Portland Weather in 1896

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1896 based on NOAA data.

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1896 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 12
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 11
Lowest daily high	3 °F	January 6
Most daily precipitation	5.3 inches	September 6
Most daily snow	5.9 inches	December 16
Total annual precipitation	45.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	78.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1896?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1896 was 92 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1896

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 12
1	92 °F	May 10
3	90 °F	Aug 12
3	90 °F	Jul 13
3	90 °F	Jun 20
6	89 °F	Aug 11
6	89 °F	Jul 10
8	88 °F	Aug 4
8	88 °F	Jul 2
8	88 °F	Jul 1

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1896?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1896 was -13 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1896

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	February 17
1	-13 °F	January 6
3	-8 °F	February 18
4	-5 °F	January 7
5	-4 °F	February 16
6	-2 °F	January 5
7	1 °F	February 22
8	3 °F	December 27
8	3 °F	February 26
8	3 °F	January 29

January 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 2	37	24	0.00	0.0
January 3	43	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 4	n/a	6	0.00	0.0
January 5	9	-2	0.00	0.0
January 6	3	-13	0.00	0.0
January 7	12	-5	0.00	0.0
January 8	21	5	0.01	0.1
January 9	18	10	0.27	2.7
January 10	24	14	0.28	2.8
January 11	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	10	0.10	1.0
January 13	32	22	0.04	0.4
January 14	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 15	27	13	0.00	0.0
January 16	27	4	0.00	0.0
January 17	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 18	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 19	27	22	0.00	0.0
January 20	22	14	0.00	0.0
January 21	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	29	22	0.02	0.2
January 23	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	18	0.22	2.2
January 25	28	25	0.96	2.9
January 26	30	25	0.10	1.0
January 27	33	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 28	n/a	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	21	3	0.00	0.0
January 30	35	18	0.00	0.0
January 31	27	15	0.00	0.0

February 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	18	0.32	2.6
February 2	33	22	0.04	0.0
February 3	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 4	27	20	0.00	0.0
February 5	31	22	0.03	0.3
February 6	37	29	1.98	0.8
February 7	44	36	0.50	0.0
February 8	42	n/a	0.00	2.8
February 9	n/a	22	0.28	0.2
February 10	34	22	0.02	0.2
February 11	34	23	0.02	0.0
February 12	30	18	0.00	0.0
February 13	26	16	0.50	5.0
February 14	33	n/a	0.04	0.2
February 15	n/a	14	0.00	0.0
February 16	17	-4	0.00	0.0
February 17	6	-13	0.00	0.0
February 18	13	-8	0.00	0.0
February 19	32	8	0.43	4.3
February 20	28	13	0.20	2.0
February 21	21	6	0.00	0.0
February 22	28	1	0.00	0.0
February 23	40	13	0.00	0.0
February 24	45	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	20	6	0.00	0.0
February 26	21	3	0.00	0.0
February 27	30	4	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 29	45	37	0.91	0.0

March 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	38	2.93	0.0
March 2	40	30	0.88	0.0
March 3	31	n/a	0.17	1.3
March 4	n/a	15	0.40	4.0
March 5	26	13	0.02	0.2
March 6	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 7	34	31	0.46	4.2
March 8	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	28	16	0.00	0.0
March 10	34	14	0.00	0.0
March 11	24	17	0.20	2.0
March 12	27	14	0.53	5.2
March 13	25	10	0.00	0.0
March 14	25	8	0.00	0.0
March 15	27	7	0.00	0.0
March 16	29	20	0.27	2.7
March 17	38	26	0.46	4.6
March 18	39	20	0.00	0.0
March 19	46	32	0.60	0.8
March 20	45	22	0.12	0.0
March 21	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 22	51	23	0.00	0.0
March 23	24	14	0.00	0.0
March 24	27	12	0.00	0.0
March 25	38	19	0.00	0.0
March 26	50	34	0.00	0.0
March 27	46	22	0.00	0.0
March 28	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 29	35	23	0.41	4.1
March 30	37	32	0.57	0.0
March 31	51	32	0.00	0.0

