February 04, 2009
Maine News
January is third-coldest in Caribou
CARIBOU -- Last month went down as the third coldest January on record in the northern Maine city of Caribou and the fifth coldest in Bangor.
The National Weather Service says Caribou's average temperature for the month was 2.5 degrees. The only colder Januarys were in 1994, when it averaged minus 0.7 degree, and 1957, when it was 1.3 degree.
Bangor's average temperature for the month was 10.1 degrees -- nearly 8 degrees below normal.
According to the weather service, Portland had its 17th coldest January in 69 years of record-keeping. For the month, the average temperature was 17.5 degrees, which was 4.2 degrees below normal.
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