Portland Weather in 1973

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	September 3
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	5.2 inches	April 2
Most daily snow	7.0 inches	January 29
Total annual precipitation	52.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	26.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1973 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Sep 3
1	93 °F	Jul 8
3	92 °F	Aug 9
3	92 °F	Jun 11
5	90 °F	Aug 30
5	90 °F	Aug 10
5	90 °F	Jul 28
5	90 °F	Jul 9
9	89 °F	Aug 31
9	89 °F	Aug 12

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1973 was -12 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	January 9
2	-11 °F	February 1
3	-9 °F	January 31
4	-5 °F	January 13
5	-4 °F	January 30
5	-4 °F	January 8
7	-3 °F	February 18
8	1 °F	February 17
8	1 °F	February 10
10	2 °F	January 14
10	2 °F	January 7
10	2 °F	January 6

January 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	47	31	0.20	0.0
January 2	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	17	0.34	1.3
January 5	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 6	26	2	0.00	0.0
January 7	14	2	0.00	0.0
January 8	10	-4	0.00	0.0
January 9	13	-12	0.00	0.0
January 10	25	4	0.00	0.0
January 11	26	7	0.00	0.0
January 12	16	4	0.00	0.0
January 13	18	-5	0.00	0.0
January 14	31	2	0.00	0.0
January 15	36	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	41	13	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 18	39	32	0.00	0.0
January 19	45	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	43	25	0.51	0.4
January 21	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 22	45	15	0.18	0.0
January 23	45	37	0.56	0.0
January 24	40	30	0.00	0.0
January 25	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 26	43	18	0.00	0.0
January 27	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 28	33	23	0.08	0.9
January 29	29	14	0.71	7.0
January 30	20	-4	0.00	0.0
January 31	19	-9	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	18	-11	0.00	0.0
February 2	48	17	1.72	0.0
February 3	49	31	0.03	0.0
February 4	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 5	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 7	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 8	36	30	0.10	0.0
February 9	34	9	0.07	0.8
February 10	21	1	0.00	0.0
February 11	18	5	0.00	0.0
February 12	19	9	0.04	0.4
February 13	24	15	0.02	0.2
February 14	44	19	0.00	0.0
February 15	36	29	0.30	2.4
February 16	33	12	0.06	0.6
February 17	14	1	0.02	0.2
February 18	25	-3	0.00	0.0
February 19	38	6	0.00	0.0
February 20	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	30	0.00	0.0
February 22	38	33	0.07	0.7
February 23	34	31	0.14	1.3
February 24	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	28	11	0.00	0.0
February 26	27	15	0.00	0.0
February 27	17	5	0.00	0.0
February 28	25	5	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	11	0.00	0.0
March 2	38	30	0.04	0.3
March 3	30	27	0.01	0.1
March 4	39	29	0.44	0.0
March 5	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 6	37	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	36	34	0.21	0.0
March 8	44	34	0.70	0.0
March 9	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 10	38	32	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	33	0.04	0.0
March 12	63	37	0.11	0.0
March 13	55	35	0.00	0.0
March 14	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	42	35	0.13	0.0
March 16	59	35	0.00	0.0
March 17	47	39	1.08	0.0
March 18	41	33	0.01	0.1
March 19	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	36	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	36	30	0.01	0.0
March 23	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	59	26	0.00	0.0
March 25	55	26	0.00	0.0
March 26	46	39	0.55	0.0
March 27	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 29	41	21	0.00	0.0
March 30	39	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	43	35	0.00	0.0

