Monday, March 31, 2008

Then there’s this report from
Caribou, Maine.

Northern Maine sets snowfall record

It’s official. The 2007-08 snow season in northern Maine is one for the record books. Just in time for the start of spring.

The old record of 181.1 inches of snow recorded in Caribou, set in 1955, was shattered by noontime Friday when the National Weather Service in Caribou recorded 182.5 inches of snow since the start of the season.

It didn’t stop there.

…By Friday afternoon close to 15 inches of snow had fallen in central Aroostook County and a blizzard warning was still in effect from the National Weather Service.


While you’ve got 14 feet (168 inches) recorded in Ottawa, the folks in Maine had over a foot more and while Ottawa may be getting rain and freezing rain today, it’ll be naught but snow in Caribou. (Not too much according to the forecast, just an inch or two. But an inch here and an inch there and pretty soon you’ve got some real snow.)

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