Portland Weather in 1938

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	August 16
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 5
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	October 24
Most daily snow	9.2 inches	November 25
Total annual precipitation	46.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	52.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1938 was 92 °F which happened on August 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Aug 16
2	91 °F	Aug 15
2	91 °F	Jun 21
4	90 °F	Jul 31
4	90 °F	Jul 10
6	89 °F	Aug 20
6	89 °F	Aug 4
6	89 °F	Aug 3
6	89 °F	Aug 2
6	89 °F	Jun 24

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1938 was -1 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	January 19
2	0 °F	March 4
3	3 °F	March 3
3	3 °F	January 18
3	3 °F	January 1
6	4 °F	March 1
7	5 °F	February 16
7	5 °F	February 11
9	6 °F	January 28
9	6 °F	January 20

January 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	20	3	1.10	7.1
January 2	34	19	0.23	2.6
January 3	37	24	0.00	0.0
January 4	34	19	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 7	49	28	1.11	n/a
January 8	35	25	0.00	n/a
January 9	26	15	0.00	0.0
January 10	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 11	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 12	22	7	0.03	n/a
January 13	25	18	0.30	3.1
January 14	31	18	0.00	0.0
January 15	23	11	0.00	0.0
January 16	26	7	0.00	0.0
January 17	25	8	0.00	0.0
January 18	15	3	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	-1	0.00	0.0
January 20	31	6	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	23	0.05	0.4
January 23	34	23	0.37	2.6
January 24	42	23	0.00	0.0
January 25	49	40	0.83	n/a
January 26	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 27	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 28	22	6	0.00	0.0
January 29	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 30	44	22	0.00	0.0
January 31	47	23	0.11	0.4

February 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	23	10	0.00	0.0
February 2	23	8	0.00	n/a
February 3	40	18	1.14	0.5
February 4	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	45	36	0.46	n/a
February 7	46	19	0.16	0.0
February 8	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	28	0.02	0.0
February 10	35	22	0.02	0.0
February 11	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	38	33	0.07	0.0
February 14	35	22	0.43	0.0
February 15	24	9	0.00	0.1
February 16	20	5	0.00	0.0
February 17	31	10	0.04	0.0
February 18	36	29	0.21	0.3
February 19	36	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	21	0.00	0.0
February 21	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	20	0.00	n/a
February 23	38	30	0.27	2.2
February 24	38	31	0.15	0.0
February 25	31	25	0.70	5.0
February 26	32	19	0.00	0.0
February 27	36	16	0.08	0.2
February 28	34	9	0.36	3.8

March 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	4	0.00	0.0
March 2	30	19	0.00	0.0
March 3	19	3	0.04	0.4
March 4	23	0	0.00	0.0
March 5	36	23	0.36	1.3
March 6	42	25	0.15	0.0
March 7	39	21	0.00	0.0
March 8	36	21	0.00	0.0
March 9	35	15	0.00	0.0
March 10	34	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	34	20	0.00	0.0
March 12	35	31	0.21	0.6
March 13	44	32	0.06	0.1
March 14	41	19	0.00	0.0
March 15	35	16	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	25	0.27	0.0
March 17	34	31	0.66	0.2
March 18	34	30	0.37	0.0
March 19	54	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	49	38	0.00	0.0
March 21	60	43	0.00	0.0
March 22	62	43	0.00	0.0
March 23	48	39	0.00	0.0
March 24	68	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	53	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	43	34	0.68	0.3
March 27	41	31	0.06	0.0
March 28	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 29	48	35	0.00	0.0
March 30	40	37	0.00	0.0
March 31	43	37	0.31	0.0

