Service Hydrologist
Caribou National Weather Service
CARIBOU — Here are some climatological statistics from Caribou (period of record, 1939 to 2007) for the third Monday in January, the day we now observe as the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. In Caribou, the highest temperature ever recorded on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was 48 degrees in 1995. The lowest Martin Luther King, Jr. Day temperature was -28 degrees, first in 1971 and again in 1982. Normally, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day high temperature averages around 19 degrees while the low temperature averages around 0 degrees. The maximum precipitation recorded on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Caribou was 1.58 inches in 1995. The most snow fall measured on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 12.8 inches, was recorded in 2004. The most snow on the ground for a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 36 inches, was recorded first in 1955 and again in 1977.
Historically on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Caribou, there is an average of .17 inches of precipitation, 1.4 inches of snow, and 16 inches of snow depth. Over the period of record evaluated, there is a 76 percent chance of receiving at least a trace of precipitation during the day, a 71 percent chance of receiving at least a trace of snow and a 100 percent chance of having at least a trace of snow on the ground.