April 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	42	30	0.00	0.0
April 2	37	31	0.61	1.8
April 3	32	24	0.23	2.3
April 4	31	24	0.00	0.0
April 5	42	29	0.00	0.0
April 6	37	32	0.26	2.6
April 7	37	29	0.01	0.1
April 8	44	25	0.00	0.0
April 9	53	29	0.00	0.0
April 10	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 11	58	34	0.00	0.0
April 12	56	38	0.00	0.0
April 13	62	40	0.15	0.0
April 14	43	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	77	33	0.00	0.0
April 16	63	44	0.00	0.0
April 17	52	40	0.05	0.0
April 18	59	40	0.00	0.0
April 19	62	48	0.00	0.0
April 20	72	54	0.00	0.0
April 21	58	38	0.08	0.0
April 22	46	35	0.25	0.0
April 23	62	36	0.00	0.0
April 24	53	39	0.00	0.0
April 25	48	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	47	39	0.00	0.0
April 27	47	37	0.00	0.0
April 28	45	39	0.01	0.0
April 29	58	40	0.00	0.0
April 30	55	37	0.00	0.0

May 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	37	0.00
May 2	54	41	0.00
May 3	65	44	0.00
May 4	72	48	0.00
May 5	49	43	0.34
May 6	47	40	0.02
May 7	52	35	0.00
May 8	56	36	0.00
May 9	64	45	0.00
May 10	92	63	0.00
May 11	64	47	0.20
May 12	72	45	0.00
May 13	59	46	0.00
May 14	65	42	0.00
May 15	64	46	0.00
May 16	76	56	0.00
May 17	72	53	0.00
May 18	77	55	0.00
May 19	71	46	0.34
May 20	58	41	0.00
May 21	57	45	0.00
May 22	82	47	0.00
May 23	68	52	0.00
May 24	56	46	0.00
May 25	54	44	0.00
May 26	54	47	0.37
May 27	79	52	0.02
May 28	59	49	0.01
May 29	60	47	0.40
May 30	61	46	0.00
May 31	63	50	1.51

June 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	49	0.01
June 2	66	49	0.00
June 3	82	47	0.00
June 4	79	59	0.00
June 5	75	54	0.00
June 6	60	49	0.00
June 7	56	48	0.24
June 8	52	49	0.54
June 9	63	50	0.17
June 10	66	53	0.32
June 11	67	48	0.00
June 12	64	52	0.01
June 13	62	48	0.00
June 14	56	49	0.01
June 15	59	48	0.33
June 16	74	53	0.00
June 17	77	57	0.00
June 18	71	57	0.00
June 19	82	62	0.00
June 20	90	67	0.00
June 21	78	61	0.59
June 22	87	61	0.01
June 23	73	54	0.00
June 24	68	56	0.00
June 25	69	54	0.00
June 26	75	58	0.00
June 27	81	61	0.00
June 28	76	56	0.00
June 29	81	58	0.00
June 30	74	51	0.00

July 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	59	0.00
July 2	88	65	0.00
July 3	71	58	0.00
July 4	58	52	0.01
July 5	61	52	0.18
July 6	61	55	0.00
July 7	63	54	0.45
July 8	76	57	0.05
July 9	82	63	0.00
July 10	89	68	0.00
July 11	83	64	0.76
July 12	92	65	0.00
July 13	90	69	0.00
July 14	78	65	0.10
July 15	74	62	0.01
July 16	73	54	0.00
July 17	72	54	0.00
July 18	74	57	0.00
July 19	70	54	0.00
July 20	69	62	0.22
July 21	84	66	0.24
July 22	81	63	0.00
July 23	77	59	0.26
July 24	70	56	0.00
July 25	76	56	0.36
July 26	82	59	0.00
July 27	69	64	0.01
July 28	84	63	0.37
July 29	78	62	0.07
July 30	72	63	0.01
July 31	73	57	0.00

August 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	72	51	0.00
August 2	64	57	0.82
August 3	78	55	0.00
August 4	88	62	0.04
August 5	73	60	0.22
August 6	62	59	0.07
August 7	68	60	0.13
August 8	82	60	0.00
August 9	81	65	0.00
August 10	85	72	0.01
August 11	89	72	0.00
August 12	90	68	0.00
August 13	79	64	0.15
August 14	68	62	0.28
August 15	69	62	0.01
August 16	70	62	0.01
August 17	76	60	0.08
August 18	73	53	0.04
August 19	66	51	0.08
August 20	75	49	0.00
August 21	74	54	0.00
August 22	70	60	0.32
August 23	66	60	0.10
August 24	80	64	0.05
August 25	72	58	0.00
August 26	69	53	0.00
August 27	68	59	0.11
August 28	70	52	0.00
August 29	65	51	0.00
August 30	70	50	0.00
August 31	67	54	0.05

