Portland Weather in 1979

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	May 9
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	February 18
Highest daily low	69 °F	August 5
Lowest daily high	6 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	3.6 inches	April 27
Most daily snow	15.9 inches	January 17
Total annual precipitation	61.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	73.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1979 was 92 °F which happened on May 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	May 9
2	91 °F	Jun 16
3	90 °F	Jul 13
4	88 °F	Aug 1
4	88 °F	Jun 15
4	88 °F	May 10
7	87 °F	Jul 22
8	86 °F	Jul 29
9	85 °F	Jun 17
10	84 °F	Aug 8
10	84 °F	Aug 3
10	84 °F	Jul 21
10	84 °F	Jul 9
10	84 °F	Jun 18

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1979 was -13 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	February 18
1	-13 °F	February 13
3	-12 °F	February 10
4	-11 °F	February 12
5	-10 °F	February 19
5	-10 °F	February 11
7	-8 °F	February 17
7	-8 °F	February 14
7	-8 °F	January 20
10	-7 °F	January 17

January 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	38	0.48	0.0
January 2	50	45	0.68	0.0
January 3	49	13	0.37	0.1
January 4	24	9	0.00	0.0
January 5	23	8	0.00	0.0
January 6	27	10	0.04	0.6
January 7	33	8	0.81	2.6
January 8	34	28	0.94	0.1
January 9	28	19	0.01	0.2
January 10	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 11	13	-2	0.00	0.0
January 12	16	-5	0.00	0.4
January 13	25	12	1.22	8.2
January 14	34	23	0.67	0.8
January 15	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 16	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	16	-7	0.82	15.9
January 18	14	1	0.56	11.2
January 19	19	-3	0.00	0.0
January 20	20	-8	0.10	0.7
January 21	43	18	2.78	6.2
January 22	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	19	0.00	0.0
January 24	32	10	0.00	0.0
January 25	35	32	0.81	5.5
January 26	36	33	0.38	1.3
January 27	38	34	0.26	0.0
January 28	37	30	0.03	0.0
January 29	41	34	0.08	0.0
January 30	39	30	0.40	2.3
January 31	31	26	0.48	6.3

February 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 2	27	18	0.00	0.0
February 3	28	8	0.00	0.0
February 4	29	-2	0.00	0.0
February 5	24	10	0.00	0.0
February 6	22	6	0.00	0.0
February 7	23	-1	0.00	0.0
February 8	22	10	0.12	1.7
February 9	17	-4	0.00	0.0
February 10	8	-12	0.00	0.0
February 11	6	-10	0.00	0.0
February 12	10	-11	0.00	0.0
February 13	7	-13	0.00	0.0
February 14	9	-8	0.00	0.0
February 15	15	-6	0.00	0.0
February 16	16	-2	0.00	0.0
February 17	6	-8	0.00	0.0
February 18	18	-13	0.00	0.0
February 19	25	-10	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	1	0.00	0.0
February 21	38	22	0.05	0.0
February 22	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 23	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	32	1.28	0.0
February 25	39	29	0.04	0.0
February 26	32	23	1.95	2.8
February 27	35	31	0.06	0.0
February 28	47	28	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	37	25	0.00
March 2	34	32	0.16
March 3	34	30	0.00
March 4	36	32	0.00
March 5	44	35	0.03
March 6	43	39	0.86
March 7	41	37	0.97
March 8	45	35	0.27
March 9	46	29	0.00
March 10	38	28	0.57
March 11	38	22	0.44
March 12	29	17	0.00
March 13	35	10	0.00
March 14	47	35	0.10
March 15	35	12	0.00
March 16	28	7	0.00
March 17	35	18	0.00
March 18	40	20	0.00
March 19	45	35	0.00
March 20	46	35	0.03
March 21	59	33	0.00
March 22	64	30	0.00
March 23	63	29	0.00
March 24	54	34	0.00
March 25	49	44	0.39
March 26	48	33	0.00
March 27	40	26	0.00
March 28	43	18	0.00
March 29	42	32	0.00
March 30	46	35	0.16
March 31	40	37	0.19

