Portland Weather in 1961

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	September 12
Lowest temperature	-22 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	68 °F	September 12
Lowest daily high	7 °F	February 1
Most daily precipitation	2.4 inches	September 25
Most daily snow	10.6 inches	March 14
Total annual precipitation	38.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	86.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1961 was 91 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Sep 12
1	91 °F	Sep 11
3	90 °F	Aug 11
3	90 °F	Jun 13
5	89 °F	Sep 5
6	88 °F	Aug 9
7	87 °F	Sep 10
8	86 °F	Jul 26
8	86 °F	Jul 24
8	86 °F	Jul 23
8	86 °F	Jul 12

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1961 was -22 °F which happened on Feb 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-22 °F	February 2
2	-17 °F	January 22
3	-16 °F	January 24
4	-14 °F	February 1
5	-13 °F	January 26
6	-12 °F	January 25
7	-10 °F	February 3
8	-8 °F	January 31
8	-8 °F	January 21
10	-7 °F	January 28
10	-7 °F	January 23

January 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	19	0.81	3.8
January 2	33	18	0.03	0.2
January 3	26	13	0.00	0.0
January 4	27	6	0.00	0.0
January 5	25	0	0.00	0.0
January 6	29	8	0.00	0.0
January 7	39	13	0.00	0.0
January 8	42	29	0.00	0.0
January 9	29	14	0.00	0.0
January 10	30	5	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	9	0.00	0.0
January 12	29	5	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	4	0.00	0.0
January 14	47	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 16	27	16	0.24	2.9
January 17	41	9	0.00	0.0
January 18	40	6	0.00	0.0
January 19	15	-6	0.00	0.0
January 20	11	0	0.31	7.8
January 21	21	-8	0.00	0.0
January 22	19	-17	0.00	0.0
January 23	17	-7	0.00	0.0
January 24	17	-16	0.00	0.0
January 25	15	-12	0.00	0.0
January 26	15	-13	0.04	0.5
January 27	19	-1	0.03	0.6
January 28	22	-7	0.00	0.0
January 29	24	-2	0.00	0.0
January 30	17	-3	0.00	0.0
January 31	21	-8	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	7	-14	0.00	0.0
February 2	13	-22	0.00	0.0
February 3	25	-10	0.00	0.0
February 4	21	17	0.25	4.3
February 5	34	10	0.00	0.0
February 6	37	4	0.00	0.0
February 7	33	1	0.00	0.0
February 8	42	6	0.00	0.0
February 9	44	13	0.00	0.0
February 10	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	18	0.05	1.1
February 12	28	7	0.00	0.0
February 13	31	-3	0.00	0.0
February 14	40	27	0.44	4.4
February 15	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 16	27	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	35	1	0.05	0.2
February 18	39	26	0.07	0.0
February 19	56	32	0.15	0.0
February 20	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 21	34	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	52	20	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	30	0.43	0.0
February 24	34	26	0.16	0.7
February 25	42	26	1.49	0.0
February 26	42	28	0.49	0.0
February 27	43	23	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	28	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	16	0.06	1.4
March 2	39	23	0.12	1.4
March 3	55	24	0.00	0.0
March 4	48	29	0.00	0.0
March 5	33	26	0.03	0.0
March 6	32	25	0.33	1.3
March 7	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 8	30	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	30	20	0.73	5.7
March 10	32	12	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	5	0.00	0.0
March 12	36	4	0.00	0.0
March 13	42	8	0.00	0.0
March 14	31	20	0.66	10.6
March 15	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	41	18	0.00	0.0
March 17	25	8	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	0	0.00	0.0
March 19	36	19	0.00	0.0
March 20	37	18	0.00	0.0
March 21	41	7	0.00	0.0
March 22	50	13	0.00	0.0
March 23	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 24	36	30	0.06	0.0
March 25	46	32	0.06	0.6
March 26	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	60	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	45	28	0.00	0.0
March 29	44	32	0.43	0.0
March 30	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 31	49	19	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	36	32	1.22	0.0
April 2	48	30	0.00	0.0
April 3	45	29	0.00	0.0
April 4	49	28	0.00	0.0
April 5	55	33	0.00	0.0
April 6	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 7	50	33	0.26	0.0
April 8	48	33	0.00	0.0
April 9	52	25	0.00	0.0
April 10	41	28	0.91	4.2
April 11	44	34	0.09	0.0
April 12	55	37	0.00	0.0
April 13	41	32	0.91	4.4
April 14	38	32	0.34	1.2
April 15	51	31	0.00	0.0
April 16	39	29	1.83	0.0
April 17	55	37	0.21	0.0
April 18	41	34	0.00	0.0
April 19	48	31	0.00	0.0
April 20	60	30	0.00	0.0
April 21	65	25	0.00	0.0
April 22	48	38	0.02	0.0
April 23	62	37	0.46	0.0
April 24	62	39	0.00	0.0
April 25	54	45	0.04	0.0
April 26	46	40	0.19	0.0
April 27	60	38	0.00	0.0
April 28	54	33	0.00	0.0
April 29	50	39	0.00	0.0
April 30	59	37	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	59	32	0.00
May 2	44	34	0.70
May 3	53	33	0.00
May 4	62	31	0.00
May 5	56	32	0.00
May 6	59	28	0.00
May 7	50	42	0.06
May 8	55	42	0.00
May 9	45	41	0.05
May 10	61	41	0.10
May 11	59	39	0.00
May 12	60	33	0.02
May 13	69	46	0.00
May 14	81	52	0.00
May 15	69	46	0.00
May 16	65	51	0.06
May 17	65	45	0.00
May 18	53	38	0.00
May 19	53	40	0.00
May 20	68	46	0.00
May 21	63	38	0.00
May 22	62	43	0.00
May 23	63	41	0.00
May 24	66	43	0.00
May 25	84	49	0.00
May 26	62	52	0.32
May 27	54	47	0.73
May 28	74	45	0.51
May 29	71	45	0.42
May 30	58	33	0.00
May 31	65	31	0.00

