday’s high of 74 broke a record set in 1956.
“A southerly flow of mild air ahead of a frontal system allowed temperatures to moderate,” Tim Duda, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Caribou, said Wednesday afternoon. “But that will be coming to an end in a few days.”
Caribou passed the record high just before noon Wednesday, breaking the old record of 71-degrees on this date nearly 60 years ago.
Despite the fact temperatures will cool down a bit, Duda said, they will remain above the mid-50s more typical for this time of year.
“We are going to be cooling off as we go into tomorrow,” he said. “But it will still be above normal [Thursday] and Friday.”
With a midday high of 73 Wednesday, Houlton was poised to tie or break its 74-degree record set in 1956, Duda said.
With temperatures only making it to the high 60s, there was no chance Bangor would break its 85-degree record for this date fall, he added.
But things are set to change, Duda said, with heavy rain moving into the state Friday.
And things will really change in northern Maine on Sunday.
“There is the potential for snow showers Sunday night or Monday morning especially across the north,” he said. “If you have wood to bring in, the time to do it is now.”
