The Maine Climate Office is an excellent resource for climate and weather data curated by Dr. Sean Birkel, the Maine State Climatologist. Join us to learn how to navigate the website and use the temperature, precipitation, drought, and climate models for crop production decision making.
Dr. Sean Birkel is an Assistant Extension Professor at the University of Maine with a joint appointment to Cooperative Extension and the Climate Change Institute. Birkel is also the Maine State Climatologist, a role in which he provides climate and weather information to Maine stakeholders to facilitate decision-making and planning. Birkel also serves on the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Maine Climate Council. As a researcher, Birkel is interested in climate variability and modeling, and he is the developer of a widely used data visualization website, climateReanalyzer.org.
For more information or a reasonable accommodation, please contact Peyton Ginakes, at 207.933.2100, Ext. 107 or peyton.ginakes@maine.edu.