Maine, 2023Heat in Maine, July 6, 2023
July 6, 2023 · NWS CAR · 9 events in 9 counties and zones
High pressure at the surface and aloft brought hot temperatures and high dew points to the region during the 6th. across much of northern and eastern Maine.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
High pressure at the surface and aloft brought hot temperatures and high dew points to the region during the 6th. Afternoon temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s...across much of northern and eastern Maine. Heat Index values generally ranged from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to 105.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 8:07 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 8:07 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 6, 10:44 AM EST, 16 minutes before
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</html>Heat, Northeast Aroostook
- When
- July 6, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northeast Aroostook forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s. This combination produced Heat Index values generally ranging from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to around 105.
Heat, Northern Penobscot
- When
- July 6, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Penobscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s. This combination produced Heat Index values generally ranging from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to around 105.
Heat, Southeast Aroostook
- When
- July 6, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Aroostook forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s. This combination produced Heat Index values generally ranging from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to around 105.
Heat, Central Penobscot
- When
- July 6, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Central Penobscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s. This combination produced Heat Index values generally ranging from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to around 105.
Heat, Northern Washington
- When
- July 6, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s. This combination produced Heat Index values generally ranging from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to around 105.
Heat, Southern Penobscot
- When
- July 6, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Penobscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s. This combination produced Heat Index values generally ranging from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to around 105.
Heat, Interior Hancock
- When
- July 6, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Hancock forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s. This combination produced Heat Index values generally ranging from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to around 105.
Heat, Central Washington
- When
- July 6, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Central Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s. This combination produced Heat Index values generally ranging from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to around 105.
Heat, Southern Piscataquis
- When
- July 6, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to around 90...with dew points from the upper 60s to lower 70s. This combination produced Heat Index values generally ranging from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees...locally up to around 105.
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1120571, 1120572, 1120575, 1120576, 1120577, 1120579, 1120580, 1120582, 1120583.