April 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	35	0.01	0.0
April 2	40	33	0.91	0.0
April 3	43	35	0.03	0.0
April 4	47	29	0.01	0.0
April 5	39	33	0.42	0.2
April 6	42	29	0.04	0.0
April 7	41	28	0.00	0.0
April 8	47	25	0.00	0.0
April 9	35	32	0.79	2.7
April 10	46	31	0.08	0.0
April 11	53	31	0.00	0.0
April 12	55	27	0.00	0.0
April 13	49	34	0.00	0.0
April 14	45	30	0.04	0.0
April 15	37	34	0.07	0.0
April 16	41	33	0.03	0.0
April 17	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 18	55	26	0.00	0.0
April 19	50	30	0.09	0.0
April 20	56	29	0.00	0.0
April 21	52	26	0.00	0.0
April 22	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 23	70	35	0.00	0.0
April 24	66	35	0.00	0.0
April 25	57	42	0.01	0.0
April 26	61	44	0.02	0.0
April 27	53	49	3.59	0.0
April 28	52	46	0.10	0.0
April 29	63	49	0.03	0.0
April 30	66	45	0.21	0.0

May 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	42	0.00
May 2	59	36	0.00
May 3	62	32	0.15
May 4	66	49	0.33
May 5	57	40	0.00
May 6	63	37	0.00
May 7	71	32	0.00
May 8	67	38	0.00
May 9	92	46	0.00
May 10	88	63	0.00
May 11	63	53	0.00
May 12	61	47	0.00
May 13	67	51	0.18
May 14	64	56	0.31
May 15	58	51	0.15
May 16	67	51	0.00
May 17	67	47	0.00
May 18	56	46	0.07
May 19	51	48	0.03
May 20	54	50	0.07
May 21	57	51	0.04
May 22	70	48	0.00
May 23	64	42	0.16
May 24	56	51	1.43
May 25	56	51	0.87
May 26	53	48	0.23
May 27	65	45	0.01
May 28	59	53	0.69
May 29	68	53	0.05
May 30	57	51	0.38
May 31	74	51	0.00

June 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	52	0.00
June 2	70	50	0.00
June 3	75	55	0.00
June 4	73	55	0.00
June 5	66	55	0.02
June 6	72	50	0.00
June 7	70	46	0.00
June 8	69	54	0.00
June 9	72	58	0.00
June 10	72	58	0.00
June 11	71	56	0.00
June 12	65	46	0.05
June 13	71	44	0.00
June 14	74	41	0.00
June 15	88	55	0.00
June 16	91	63	0.00
June 17	85	59	0.00
June 18	84	59	1.87
June 19	75	51	0.00
June 20	77	48	0.00
June 21	73	44	0.00
June 22	69	49	0.03
June 23	77	54	0.00
June 24	68	49	0.00
June 25	69	45	0.00
June 26	71	41	0.00
June 27	70	50	0.00
June 28	74	56	0.00
June 29	73	54	0.00
June 30	70	55	0.00

July 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	63	59	2.38
July 2	75	59	0.14
July 3	80	55	0.00
July 4	73	47	0.02
July 5	69	48	0.00
July 6	75	49	0.00
July 7	78	49	0.00
July 8	82	51	0.00
July 9	84	57	0.00
July 10	83	59	0.00
July 11	78	61	0.00
July 12	72	60	0.00
July 13	90	60	0.00
July 14	79	64	0.09
July 15	67	59	0.00
July 16	76	59	0.16
July 17	80	66	2.53
July 18	68	62	0.36
July 19	81	60	0.00
July 20	81	56	0.00
July 21	84	59	0.00
July 22	87	66	0.00
July 23	80	63	0.00
July 24	78	60	0.00
July 25	78	66	0.00
July 26	81	67	0.21
July 27	82	69	0.00
July 28	82	69	0.01
July 29	86	68	0.00
July 30	83	67	0.00
July 31	80	67	0.00

August 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	68	0.09
August 2	72	65	0.01
August 3	84	69	0.00
August 4	83	68	0.03
August 5	81	69	0.00
August 6	81	56	0.00
August 7	74	52	0.05
August 8	84	60	0.09
August 9	77	55	0.00
August 10	61	50	0.97
August 11	68	48	0.00
August 12	60	52	0.66
August 13	69	50	0.82
August 14	74	50	0.00
August 15	69	49	0.00
August 16	73	47	0.00
August 17	71	43	0.00
August 18	67	44	0.00
August 19	61	55	0.74
August 20	71	58	0.00
August 21	71	56	0.07
August 22	75	55	0.00
August 23	67	49	0.00
August 24	71	60	0.00
August 25	79	64	0.00
August 26	78	56	0.00
August 27	75	59	0.09
August 28	74	58	0.00
August 29	68	57	1.27
August 30	81	65	0.64
August 31	75	50	0.00

