Portland Weather in 1959

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1959 based on NOAA data.

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1959 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	August 16
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	February 25
Highest daily low	67 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 6
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	March 6
Most daily snow	10.8 inches	March 12
Total annual precipitation	40.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	74.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1959?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1959 was 95 °F which happened on August 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Aug 16
2	94 °F	Aug 15
3	92 °F	Jun 10
4	90 °F	Sep 8
4	90 °F	Aug 17
4	90 °F	Aug 1
4	90 °F	Jul 28
8	89 °F	Aug 13
8	89 °F	May 22
10	88 °F	Sep 24
10	88 °F	Aug 27
10	88 °F	Aug 12
10	88 °F	Jul 29
10	88 °F	Jul 23
10	88 °F	Jun 30
10	88 °F	May 28

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1959?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1959 was -13 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	February 25
1	-13 °F	February 12
3	-12 °F	February 23
4	-10 °F	February 20
5	-7 °F	February 22
5	-7 °F	February 2
7	-4 °F	February 26
7	-4 °F	February 9
7	-4 °F	January 5
10	-3 °F	February 21
10	-3 °F	January 26

January 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	27	4	0.00	0.0
January 2	36	20	0.82	4.0
January 3	42	18	0.00	0.0
January 4	43	20	0.10	0.0
January 5	28	-4	0.02	0.2
January 6	10	0	0.00	0.0
January 7	23	6	0.00	0.0
January 8	26	7	0.00	0.0
January 9	18	6	0.00	0.0
January 10	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 11	26	3	0.01	0.1
January 12	38	12	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 14	35	9	0.00	0.0
January 15	28	16	0.12	0.0
January 16	48	27	0.82	0.0
January 17	44	16	0.00	0.0
January 18	25	7	0.00	0.0
January 19	30	2	0.00	0.0
January 20	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	27	0.69	1.6
January 22	51	27	0.16	0.0
January 23	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	19	5	0.03	0.7
January 25	34	9	0.03	0.7
January 26	19	-3	0.00	0.0
January 27	25	3	0.04	1.4
January 28	33	-1	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	12	0.00	0.0
January 30	49	28	0.16	0.0
January 31	35	5	0.00	0.0

February 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	13	-2	0.00	0.0
February 2	21	-7	0.00	0.0
February 3	39	10	0.00	0.0
February 4	48	31	0.77	0.0
February 5	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 7	26	4	0.00	0.0
February 8	25	-2	0.00	0.0
February 9	20	-4	0.26	4.3
February 10	30	12	0.46	0.9
February 11	20	10	0.16	4.1
February 12	21	-13	0.00	0.0
February 13	44	21	0.03	0.1
February 14	38	11	0.08	1.4
February 15	36	10	0.42	4.1
February 16	33	-1	0.00	0.0
February 17	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	26	0.30	2.0
February 19	33	2	0.00	0.0
February 20	13	-10	0.00	0.0
February 21	26	-3	0.01	0.3
February 22	16	-7	0.00	0.0
February 23	19	-12	0.11	3.6
February 24	24	12	0.06	1.3
February 25	32	-13	0.00	0.0
February 26	37	-4	0.00	0.0
February 27	36	9	0.00	0.0
February 28	38	28	0.04	0.0

March 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	28	0.04	0.0
March 2	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	44	32	0.00	0.0
March 4	43	32	0.64	6.2
March 5	44	26	0.00	0.0
March 6	44	30	2.18	1.5
March 7	38	19	0.00	0.0
March 8	32	12	0.00	0.0
March 9	21	8	0.12	2.0
March 10	30	15	0.00	0.0
March 11	33	16	0.00	0.0
March 12	29	12	0.50	10.8
March 13	30	19	0.02	0.5
March 14	41	18	0.00	0.0
March 15	38	10	0.61	0.0
March 16	42	32	0.26	0.0
March 17	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	30	11	0.00	0.0
March 19	49	10	0.00	0.0
March 20	62	35	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	33	0.10	0.0
March 22	38	13	0.03	0.0
March 23	35	11	0.00	0.0
March 24	48	19	0.00	0.0
March 25	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 26	49	23	0.00	0.0
March 27	33	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 29	41	16	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 31	51	25	0.00	0.0

