All-time weather records — Lewiston, ME

Record high
102.0°F
July 4, 1911
Record low
-27.9°F
January 19, 1925
Wettest day
6.48 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Lewiston

0%

of Lewiston's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
47
37
1900s
46
65
1910s
27
64
1920s
20
53
1930s
34
43
1940s
38
19
1950s
18
18
1960s
19
24
1970s
33
13
1980s
37
14
1990s
37
11
2000s
10
5
2010s
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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 1893, the latest in 2002. Period of observation: 1893-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 4, 1950 -27.9°F — Jan 19, 1925 2.49 in — Jan 15, 1940
February 64.9°F — Feb 18, 1981 -27.9°F — Feb 18, 1923 3.34 in — Feb 26, 2010
March 84.9°F — Mar 31, 1998 -18.0°F — Mar 2, 1920 4.36 in — Mar 1, 1896
April 91.0°F — Apr 27, 1990 5.0°F — Apr 2, 1923 3.97 in — Apr 16, 1996
May 100.9°F — May 22, 1911 26.1°F — May 5, 1966 5.06 in — May 17, 1916
June 99.0°F — Jun 29, 1944 34.0°F — Jun 3, 1915 5.97 in — Jun 13, 1998
July 102.0°F — Jul 4, 1911 44.1°F — Jul 5, 1909 4.10 in — Jul 14, 1996
August 100.0°F — Aug 2, 1975 37.0°F — Aug 31, 1965 5.26 in — Aug 20, 1991
September 97.0°F — Sep 3, 1900 28.0°F — Sep 23, 1904 6.48 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 90.0°F — Oct 13, 1930 19.9°F — Oct 28, 1936 4.58 in — Oct 9, 2005
November 75.0°F — Nov 4, 1903 1.9°F — Nov 30, 1917 3.37 in — Nov 1, 1988
December 68.0°F — Dec 23, 1902 -27.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 3.40 in — Dec 17, 1973

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