All-time weather records — Caribou, ME

Record high
96.1°F
May 22, 1977
Record low
-41.1°F
February 1, 1955
Wettest day
6.67 in
August 17, 1981

Climate change signal in Caribou

21%

of Caribou's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (77 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
8
12
1950s
43
62
1960s
39
67
1970s
46
78
1980s
46
47
1990s
34
33
2000s
39
42
2010s
56
18
2020s
55
7

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1940-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 53.1°F — Jan 15, 1995 -36.9°F — Jan 16, 2009 1.78 in — Jan 13, 2023
February 59.0°F — Feb 20, 1994 -41.1°F — Feb 1, 1955 2.10 in — Feb 2, 2003
March 75.0°F — Mar 21, 2012 -27.9°F — Mar 2, 2001 2.29 in — Mar 17, 2007
April 86.0°F — Apr 27, 1990 -3.8°F — Apr 6, 2015 1.67 in — Apr 28, 2005
May 96.1°F — May 22, 1977 18.0°F — May 2, 1974 2.15 in — May 18, 1948
June 96.1°F — Jun 19, 2020 30.0°F — Jun 7, 1958 2.14 in — Jun 7, 1952
July 95.0°F — Jul 10, 1955 36.0°F — Jul 7, 1969 3.81 in — Jul 17, 2013
August 95.0°F — Aug 2, 1975 34.0°F — Aug 25, 2003 6.67 in — Aug 17, 1981
September 91.9°F — Sep 1, 2010 23.0°F — Sep 22, 1950 6.21 in — Sep 11, 1954
October 82.9°F — Oct 6, 2025 14.0°F — Oct 19, 1972 4.05 in — Oct 3, 1970
November 75.0°F — Nov 10, 2020 -8.0°F — Nov 30, 1995 2.22 in — Nov 14, 2006
December 60.1°F — Dec 1, 2020 -31.0°F — Dec 30, 1989 2.77 in — Dec 15, 2003

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Caribou.