April 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	52	34	0.00
April 2	47	36	0.61
April 3	58	39	0.37
April 4	51	36	0.01
April 5	58	34	0.00
April 6	53	36	0.08
April 7	52	28	0.00
April 8	65	39	0.02
April 9	47	39	0.11
April 10	51	38	0.03
April 11	45	38	0.11
April 12	47	34	0.00
April 13	46	26	0.00
April 14	49	22	0.00
April 15	58	25	0.00
April 16	45	30	0.00
April 17	68	28	0.00
April 18	52	28	0.01
April 19	62	40	0.00
April 20	46	32	0.06
April 21	52	28	0.00
April 22	55	22	0.00
April 23	57	24	0.00
April 24	68	27	0.00
April 25	61	38	0.00
April 26	67	32	0.02
April 27	51	36	0.07
April 28	48	32	0.00
April 29	42	37	0.20
April 30	47	39	0.01

May 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	47	35	0.03
May 2	62	35	0.00
May 3	66	31	0.00
May 4	63	37	0.00
May 5	68	41	0.00
May 6	58	38	0.00
May 7	58	37	0.00
May 8	62	35	0.00
May 9	71	31	0.00
May 10	74	37	0.00
May 11	82	49	0.02
May 12	82	57	0.70
May 13	75	53	0.07
May 14	70	48	0.08
May 15	60	43	0.03
May 16	57	38	0.03
May 17	57	31	0.00
May 18	67	31	0.00
May 19	70	37	0.00
May 20	86	57	0.09
May 21	67	51	0.00
May 22	89	50	0.47
May 23	71	49	0.00
May 24	54	42	0.04
May 25	72	42	0.00
May 26	83	41	0.00
May 27	85	55	0.00
May 28	88	55	0.00
May 29	71	50	0.00
May 30	69	50	0.01
May 31	71	42	0.00

June 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	60	41	0.00
June 2	63	52	0.19
June 3	80	54	0.33
June 4	76	51	0.00
June 5	75	46	0.00
June 6	81	51	0.10
June 7	59	49	0.00
June 8	64	50	0.02
June 9	59	50	0.00
June 10	92	49	0.00
June 11	68	48	0.00
June 12	63	48	0.00
June 13	73	57	0.17
June 14	60	45	1.09
June 15	57	44	0.23
June 16	59	47	0.06
June 17	56	50	0.44
June 18	57	48	0.64
June 19	53	48	0.41
June 20	80	48	0.00
June 21	78	50	0.44
June 22	69	54	0.05
June 23	78	54	0.00
June 24	72	50	0.01
June 25	62	55	0.02
June 26	58	54	0.04
June 27	65	54	0.00
June 28	56	54	0.47
June 29	73	54	0.01
June 30	88	55	0.00

July 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	70	57	0.00
July 2	83	56	0.14
July 3	79	51	0.00
July 4	81	49	0.00
July 5	81	58	0.00
July 6	74	54	0.00
July 7	78	53	0.00
July 8	84	50	0.00
July 9	86	54	0.00
July 10	85	60	0.00
July 11	81	63	1.03
July 12	73	60	0.00
July 13	80	62	0.01
July 14	82	62	0.00
July 15	75	61	0.00
July 16	77	57	0.00
July 17	85	54	0.00
July 18	86	58	0.00
July 19	84	63	0.28
July 20	79	63	0.55
July 21	79	62	0.00
July 22	85	63	0.05
July 23	88	64	0.00
July 24	86	66	0.00
July 25	82	57	0.00
July 26	82	50	0.00
July 27	86	53	0.00
July 28	90	60	0.00
July 29	88	59	0.00
July 30	74	63	0.00
July 31	75	66	0.00

August 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	61	0.01
August 2	77	50	0.00
August 3	75	46	0.00
August 4	77	45	0.00
August 5	68	52	0.00
August 6	73	59	0.02
August 7	75	61	0.00
August 8	81	63	0.00
August 9	75	62	0.04
August 10	68	62	0.71
August 11	74	60	0.00
August 12	88	56	0.00
August 13	89	61	0.00
August 14	79	57	0.00
August 15	94	60	0.00
August 16	95	67	0.69
August 17	90	66	0.11
August 18	87	66	0.02
August 19	81	63	0.00
August 20	84	62	0.00
August 21	86	59	0.02
August 22	81	57	0.00
August 23	68	42	0.00
August 24	58	47	0.26
August 25	79	53	0.00
August 26	83	55	0.00
August 27	88	59	0.00
August 28	79	62	0.01
August 29	75	61	0.00
August 30	66	59	0.05
August 31	73	59	0.19

