Arctic high pressure began to build across the region from the overnight hours of the 30th into the 31st. This was the start of an extended interval of extremely cold temperatures which persisted into early January.
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The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
Arctic high pressure began to build across the region from the overnight hours of the 30th into the 31st. This was the start of an extended interval of extremely cold temperatures which persisted into early January. Overnight low temperatures from the 30th into the 31st fell to 10 to 20 below zero across northern areas...with single digits below zero Downeast. High temperatures on the 31st struggled to rise above zero across northern areas...with generally single digits above zero Downeast.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 29, 6:14 PM EST, 23 hours 46 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
15 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
An extended interval of extremely cold temperatures began late December and persisted into early January.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, December 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 488775, 488776, 488777, 488778, 488779, 488780, 488781, 488782, 488783, 488784, 488785, 488786, 488787, 488788, 488789.