All-time weather records — Belfast, ME

Record high
98.1°F
July 19, 1946
Record low
-27.9°F
January 14, 1957
Wettest day
8.65 in
October 1, 2015

Climate change signal in Belfast

5.7%

of Belfast's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1890s
·
·
1900s
9
59
1940s
55
36
1950s
54
46
1960s
42
45
1970s
64
42
1980s
31
54
1990s
45
34
2000s
27
23
2010s
27
24
2020s
12
3

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 1901, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 4, 1950 -27.9°F — Jan 14, 1957 3.40 in — Jan 5, 1992
February 64.9°F — Feb 24, 2022 -27.9°F — Feb 2, 1962 6.70 in — Feb 21, 1898
March 82.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 -18.0°F — Mar 4, 1950 4.65 in — Mar 10, 1903
April 84.9°F — Apr 29, 2009 10.0°F — Apr 4, 1954 4.77 in — Apr 28, 2005
May 95.0°F — May 22, 1992 21.9°F — May 3, 1966 3.54 in — May 17, 1948
June 96.1°F — Jun 10, 1984 33.1°F — Jun 3, 1945 3.80 in — Jun 20, 2009
July 98.1°F — Jul 19, 1946 43.0°F — Jul 8, 1902 5.20 in — Jul 13, 1996
August 98.1°F — Aug 5, 1955 35.1°F — Aug 30, 1982 3.42 in — Aug 1, 1985
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1945 24.1°F — Sep 14, 1955 5.61 in — Sep 6, 1896
October 87.1°F — Oct 1, 1950 17.1°F — Oct 31, 1904 8.65 in — Oct 1, 2015
November 73.0°F — Nov 1, 1974 1.9°F — Nov 24, 1989 4.60 in — Nov 3, 1966
December 64.9°F — Dec 5, 1982 -27.0°F — Dec 26, 1980 3.58 in — Dec 17, 1973

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