September 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	65	0.20
September 2	68	59	0.26
September 3	72	61	0.89
September 4	83	60	0.77
September 5	85	55	0.00
September 6	78	55	0.00
September 7	79	54	0.00
September 8	90	56	0.00
September 9	82	57	0.00
September 10	66	53	0.00
September 11	72	54	0.00
September 12	74	47	0.00
September 13	66	40	0.00
September 14	59	35	0.00
September 15	45	41	0.85
September 16	59	34	0.00
September 17	61	35	0.00
September 18	55	35	0.00
September 19	67	32	0.00
September 20	68	33	0.00
September 21	72	42	0.00
September 22	82	59	0.00
September 23	70	57	0.00
September 24	88	62	0.07
September 25	72	44	0.00
September 26	66	38	0.00
September 27	72	49	0.00
September 28	78	56	0.00
September 29	74	61	0.15
September 30	80	58	0.00

October 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	64	58	1.15	0.0
October 2	63	45	0.01	0.0
October 3	61	37	0.00	0.0
October 4	79	50	0.00	0.0
October 5	73	54	0.00	0.0
October 6	60	54	0.17	0.0
October 7	56	51	0.81	0.0
October 8	64	50	0.39	0.0
October 9	57	52	0.50	0.0
October 10	70	50	0.00	0.0
October 11	57	39	0.47	0.0
October 12	58	44	0.06	0.0
October 13	58	37	0.00	0.0
October 14	47	28	0.00	0.0
October 15	51	26	0.00	0.0
October 16	55	29	0.00	0.0
October 17	65	40	0.07	0.0
October 18	54	27	0.02	0.0
October 19	42	25	0.00	0.1
October 20	65	25	0.00	0.0
October 21	48	23	0.00	0.0
October 22	49	21	0.00	0.0
October 23	58	43	0.20	0.0
October 24	61	55	0.55	0.0
October 25	60	51	0.20	0.0
October 26	63	37	0.10	0.0
October 27	53	37	0.02	0.0
October 28	46	24	0.00	0.0
October 29	47	20	0.00	0.0
October 30	48	20	0.00	0.0
October 31	51	37	0.56	0.0

November 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	53	34	0.11	0.0
November 2	51	32	0.00	0.0
November 3	46	25	0.00	0.0
November 4	57	41	0.38	0.0
November 5	68	47	0.00	0.0
November 6	63	50	0.07	0.0
November 7	50	34	0.70	0.0
November 8	36	34	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 11	49	21	0.00	0.0
November 12	52	35	0.03	0.0
November 13	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	56	47	0.16	0.0
November 15	58	33	0.10	0.0
November 16	35	31	0.07	0.0
November 17	39	30	0.54	0.4
November 18	31	19	0.00	0.1
November 19	34	18	0.00	0.0
November 20	35	16	0.00	0.0
November 21	35	25	0.05	0.2
November 22	38	25	0.00	0.0
November 23	44	30	0.01	0.0
November 24	55	44	0.93	0.0
November 25	55	35	0.52	0.0
November 26	43	25	0.00	0.0
November 27	45	23	0.63	0.0
November 28	56	39	0.26	0.0
November 29	43	20	0.39	4.1
November 30	30	12	0.00	0.0

December 1959 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	38	18	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	48	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	47	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	45	39	0.00	0.0
December 7	50	36	0.93	0.0
December 8	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	34	26	1.63	3.3
December 13	39	29	0.65	0.0
December 14	39	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	15	0.00	0.0
December 16	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 17	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	25	0.09	0.2
December 19	32	28	0.05	0.5
December 20	28	11	0.00	0.0
December 21	21	8	0.00	0.0
December 22	20	9	0.00	0.0
December 23	28	12	0.00	0.0
December 24	35	7	0.00	0.0
December 25	36	6	0.00	0.0
December 26	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	12	0.00	0.0
December 28	30	23	0.67	7.4
December 29	28	24	0.90	6.2
December 30	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	33	15	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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