April 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	63	40	0.02	0.0
April 2	46	36	0.00	0.0
April 3	41	32	0.04	0.2
April 4	39	29	0.03	0.0
April 5	39	25	0.00	0.0
April 6	42	25	0.00	0.0
April 7	42	28	0.00	0.0
April 8	40	29	0.32	0.0
April 9	35	32	0.95	2.2
April 10	39	27	0.02	0.1
April 11	42	24	0.00	0.0
April 12	60	38	0.00	0.0
April 13	47	38	0.00	0.0
April 14	48	38	0.00	0.0
April 15	53	43	0.52	0.0
April 16	53	41	0.00	0.0
April 17	49	39	0.00	0.0
April 18	52	42	0.20	0.0
April 19	67	48	0.02	0.0
April 20	68	50	0.06	0.0
April 21	62	46	0.00	0.0
April 22	46	40	0.05	0.0
April 23	59	41	0.00	0.0
April 24	55	40	0.00	0.0
April 25	48	41	0.00	0.0
April 26	67	35	0.00	0.0
April 27	68	45	0.00	0.0
April 28	88	48	0.00	0.0
April 29	49	41	0.33	0.0
April 30	49	39	0.01	0.0

May 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	42	0.01
May 2	69	46	0.00
May 3	62	45	0.00
May 4	62	40	0.00
May 5	60	38	0.00
May 6	53	43	0.00
May 7	58	43	0.00
May 8	60	45	0.00
May 9	63	41	0.00
May 10	66	48	0.01
May 11	56	43	0.01
May 12	49	43	1.06
May 13	55	38	0.07
May 14	60	41	0.00
May 15	48	43	1.78
May 16	55	43	0.09
May 17	61	45	0.00
May 18	58	44	0.00
May 19	58	44	0.00
May 20	55	46	0.36
May 21	71	50	0.00
May 22	64	49	0.25
May 23	61	49	0.00
May 24	70	50	0.13
May 25	64	50	0.00
May 26	61	46	0.04
May 27	67	52	0.11
May 28	69	50	0.01
May 29	51	46	0.07
May 30	54	40	0.00
May 31	61	42	0.00

June 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	50	0.00
June 2	63	50	0.00
June 3	66	52	0.01
June 4	68	54	0.05
June 5	70	53	1.07
June 6	77	55	0.04
June 7	74	60	0.07
June 8	63	55	0.12
June 9	76	54	0.00
June 10	72	54	0.00
June 11	63	56	0.18
June 12	82	60	0.05
June 13	71	57	0.49
June 14	72	54	0.00
June 15	66	53	0.00
June 16	55	52	0.04
June 17	67	54	0.35
June 18	80	63	0.05
June 19	80	60	0.33
June 20	77	58	0.00
June 21	91	64	0.00
June 22	77	64	0.00
June 23	84	65	0.00
June 24	89	67	0.00
June 25	82	64	0.00
June 26	70	57	0.26
June 27	59	54	0.45
June 28	63	56	0.13
June 29	68	55	0.02
June 30	70	55	0.00

July 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	66	55	1.08
July 2	72	55	0.08
July 3	67	54	0.00
July 4	69	54	0.01
July 5	82	56	0.36
July 6	74	59	0.00
July 7	75	57	0.00
July 8	76	61	0.00
July 9	77	62	0.00
July 10	90	62	0.01
July 11	74	58	0.50
July 12	64	59	0.21
July 13	75	59	0.00
July 14	74	62	0.00
July 15	85	65	0.00
July 16	77	63	0.00
July 17	85	64	0.00
July 18	69	61	0.36
July 19	68	62	0.11
July 20	80	61	0.13
July 21	78	64	0.19
July 22	72	65	0.59
July 23	70	64	0.76
July 24	71	63	0.14
July 25	77	64	0.00
July 26	78	64	0.00
July 27	82	65	0.01
July 28	70	59	0.83
July 29	71	61	0.22
July 30	85	66	0.08
July 31	90	67	0.00

August 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	67	0.59
August 2	89	69	0.00
August 3	89	69	0.00
August 4	89	70	0.00
August 5	88	71	0.00
August 6	83	68	0.00
August 7	88	69	0.00
August 8	77	65	0.02
August 9	81	63	0.01
August 10	78	59	0.00
August 11	65	59	0.08
August 12	73	59	0.00
August 13	81	58	0.00
August 14	82	63	0.00
August 15	91	68	0.00
August 16	92	70	0.03
August 17	73	66	0.02
August 18	72	66	0.09
August 19	80	66	0.12
August 20	89	64	0.00
August 21	82	65	0.00
August 22	79	62	0.00
August 23	86	64	0.00
August 24	71	60	0.60
August 25	77	62	0.00
August 26	74	58	0.00
August 27	75	58	0.01
August 28	72	55	0.00
August 29	71	50	0.00
August 30	69	53	0.11
August 31	66	57	0.01