September 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	66	50	0.01
September 2	63	45	0.00
September 3	70	58	0.23
September 4	65	49	0.29
September 5	58	42	0.00
September 6	64	53	5.28
September 7	74	54	0.00
September 8	68	51	0.00
September 9	66	54	0.06
September 10	64	58	1.50
September 11	79	62	0.15
September 12	76	61	0.00
September 13	64	56	0.18
September 14	60	54	0.00
September 15	72	56	0.00
September 16	61	51	0.00
September 17	60	52	0.10
September 18	68	58	0.00
September 19	61	55	0.56
September 20	63	48	0.09
September 21	66	42	0.00
September 22	57	46	0.15
September 23	54	39	0.00
September 24	57	36	0.00
September 25	59	43	0.00
September 26	70	54	0.00
September 27	65	55	0.00
September 28	62	47	0.04
September 29	60	41	0.00
September 30	65	54	0.93

October 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	56	0.00
October 2	56	46	0.07
October 3	56	44	0.02
October 4	54	48	0.00
October 5	48	44	0.05
October 6	49	44	0.00
October 7	50	45	0.04
October 8	52	38	0.00
October 9	50	35	0.00
October 10	49	34	0.00
October 11	50	35	0.00
October 12	55	41	0.00
October 13	50	40	0.24
October 14	55	43	1.30
October 15	52	43	0.29
October 16	59	45	0.00
October 17	49	40	0.00
October 18	51	43	0.04
October 19	48	34	0.01
October 20	52	31	0.00
October 21	54	43	0.36
October 22	49	36	0.00
October 23	51	33	0.03
October 24	56	40	0.47
October 25	46	33	0.00
October 26	48	30	0.00
October 27	56	38	0.00
October 28	47	34	0.00
October 29	51	37	0.22
October 30	53	42	0.02
October 31	56	46	0.03

November 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	49	0.01	0.0
November 2	61	40	0.00	0.0
November 3	53	38	0.00	0.0
November 4	48	36	0.00	0.0
November 5	57	47	0.90	0.0
November 6	57	46	0.12	0.0
November 7	57	42	0.00	0.0
November 8	49	38	0.30	0.0
November 9	46	35	0.00	0.0
November 10	48	31	0.00	0.0
November 11	56	38	0.16	0.0
November 12	53	41	0.00	0.0
November 13	41	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	35	27	0.01	0.1
November 15	49	25	0.00	0.0
November 16	44	34	0.00	0.0
November 17	72	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	43	33	0.00	0.0
November 19	56	28	0.00	0.0
November 20	29	20	0.00	0.0
November 21	25	17	0.28	2.8
November 22	33	22	0.00	0.0
November 23	38	15	0.00	0.0
November 24	53	39	0.16	0.0
November 25	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 26	29	24	0.22	1.4
November 27	62	28	0.04	0.0
November 28	64	43	0.06	0.0
November 29	43	32	0.18	0.0
November 30	33	27	0.01	0.1

December 1896 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	29	19	0.00	0.0
December 2	19	9	0.00	0.0
December 3	17	5	0.00	0.0
December 4	38	13	0.00	0.0
December 5	45	32	0.11	0.1
December 6	47	32	0.01	0.0
December 7	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	44	35	1.15	0.0
December 10	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	29	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 14	42	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	24	16	0.00	0.0
December 16	24	13	0.59	5.9
December 17	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	18	0.01	0.0
December 19	40	14	0.30	0.0
December 20	22	12	0.00	0.0
December 21	22	8	0.00	0.0
December 22	21	9	0.01	0.1
December 23	14	9	0.00	0.0
December 24	19	7	0.00	0.0
December 25	21	6	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	8	0.00	0.0
December 27	17	3	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	6	0.00	0.0
December 29	46	19	0.00	0.0
December 30	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	19	0.00	0.0

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1940–2024	Portland International JetPort	location
1871–1940	Portland	location