Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in 91±¬ÁÏ Cooperative Extension and the 91±¬ÁÏ Climate Change Institute, spoke to the about the weather highlights of 2022. Birkel told the Sun Journal that the last of the winter snowpack melted earlier than usual on March 8, and a lackluster end to the winter season and below normal precipitation through the spring and summer led to drought conditions across most of the state by late summer. shared the Sun Journal report.
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