MONTPELIER, Vt.  — The leaves are coming out on trees, daffodils are starting to bloom and snow was falling in parts of Northern New England, a month before the official start of summer.

The National Weather Service says 3.4 inches was recorded in the northern Maine town of Caribou early Monday, setting a record for the most snow this late in May.

Even more snow — 5 inches — fell in Caswell and New Sweden.

In northern New Hampshire, Pittsburg recorded 2.5 inches while 2 inches of the white stuff fell in the Vermont towns of Middlesex, Hyde Park, and near Pomfret Monday morning.

But the snow was expected to be short-lived. The forecast called for temperatures to rise with rain in northern New Hampshire and Maine.