Caribou, ME: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 13.7°F in Caribou, ME, the warmest winter since 2025, 42nd warmest of 86.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 13.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 42nd warmest of 86
Precipitation: 5.88 in; Driest since 2002; 17th driest of 86

A normal winter in Caribou, ME (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 14.9°F, between 11.5°F and 18°F in eight years of ten and 8.90 in of precipitation, between 6.54 in and 11.69 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Caribou, ME since 1941: 13.7°F in 2026; the highest is 21.8°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 11.5 to 18°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Caribou, ME from 1939 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	13.7	42	22.3	48	5.1	37	5.88	70	0
2025	17	16	25.3	17	8.7	13	8.67	30	0
2024	21.8	1	30.2	1	13.3	3	7.01	57	0
2023	19.5	5	27.8	4	11.1	6	12.03	4	0
2022	14.2	36	24.1	28	4.3	43	9.35	25	0
2021	20.8	4	28.4	3	13.2	4	8.03	42	0
2020	17.9	7	27.2	5	8.7	13	8.47	34	0
2019	12.9	52	22.8	44	3	61	12.33	3	0
2018	14.8	31	24	30	5.5	34	11.62	5	0
2017	17	16	26	12	8	18	9.82	19	0
2016	21.6	2	29.6	2	13.6	2	10.35	15	0
2015	11.5	67	20.4	74	2.5	63	9.98	17	0
2014	12.6	57	21	64	4.2	47	9.80	20	0
2013	16.9	19	25.7	14	8.1	17	8.44	35	0
2012	17.6	9	26.7	8	8.6	16	9.00	27	0
2011	17.6	9	25.3	17	9.9	8	9.44	23	0
2010	21	3	27.2	5	14.8	1	7.05	56	0
2009	11.7	65	22	52	1.4	72	10.63	13	0
2008	13.3	45	23	40	3.5	55	12.62	1	0
2007	15.2	27	24.1	28	6.4	29	6.54	62	0
2006	17.3	13	25.1	22	9.5	9	12.46	2	0
2005	12.6	57	21.9	53	3.2	59	8.36	37	0
2004	13.2	47	21.8	56	4.6	39	7.17	55	0
2003	10.1	76	19.2	79	1	74	7.40	49	0
2002	19.3	6	27.1	7	11.6	5	5.30	78	0
2001	12.8	54	21.7	58	3.9	48	7.20	54	0
2000	16	24	24.8	24	7.1	26	8.66	31	0
1999	16.4	22	26.2	10	6.6	27	6.54	62	0
1998	16.3	23	25.2	20	7.5	22	9.51	22	0
1997	16.6	20	25.6	16	7.5	22	9.84	18	0
1996	13.1	49	21.8	56	4.3	43	8.53	33	0
1995	15	29	23.6	33	6.5	28	11.31	7	0
1994	8.8	82	18.4	83	-0.7	81	9.06	26	0
1993	11	72	20	76	2	66	5.86	72	0
1992	11.6	66	20.8	68	2.3	64	8.54	32	0
1991	14.2	36	24.5	25	3.9	48	8.79	29	0
1990	10.8	74	21	64	0.6	77	7.55	48	0
1989	12.2	62	23	40	1.5	69	4.31	82	0
1988	14.8	31	24	30	5.7	32	8.00	44	0
1987	12.9	52	21.9	53	3.8	52	4.28	83	0
1986	12	64	22.4	47	1.5	69	8.23	40	0
1985	13.4	44	22.3	48	4.6	39	6.76	59	0
1984	14.4	34	23.3	36	5.5	34	10.17	16	0
1983	17.5	12	26.3	9	8.7	13	7.23	53	0
1982	12.8	54	21.7	58	3.9	48	8.44	35	0
1981	13.6	43	23	40	4.3	43	6.81	58	0
1980	14.9	30	23.5	34	6.2	31	5.42	75	0
1979	14.1	38	21.9	53	6.4	29	9.75	21	0
1978	13.1	49	20.5	73	5.6	33	8.95	28	0
1977	8.8	82	19.1	80	-1.5	84	11.04	10	0
1976	9.8	80	20.8	68	-1.2	82	10.99	11	0
1975	13.2	47	23.1	38	3.4	57	6.42	66	0
1974	13.8	40	23.8	32	3.9	48	11.23	8	0
1973	9.9	78	19.9	77	-0.1	80	10.77	12	0
1972	8.8	82	19.8	78	-2.2	85	6.16	67	0
1971	9.9	78	18.9	81	0.9	75	6.45	65	0
1970	13.3	45	22.3	48	4.3	43	5.99	69	0
1969	17	16	25.1	22	8.8	12	9.41	24	0
1968	11.2	70	20.7	71	1.7	68	8.26	39	1
1967	14.3	35	23.3	36	5.2	36	6.15	68	0
1966	16	24	24.5	25	7.4	24	5.11	79	0
1965	12.3	61	21.3	63	3.4	57	6.52	64	0
1964	12.6	57	21.4	62	3.7	53	3.94	84	0
1963	12.2	62	21.7	58	2.6	62	7.86	45	0
1962	13	51	22.5	46	3.5	55	5.39	76	0
1961	10.9	73	21	64	0.8	76	6.75	60	0
1960	17.7	8	25.3	17	10	7	8.23	40	0
1959	8	86	18.4	83	-2.4	86	4.59	81	0
1958	17.6	9	25.9	13	9.3	10	10.60	14	0
1957	10.3	75	20.1	75	0.5	78	5.11	79	0
1956	15.3	26	22.9	43	7.7	21	5.65	73	0
1955	15.1	28	22.7	45	7.4	24	11.39	6	0
1954	16.5	21	25.2	20	7.9	20	8.01	43	0
1953	17.3	13	25.7	14	8.9	11	7.27	51	0
1952	13.8	40	23.1	38	4.4	42	7.26	52	0
1951	17.1	15	26.1	11	8	18	11.12	9	0
1950	14.1	38	23.5	34	4.6	39	7.39	50	0
1949	14.7	33	24.3	27	5	38	7.63	47	0
1948	8.5	85	18.4	83	-1.4	83	3.15	85	0
1947	12.7	56	22.1	51	3.2	59	8.32	38	0
1946	10.1	76	18.8	82	1.2	73	5.65	73	1
1945	11.5	67	20.6	72	2.3	64	7.86	45	0
1944	11.1	71	20.8	68	1.5	69	2.38	86	0
1943	9.2	81	18.2	86	0.2	79	5.35	77	0
1942	12.5	60	21.5	61	3.6	54	5.87	71	1
1941	11.5	67	21	64	1.9	67	6.71	61	0
1940									25
1939									46

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	21.8
2016	21.6
2010	21
2021	20.8
2023	19.5
2002	19.3
2020	17.9
1960	17.7
2012	17.6
2011	17.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1959	8
1948	8.5
1994	8.8
1977	8.8
1972	8.8
1943	9.2
1976	9.8
1973	9.9
1971	9.9
2003	10.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2008	12.62
2006	12.46
2019	12.33
2023	12.03
2018	11.62
1955	11.39
1995	11.31
1974	11.23
1951	11.12
1977	11.04

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	2.38
1948	3.15
1964	3.94
1987	4.28
1989	4.31
1959	4.59
1966	5.11
1957	5.11
2002	5.30
1943	5.35

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 52°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -19°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 29 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 5.88 in of precipitation in Caribou, ME, the driest winter since 2002, 17th driest of 86.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Caribou, ME: 52°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Caribou, ME: a low of -19°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Caribou, ME: 0.75 in on Monday 29 December 2025.