All-time weather records — Bangor, ME

Record high
102.0°F
August 2, 1975
Record low
-29.9°F
February 2, 1962
Wettest day
5.98 in
September 11, 1954

Climate change signal in Bangor

18.9%

of Bangor's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (69 of 366 records since 2015).

14.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (53 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1950s
28
29
1960s
34
65
1970s
35
66
1980s
47
34
1990s
74
47
2000s
50
58
2010s
55
46
2020s
43
21

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1953, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1953-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 6, 2007 -29.0°F — Jan 22, 2005 2.49 in — Jan 24, 2019
February 64.9°F — Feb 23, 2022 -29.9°F — Feb 2, 1962 1.88 in — Feb 25, 1969
March 84.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -16.1°F — Mar 2, 2001 2.52 in — Mar 17, 2007
April 91.9°F — Apr 27, 1990 7.0°F — Apr 4, 1954 4.40 in — Apr 17, 1983
May 96.1°F — May 22, 1992 25.0°F — May 2, 2008 2.41 in — May 26, 2005
June 98.1°F — Jun 24, 2025 34.0°F — Jun 4, 2002 4.21 in — Jun 19, 2009
July 99.0°F — Jul 14, 1995 41.0°F — Jul 7, 1969 3.48 in — Jul 9, 2021
August 102.0°F — Aug 2, 1975 39.0°F — Aug 25, 1978 3.67 in — Aug 19, 1965
September 97.0°F — Sep 9, 2002 23.0°F — Sep 29, 2000 5.98 in — Sep 11, 1954
October 86.0°F — Oct 16, 1968 17.2°F — Oct 29, 2024 3.98 in — Oct 8, 2005
November 75.0°F — Nov 6, 2024 1.0°F — Nov 24, 1989 5.10 in — Nov 25, 1983
December 64.9°F — Dec 4, 1982 -23.8°F — Dec 31, 2017 4.08 in — Dec 13, 1983

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Bangor.