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That would be a real stretch here, as benchmark-track storms are usually whiffs or grazes. The big midwinter wind/rain events like Jan 10 & 13, 2024 come with lows a lot closer. The forecast 1/2-1" rain is a no show - now it's progged for >0.1".

GYX has been consistently showing slightly AN for next week, except for Monday's rain. 45 this morning, coolest since June 17. August is still +3, however.

My guess is no, as their lowest is 21.4" in 1954-55. However, 1997-98 is missing and might've been a candidate for lowest.

September has been the sunniest month here, and August the 2nd most. (Least sunny is Dec, 2nd Nov - to no one's surprise.)

The Maine Public Lands "peer review" field trip was Tues/Wed in the woods south from MLT, and we saw very few mosquitos, black flies, almost no deer flies (thankfully). Had 0.22" from a 'probable' TS yesterday about 3 PM. We were meeting family in Hallowell at the time, but when we got home about 4 we noted that our thunderphobic Lab mix had been hiding in the bathroom.

Some echoes passed overhead but nothing reached the ground. 1.83" this month so far, a bit AN.

We probably step off the summer plateau on Wednesday. After 42 days (July 1 thru tomorrow) with our mean between 65 and 66, August 12 is likely to be 64.xy, as the long slide begins. (The equivalent winter bottom is much shorter - the period within 1° F of the current coldest, 13.55°, is only 12 days, January 18-29.)

Haven't had any of those all year, maybe not since 2024. We used to have 3-4 TS with strikes 3 seconds distant or closer every summer.

0.34" by 7 AM, a couple cents after, now some humid PC. One distant rumble, as lightning continues to stay a great distance away. Maybe we hear something closer this afternoon?

Puffy Cu just coming into view.

It came on 1/14 in 2007 - mild and 11" thru the 13th (avg is 32"), cold (mostly) and 84" after (avg is 56").

July 17-30 here was 3.4° BN. I'm guessing that most of New England was normal or BN during those 2 weeks.

That's what it feels like here - the drier air blew in behind that juicy-looking band of downpours last evening. That band split a few miles to my west, and we got a meager 0.08". Friends 20 miles northwest had closer to 2". Fortunately, the morning rain dropped 0.98", best drink since mid June.

My guess to your query - near continuous cold and most storms not having mid-level warm tongues to wreck aggregates and/or changing P-type. We had some rain, not a lot, but almost no mixed precip or rimed flakes. February 2026 was our driest with 0.76", but it was 100% snow, 12.5" for a 16.4-to-1 ratio. Without looking thru the data, I can't recall any month that had nothing but flakes. Oddly, 2020-21 was our lowest ratio at 7.08. It was our 2nd least snow, ahead of only 15-16, and almost every snowfall either had mix or was cornmeal. The season's biggest storm, 9.5" on 2/2, was the latter, 1.32" of teeny flakes, ratio 7.2-to-1.

July 2026 numbers: Avg max: 76.6 0.3 AN Hottest day, 87 on the 2nd Avg min: 55.6 0.7 AN Coolest day, 46 on the 24th Mean: 66.6 0.5 AN Precip: 2.20" 1.72" BN Wettest day, 0.67" on the 22nd. After having 6 days with thunder in June, we had only one in July, tying 2010 and 2023 for the lowest. July '26 temps were +10 during the first 4 days and -1 on the next 27. The month had 2 noteworthy events, first being the HHH of 1-3, upper 80s (avoiding 90+ thanks to the trees) with low 70s TD. 2nd was the brief squall on the 16th. It dropped 1/4" in 5 minutes with gusts approaching 50 mph and cut the power, causing our on-demand generator to run for 7.4 hours.