September 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	56	0.98
September 2	68	50	0.00
September 3	67	46	0.00
September 4	72	59	0.00
September 5	67	52	0.00
September 6	64	47	0.00
September 7	60	48	0.52
September 8	65	47	0.00
September 9	63	44	0.00
September 10	66	46	0.00
September 11	71	47	0.00
September 12	68	48	0.19
September 13	76	58	0.65
September 14	68	57	0.00
September 15	62	57	0.92
September 16	72	52	0.00
September 17	60	51	0.17
September 18	57	51	0.73
September 19	64	57	0.81
September 20	70	63	1.36
September 21	69	60	0.00
September 22	65	54	0.00
September 23	63	53	0.00
September 24	78	49	0.00
September 25	64	49	0.00
September 26	62	46	0.00
September 27	65	51	0.09
September 28	62	50	0.00
September 29	67	47	0.00
September 30	49	44	0.05

October 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	45	0.00
October 2	60	44	0.00
October 3	59	43	0.00
October 4	60	44	0.00
October 5	64	44	0.00
October 6	54	41	0.00
October 7	54	38	0.00
October 8	56	37	0.00
October 9	62	47	0.00
October 10	62	44	0.00
October 11	66	48	0.00
October 12	81	56	0.00
October 13	75	55	0.00
October 14	60	55	0.07
October 15	59	55	0.00
October 16	56	50	0.00
October 17	83	52	0.00
October 18	56	47	0.00
October 19	72	52	0.00
October 20	66	51	0.53
October 21	56	47	0.20
October 22	53	42	0.00
October 23	56	43	0.00
October 24	59	49	1.93
October 25	58	41	0.00
October 26	55	38	0.00
October 27	51	45	0.01
October 28	57	48	0.00
October 29	56	48	0.00
October 30	54	42	0.00
October 31	48	36	0.00

November 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	60	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	59	41	0.00	0.0
November 3	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 4	67	41	0.01	0.0
November 5	64	49	0.00	0.0
November 6	65	56	0.02	0.0
November 7	74	54	0.00	0.0
November 8	66	55	0.01	0.0
November 9	58	40	0.07	0.0
November 10	59	35	n/a	0.0
November 11	55	37	0.00	0.0
November 12	60	37	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	42	0.01	0.0
November 14	53	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	43	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	38	31	0.00	0.0
November 17	49	28	0.56	0.0
November 18	53	32	0.02	0.0
November 19	58	36	0.78	0.0
November 20	42	34	0.03	0.0
November 21	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 22	54	37	0.00	0.0
November 23	49	30	0.13	0.0
November 24	30	22	0.28	1.8
November 25	22	13	1.19	9.2
November 26	25	10	0.14	0.2
November 27	26	19	0.44	5.3
November 28	36	16	0.00	0.0
November 29	43	37	0.00	0.0
November 30	37	25	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	16	0.00	0.0
December 2	28	12	0.00	0.0
December 3	43	10	0.00	0.0
December 4	57	39	0.29	0.0
December 5	46	33	0.69	0.0
December 6	54	39	0.93	0.0
December 7	48	37	0.00	0.0
December 8	47	35	0.23	0.0
December 9	43	40	0.27	0.0
December 10	45	40	0.68	0.0
December 11	46	35	0.00	0.0
December 12	40	33	0.04	0.0
December 13	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	27	12	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	14	0.00	0.0
December 17	42	32	0.04	0.0
December 18	37	33	0.02	0.0
December 19	34	30	0.02	0.3
December 20	31	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	31	24	0.02	0.2
December 22	31	20	0.02	0.2
December 23	27	18	0.00	0.0
December 24	26	22	0.13	1.1
December 25	39	24	0.02	0.2
December 26	31	19	0.00	0.0
December 27	47	26	0.63	0.0
December 28	26	11	0.00	0.0
December 29	28	8	0.01	0.0
December 30	28	13	0.01	0.2
December 31	27	13	0.24	0.1

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Portland International JetPort	location
1871–1940	Portland	location