September 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	72	45	0.00
September 2	77	60	0.00
September 3	83	64	0.06
September 4	76	55	0.00
September 5	72	54	0.00
September 6	70	64	0.78
September 7	78	57	0.00
September 8	69	52	0.04
September 9	66	44	0.00
September 10	66	42	0.00
September 11	67	44	0.00
September 12	72	40	0.00
September 13	70	45	0.00
September 14	69	55	0.57
September 15	71	46	0.00
September 16	68	43	0.00
September 17	73	43	0.00
September 18	77	50	0.00
September 19	68	33	0.01
September 20	54	29	0.00
September 21	62	40	0.85
September 22	61	46	0.44
September 23	59	38	0.00
September 24	60	35	0.00
September 25	61	33	0.00
September 26	74	45	0.00
September 27	65	38	0.00
September 28	67	43	0.12
September 29	70	54	0.36
September 30	55	51	0.05

October 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	58	52	1.51	0.0
October 2	70	51	0.00	0.0
October 3	61	51	1.68	0.0
October 4	69	53	0.00	0.0
October 5	63	54	0.24	0.0
October 6	66	47	0.01	0.0
October 7	62	42	0.52	0.0
October 8	54	32	0.00	0.0
October 9	42	31	0.46	0.0
October 10	41	32	0.18	1.7
October 11	44	29	0.00	0.0
October 12	51	36	1.17	0.0
October 13	59	40	0.00	0.0
October 14	50	31	0.00	0.0
October 15	52	28	0.00	0.0
October 16	51	28	0.00	0.0
October 17	52	27	0.04	0.0
October 18	60	34	0.01	0.0
October 19	54	28	0.00	0.0
October 20	64	49	0.00	0.0
October 21	75	48	0.00	0.0
October 22	81	54	0.00	0.0
October 23	69	50	0.00	0.0
October 24	60	43	0.39	0.0
October 25	50	34	0.00	0.0
October 26	46	30	0.00	0.0
October 27	43	27	0.00	0.0
October 28	48	30	0.50	0.0
October 29	53	35	0.00	0.0
October 30	52	36	0.00	0.0
October 31	51	28	0.00	0.0

November 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	55	27	0.00
November 2	62	42	0.01
November 3	56	44	2.23
November 4	53	33	0.00
November 5	49	30	0.00
November 6	51	28	0.00
November 7	52	39	0.00
November 8	51	35	0.00
November 9	54	35	0.07
November 10	60	51	0.44
November 11	52	40	0.19
November 12	43	35	0.10
November 13	40	36	0.01
November 14	41	37	0.18
November 15	42	28	0.00
November 16	38	20	0.03
November 17	45	20	0.00
November 18	48	28	0.00
November 19	42	22	0.00
November 20	48	27	0.01
November 21	53	34	0.00
November 22	47	34	0.02
November 23	57	41	0.00
November 24	56	47	0.00
November 25	59	48	0.01
November 26	58	48	0.65
November 27	56	40	0.00
November 28	56	31	0.00
November 29	44	28	0.00
November 30	40	27	0.00

December 1979 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 2	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	42	15	0.00	0.0
December 4	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	22	0.01	0.1
December 6	53	34	0.05	0.0
December 7	48	29	0.33	0.0
December 8	48	19	0.01	0.0
December 9	31	11	0.00	0.0
December 10	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 11	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 12	64	28	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	18	0.14	1.2
December 14	27	10	0.06	0.5
December 15	33	2	0.00	0.0
December 16	43	33	0.23	0.0
December 17	42	7	0.10	0.0
December 18	17	1	0.00	0.0
December 19	10	-1	0.00	0.0
December 20	20	2	0.00	0.0
December 21	32	5	0.00	0.0
December 22	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	34	0.15	0.0
December 24	46	32	0.17	0.0
December 25	46	38	1.34	0.0
December 26	44	37	0.00	0.0
December 27	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 29	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	18	0.00	0.0

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