BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 24, 2023
Spring is the reward for making it through a Maine winter. Sadly, the transition time is as notorious as it is inevitable: mud season. Thanks to climate change, mudpocalypses could become the norm starting earlier and lasting longer, according to Sean Birkel, state climatologist at the University of Maine. Extreme weather events with wildly fluctuating temperatures are becoming increasingly common and leaving a muddy wake in their path. Fortunately, mud season is not forever. Eventually things will warm up and the combination of sun and wind will create dryer conditions.