April 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	40	0.44	0.0
April 2	40	37	5.21	0.0
April 3	40	35	0.07	0.0
April 4	43	35	0.47	1.6
April 5	45	34	0.30	0.4
April 6	52	37	0.00	0.0
April 7	54	38	0.00	0.0
April 8	47	31	0.00	0.0
April 9	47	30	0.00	0.0
April 10	41	31	0.78	0.3
April 11	39	30	0.00	0.0
April 12	41	27	0.00	0.0
April 13	43	25	0.00	0.0
April 14	49	24	0.00	0.0
April 15	55	26	0.00	0.0
April 16	76	33	0.00	0.0
April 17	74	42	0.00	0.0
April 18	67	45	0.01	0.0
April 19	75	44	0.00	0.0
April 20	56	36	0.00	0.0
April 21	54	37	0.00	0.0
April 22	73	46	0.07	0.0
April 23	77	48	0.03	0.0
April 24	66	45	0.00	0.0
April 25	59	47	0.01	0.0
April 26	51	44	0.22	0.0
April 27	45	42	1.69	0.0
April 28	53	44	0.50	0.0
April 29	51	44	0.10	0.0
April 30	53	40	0.00	0.0

May 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	36	0.00
May 2	51	46	0.00
May 3	58	47	0.10
May 4	59	48	0.00
May 5	52	46	0.04
May 6	55	39	0.12
May 7	58	39	0.00
May 8	56	34	0.00
May 9	49	45	1.20
May 10	59	47	0.00
May 11	49	46	0.44
May 12	65	44	0.17
May 13	63	43	0.00
May 14	63	41	0.00
May 15	57	43	0.26
May 16	61	49	0.49
May 17	57	45	0.00
May 18	48	45	0.88
May 19	56	43	0.01
May 20	64	39	0.12
May 21	54	49	1.40
May 22	56	47	0.22
May 23	64	40	0.00
May 24	60	44	0.00
May 25	52	46	0.00
May 26	54	42	0.01
May 27	59	38	0.00
May 28	56	45	0.33
May 29	79	52	0.13
May 30	70	54	0.00
May 31	64	54	0.36

June 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	52	0.17
June 2	64	44	0.10
June 3	67	39	0.00
June 4	70	44	0.03
June 5	60	51	0.09
June 6	59	51	0.00
June 7	75	55	0.67
June 8	80	59	0.00
June 9	85	60	0.00
June 10	83	60	0.00
June 11	92	65	0.11
June 12	87	66	0.12
June 13	76	56	0.05
June 14	76	52	0.01
June 15	69	50	0.00
June 16	55	51	0.96
June 17	68	49	0.04
June 18	65	43	0.00
June 19	70	52	0.00
June 20	75	54	0.00
June 21	76	61	0.00
June 22	76	63	0.53
June 23	76	61	0.00
June 24	69	57	0.00
June 25	68	58	0.00
June 26	65	59	0.50
June 27	67	61	0.71
June 28	77	62	0.06
June 29	69	63	0.32
June 30	74	65	0.40

July 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	68	63	0.26
July 2	72	62	0.01
July 3	79	61	0.00
July 4	75	64	0.49
July 5	74	65	0.05
July 6	82	64	0.00
July 7	85	60	0.00
July 8	93	70	0.00
July 9	90	69	0.00
July 10	82	67	0.00
July 11	80	65	0.03
July 12	73	56	0.02
July 13	78	55	0.00
July 14	86	66	0.10
July 15	71	59	0.03
July 16	80	56	0.00
July 17	78	57	0.00
July 18	75	59	0.00
July 19	82	58	0.00
July 20	83	61	0.19
July 21	74	64	0.38
July 22	82	58	0.00
July 23	81	60	0.00
July 24	88	57	0.00
July 25	87	63	0.00
July 26	80	64	0.00
July 27	78	67	0.04
July 28	90	66	0.00
July 29	77	64	0.10
July 30	77	61	0.00
July 31	72	59	0.00

August 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	64	0.28
August 2	70	64	1.88
August 3	82	67	0.94
August 4	79	64	0.00
August 5	86	64	0.00
August 6	73	60	0.00
August 7	79	62	0.00
August 8	87	68	0.00
August 9	92	70	0.00
August 10	90	71	0.00
August 11	88	70	0.00
August 12	89	67	0.00
August 13	84	63	0.00
August 14	69	61	0.00
August 15	66	62	0.07
August 16	76	62	0.02
August 17	82	58	0.00
August 18	81	61	0.00
August 19	76	59	0.00
August 20	76	59	0.00
August 21	76	55	0.00
August 22	68	58	0.00
August 23	75	50	0.00
August 24	77	53	0.00
August 25	73	48	0.00
August 26	82	60	0.00
August 27	75	64	0.00
August 28	88	63	0.29
August 29	85	60	0.00
August 30	90	63	0.00
August 31	89	66	0.00