June 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	38	0.00
June 2	83	50	0.70
June 3	77	55	0.00
June 4	72	42	0.00
June 5	84	51	0.00
June 6	82	52	0.00
June 7	64	35	0.00
June 8	71	46	0.26
June 9	67	55	0.07
June 10	72	55	0.90
June 11	64	53	0.00
June 12	75	53	0.00
June 13	90	54	0.01
June 14	70	50	0.11
June 15	65	45	0.00
June 16	70	42	0.00
June 17	77	40	0.00
June 18	82	49	0.00
June 19	81	50	0.00
June 20	79	56	0.00
June 21	71	57	0.00
June 22	62	57	1.04
June 23	75	59	0.00
June 24	65	56	0.02
June 25	75	55	0.00
June 26	75	50	0.00
June 27	75	51	0.00
June 28	78	47	0.00
June 29	82	52	0.00
June 30	85	57	0.00

July 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	50	0.00
July 2	71	41	0.20
July 3	74	56	0.08
July 4	75	52	0.00
July 5	72	44	0.00
July 6	74	42	0.00
July 7	71	55	0.00
July 8	59	54	0.16
July 9	65	55	0.00
July 10	68	52	0.00
July 11	83	49	0.00
July 12	86	57	0.00
July 13	85	63	0.00
July 14	65	54	0.44
July 15	64	54	0.01
July 16	59	56	0.65
July 17	71	56	0.26
July 18	80	59	0.00
July 19	83	56	0.00
July 20	78	59	0.00
July 21	82	60	0.74
July 22	85	60	0.00
July 23	86	63	0.00
July 24	86	67	0.00
July 25	78	67	0.33
July 26	86	64	0.00
July 27	81	55	0.00
July 28	74	51	0.00
July 29	74	60	0.00
July 30	85	61	0.00
July 31	76	56	0.00

August 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	76	49	0.00
August 2	69	45	0.00
August 3	66	55	0.03
August 4	79	49	0.00
August 5	76	51	0.00
August 6	77	51	0.00
August 7	81	56	0.00
August 8	85	55	0.00
August 9	88	61	0.00
August 10	84	59	0.00
August 11	90	64	0.00
August 12	85	60	0.00
August 13	74	49	0.00
August 14	71	46	0.00
August 15	78	45	0.00
August 16	81	52	0.00
August 17	76	42	0.00
August 18	79	44	0.00
August 19	83	48	0.00
August 20	77	57	0.00
August 21	64	59	0.52
August 22	80	57	0.10
August 23	70	51	0.00
August 24	66	59	0.26
August 25	83	62	0.00
August 26	82	67	1.11
August 27	83	64	0.01
August 28	79	60	0.00
August 29	73	60	0.22
August 30	83	59	0.00
August 31	80	55	0.00

