All-time weather records — Gardiner, ME

Record high
102.9°F
August 2, 1975
Record low
-41.1°F
January 24, 1907
Wettest day
8.28 in
October 30, 1886

Climate change signal in Gardiner

11.7%

of Gardiner's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (43 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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 #
1880s
5
3
1890s
33
12
1900s
33
42
1910s
26
40
1920s
16
44
1930s
27
44
1940s
37
48
1950s
25
36
1960s
20
56
1970s
25
12
1980s
22
15
1990s
24
4
2000s
13
5
2010s
35
3
2020s
25
2

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 1887, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1886-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 4, 1913 -41.1°F — Jan 24, 1907 2.80 in — Jan 14, 1887
February 63.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 -35.0°F — Feb 16, 1943 3.02 in — Feb 13, 1900
March 84.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -23.1°F — Mar 1, 1907 3.48 in — Mar 23, 1994
April 91.9°F — Apr 2, 1998 0.0°F — Apr 2, 1923 4.11 in — Apr 25, 1983
May 99.0°F — May 22, 1911 23.0°F — May 6, 1961 4.62 in — May 1, 2023
June 100.9°F — Jun 3, 1898 30.0°F — Jun 1, 1967 3.62 in — Jun 17, 1974
July 102.0°F — Jul 4, 1911 36.0°F — Jul 8, 1969 5.78 in — Jul 24, 1887
August 102.9°F — Aug 2, 1975 32.0°F — Aug 31, 1965 5.96 in — Aug 20, 1991
September 97.0°F — Sep 3, 1937 21.9°F — Sep 27, 1955 5.76 in — Sep 11, 1954
October 89.1°F — Oct 13, 1930 15.1°F — Oct 21, 1951 8.28 in — Oct 30, 1886
November 77.0°F — Nov 1, 1974 -5.1°F — Nov 29, 1917 4.22 in — Nov 3, 1966
December 66.9°F — Dec 4, 1982 -35.0°F — Dec 30, 1933 4.30 in — Dec 27, 1969

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