September 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	65	0.02
September 2	78	63	0.00
September 3	93	65	0.00
September 4	80	63	0.00
September 5	69	62	0.00
September 6	71	63	0.62
September 7	75	52	0.12
September 8	70	49	0.00
September 9	67	42	0.00
September 10	68	40	0.00
September 11	79	49	0.00
September 12	71	45	0.00
September 13	72	45	0.00
September 14	61	45	0.01
September 15	65	56	0.04
September 16	74	50	0.00
September 17	62	37	0.00
September 18	61	43	0.73
September 19	67	44	0.00
September 20	68	42	0.00
September 21	59	34	0.00
September 22	55	30	0.29
September 23	71	52	0.18
September 24	55	42	0.22
September 25	62	37	0.00
September 26	68	36	0.00
September 27	71	43	0.00
September 28	71	43	0.00
September 29	73	40	0.00
September 30	65	38	0.00

October 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	32	0.00
October 2	68	42	0.00
October 3	61	55	0.62
October 4	73	54	0.03
October 5	61	44	0.46
October 6	65	42	0.00
October 7	68	43	0.00
October 8	68	33	0.00
October 9	62	35	0.00
October 10	52	41	0.00
October 11	57	32	0.00
October 12	66	36	0.00
October 13	70	40	0.00
October 14	65	47	0.05
October 15	63	40	0.00
October 16	58	35	0.00
October 17	56	37	0.00
October 18	51	34	0.00
October 19	55	34	0.00
October 20	47	40	0.40
October 21	55	34	0.00
October 22	59	30	0.00
October 23	67	38	0.00
October 24	60	39	0.00
October 25	53	44	0.01
October 26	53	42	0.00
October 27	54	33	0.00
October 28	43	29	0.00
October 29	49	35	0.17
October 30	57	43	1.64
October 31	62	42	0.00

November 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	54	42	0.44
November 2	59	47	0.00
November 3	51	36	0.00
November 4	45	31	0.00
November 5	43	25	0.00
November 6	37	24	0.00
November 7	44	20	0.00
November 8	45	24	0.00
November 9	43	26	0.00
November 10	37	21	0.00
November 11	38	14	0.00
November 12	41	22	0.00
November 13	47	37	0.00
November 14	69	41	0.00
November 15	47	37	0.17
November 16	44	30	0.16
November 17	38	23	0.00
November 18	44	26	0.00
November 19	43	24	0.00
November 20	40	20	0.00
November 21	43	22	0.00
November 22	46	40	0.20
November 23	44	40	0.01
November 24	48	29	0.06
November 25	50	35	0.33
November 26	44	24	0.00
November 27	42	33	0.33
November 28	44	39	0.68
November 29	49	33	0.00
November 30	46	31	0.02

December 1973 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 3	42	20	0.00	0.0
December 4	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 5	53	37	0.72	0.0
December 6	56	34	0.02	0.0
December 7	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 9	53	28	1.38	0.1
December 10	51	38	0.00	0.0
December 11	38	33	0.15	0.0
December 12	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	16	0.00	0.0
December 14	48	32	1.21	0.0
December 15	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	25	0.36	3.3
December 17	53	26	2.88	0.9
December 18	40	9	0.01	0.0
December 19	21	5	0.00	0.0
December 20	44	20	0.01	0.0
December 21	55	44	1.12	0.0
December 22	44	21	0.00	0.0
December 23	31	22	0.01	0.1
December 24	26	10	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	8	0.01	0.0
December 26	51	31	0.16	0.0
December 27	43	35	0.80	0.0
December 28	46	30	0.48	0.0
December 29	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	26	0.01	0.0
December 31	29	25	0.24	2.8

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