September 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	57	0.00
September 2	72	61	0.00
September 3	70	60	0.00
September 4	82	60	0.00
September 5	89	63	0.00
September 6	78	55	0.00
September 7	74	55	0.00
September 8	77	60	0.00
September 9	82	58	0.00
September 10	87	55	0.00
September 11	91	61	0.00
September 12	91	68	0.00
September 13	70	59	0.00
September 14	82	56	0.00
September 15	74	54	0.65
September 16	67	44	0.00
September 17	62	37	0.00
September 18	67	32	0.00
September 19	72	35	0.00
September 20	73	46	0.00
September 21	62	55	1.01
September 22	76	61	0.00
September 23	76	60	0.00
September 24	72	59	0.00
September 25	67	63	2.42
September 26	84	59	0.13
September 27	75	49	0.00
September 28	74	43	0.00
September 29	61	36	0.00
September 30	63	32	0.00

October 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	68	44	0.00	0.0
October 2	65	47	0.02	0.0
October 3	64	56	0.57	0.0
October 4	60	47	0.30	0.0
October 5	60	38	0.00	0.0
October 6	72	39	0.00	0.0
October 7	74	43	0.00	0.0
October 8	68	46	0.00	0.0
October 9	69	46	0.00	0.0
October 10	80	41	0.00	0.0
October 11	62	49	0.00	0.0
October 12	65	50	0.00	0.0
October 13	69	49	0.00	0.0
October 14	60	47	0.19	0.0
October 15	47	29	0.49	0.8
October 16	41	26	0.00	0.0
October 17	55	26	0.00	0.0
October 18	76	36	0.00	0.0
October 19	70	40	0.00	0.0
October 20	57	50	0.00	0.0
October 21	57	47	0.00	0.0
October 22	51	40	0.00	0.0
October 23	50	34	0.00	0.0
October 24	51	35	0.00	0.0
October 25	60	35	0.00	0.0
October 26	50	35	0.06	0.0
October 27	50	25	0.00	0.0
October 28	52	19	0.00	0.0
October 29	67	45	0.00	0.0
October 30	67	48	0.05	0.0
October 31	58	40	0.01	0.0

November 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	53	27	0.00	0.0
November 2	49	20	0.00	0.0
November 3	55	32	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	48	0.00	0.0
November 5	62	55	0.02	0.0
November 6	60	50	0.31	0.0
November 7	52	43	1.11	0.0
November 8	50	30	0.00	0.0
November 9	44	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	38	28	0.00	0.0
November 11	41	20	0.00	0.0
November 12	47	21	0.00	0.0
November 13	50	37	0.11	0.0
November 14	57	49	0.02	0.0
November 15	53	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	51	25	0.04	0.0
November 17	60	35	0.38	0.0
November 18	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 19	42	22	0.00	0.0
November 20	37	19	0.45	4.4
November 21	36	31	1.27	4.3
November 22	40	35	0.02	0.0
November 23	38	36	0.00	0.0
November 24	44	36	0.90	0.0
November 25	47	34	0.00	0.0
November 26	47	32	0.00	0.0
November 27	51	25	0.00	0.0
November 28	40	27	0.05	0.9
November 29	38	27	0.01	0.1
November 30	40	23	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 4	44	18	0.41	0.0
December 5	53	36	0.25	0.0
December 6	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 8	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 9	38	21	0.00	0.0
December 10	32	24	0.02	0.0
December 11	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 12	42	25	0.21	0.0
December 13	41	24	0.01	0.0
December 14	34	16	0.00	0.0
December 15	27	8	0.00	0.0
December 16	25	0	0.00	0.0
December 17	21	12	0.02	0.3
December 18	25	20	0.24	3.3
December 19	29	24	0.28	4.0
December 20	32	26	0.36	3.6
December 21	34	10	0.04	0.4
December 22	29	0	0.00	0.0
December 23	28	2	0.00	0.0
December 24	24	13	0.38	6.7
December 25	33	15	0.05	0.8
December 26	35	11	0.00	0.0
December 27	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	33	0.69	0.0
December 29	35	10	0.00	0.0
December 30	22	5	0.00	0.0
December 31	28	-2	0.00	0.0

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