Service Hydrologist Caribou National Weather Service
CARIBOU — In Caribou, the highest temperature ever recorded on New Year’s Day was 48 degrees in 1945. The lowest New Year’s Day temperature was -32 degrees in 1972. Normally, the New Year’s Day high temperature averages around 21 degrees while the low temperature averages around 2 degrees. The maximum precipitation recorded on New Year’s Day in Caribou was 1.06 inches in 1969. The most snowfall measured on New Year’s Day, 12.4 inches in 1961. The most snow on the ground for a New Year’s Day, 34.0 inches, was recorded in 1979.
Historically on New Year’s Day in Caribou, there is an average of 0.11 inches of precipitation, 1/1 inches of snow and 12 inches of snow depth. Over the period of record evaluated, there is a 72% 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 97 percent chance of having at least a trace of snow on the ground.
