Every state’s recordsMaine Weather Records
6 official all-time records
The official all-time extremes for Maine, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 105°F at North Bridgton to -50°F at Big Black River (nr. Saint Pamphile, PQ).
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| -50°F | January 16, 2009 | Big Black River (nr. Saint Pamphile, PQ) | USGS BBRM1 | NS |
The record minimum temperature of -50 degrees F was observed by an automated observing station operated by the US Geological Survey (USGS) at a river gage on the Big Black River near the Canadian border. The data are archived by the USGS, and the validity of the observation was confirmed by the State Climate Extremes Committee. The value also ties observations in NH and VT for the coldest temperature recorded for the Northeast region of the United States.
Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 13.32 inches | October 20, 1996 to October 21, 1996 | Portland | 14764 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 40 inches | December 30, 1962 | Orono | 176430 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 84 inches | February 28, 1969 | Farmington | 172765 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |