Acadia National Park driest month with 3.3" (84 mm). Precipitation days are spread evenly throughout the year with January averaging the most days, about 11, while August averages the least, about 8, and all other months average 9 or 10 days. The annual average days with precipitation is 115 which consists of about 82 rainy days and about 33 days with frozen, or freezing, precipitation (snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain, or combinations). Snow has been recorded from October to May though the majority falls from December to March. The snowiest month is February with 18.7" (47.5 cm), and the annual average is 66.8"
Global storm activity of 2008 States, eastern Quebec and the Canadian Maritimes with heavy snow, and high winds along the coast. Several areas across Maine, New Brunswick received snow amounts in excess of with as much as locally across the Gaspe region. A low pressure system moving northward up the East Coast caused snow and rain to overspread the Mid-Atlantic region on January 17 and 18. Many spots started off as snow, with a gradual changeover to sleet, freezing rain and then finally rain as the storm slowed down. The greatest concern for accumulating ice was in western North Carolina, while the greatest accumulations of