Portland Weather in 1987

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1987 based on NOAA data.

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1987 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 17
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	February 15
Highest daily low	69 °F	August 18
Lowest daily high	13 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	March 31
Most daily snow	13.0 inches	January 2
Total annual precipitation	40.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	83.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1987?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1987 was 97 °F which happened on August 17.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 17
2	95 °F	Jul 24
3	94 °F	Aug 18
3	94 °F	Aug 16
3	94 °F	May 31
6	91 °F	Jul 18
7	87 °F	Aug 15
7	87 °F	Jun 1
9	86 °F	Jul 26
9	86 °F	Jul 25
9	86 °F	Jun 30
9	86 °F	May 28

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1987?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1987 was -11 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11 °F	February 15
1	-11 °F	February 14
3	-6 °F	January 28
4	-2 °F	February 13
4	-2 °F	January 17
6	-1 °F	February 16
6	-1 °F	February 12
6	-1 °F	January 21
9	0 °F	December 30
9	0 °F	January 27

January 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	14	0.00	0.0
January 2	32	27	1.49	13.0
January 3	30	21	0.27	2.7
January 4	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 8	33	14	0.00	0.0
January 9	37	11	0.00	0.0
January 10	27	12	0.60	5.9
January 11	32	26	0.66	5.9
January 12	37	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 14	35	8	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	27	0.11	0.0
January 16	38	11	0.00	0.0
January 17	24	-2	0.00	0.0
January 18	24	3	0.52	4.9
January 19	29	16	0.16	2.4
January 20	25	8	0.12	1.5
January 21	29	-1	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	5	0.32	6.0
January 23	35	22	0.43	0.2
January 24	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 25	22	2	0.00	0.0
January 26	13	1	0.00	0.0
January 27	20	0	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	-6	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	1	0.00	0.0
January 30	33	5	0.19	2.5
January 31	33	24	0.34	5.7

February 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	18	0.00	0.0
February 4	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 5	24	8	0.00	0.0
February 6	35	6	0.00	0.0
February 7	45	24	0.01	0.5
February 8	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 9	32	18	0.03	0.3
February 10	32	14	0.00	0.0
February 11	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 12	24	-1	0.00	0.0
February 13	22	-2	0.00	0.0
February 14	17	-11	0.00	0.0
February 15	16	-11	0.00	0.0
February 16	34	-1	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	12	0.00	0.0
February 18	34	11	0.00	0.0
February 19	36	6	0.00	0.0
February 20	35	12	0.00	0.0
February 21	38	16	0.00	0.0
February 22	44	11	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 24	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 26	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	47	19	0.00	0.0

March 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	25	0.60	4.7
March 2	25	22	0.24	3.6
March 3	28	19	0.05	1.1
March 4	32	11	0.00	0.0
March 5	40	4	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	14	0.00	0.0
March 7	46	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	42	13	0.00	0.0
March 10	26	6	0.00	0.0
March 11	31	5	0.00	0.0
March 12	35	11	0.00	0.0
March 13	34	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	37	28	0.03	0.3
March 15	40	21	0.00	0.0
March 16	36	22	0.07	1.9
March 17	34	24	0.03	0.3
March 18	44	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	39	33	0.19	1.5
March 21	39	34	0.16	0.8
March 22	43	34	0.02	0.1
March 23	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	63	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	64	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	44	38	0.15	0.0
March 27	59	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	49	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	61	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	54	37	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	45	2.75	0.0

April 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	50	34	0.66	0.0
April 2	45	29	0.00	0.0
April 3	55	39	0.00	0.0
April 4	51	41	0.04	0.0
April 5	47	42	1.36	0.0
April 6	46	44	1.37	0.0
April 7	44	40	0.27	0.0
April 8	46	39	0.01	0.0
April 9	50	38	0.00	0.0
April 10	68	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	68	36	0.00	0.0
April 12	61	37	0.00	0.0
April 13	51	36	0.00	0.0
April 14	59	30	0.00	0.0
April 15	58	27	0.00	0.0
April 16	43	39	0.21	0.0
April 17	45	39	0.70	0.0
April 18	52	45	0.49	0.0
April 19	64	48	0.01	0.0
April 20	56	48	0.00	0.0
April 21	66	48	0.01	0.0
April 22	57	36	0.06	0.0
April 23	47	31	0.00	0.0
April 24	58	43	0.01	0.0
April 25	55	34	0.00	0.0
April 26	53	30	0.00	0.0
April 27	48	28	0.00	0.0
April 28	39	33	0.57	2.3
April 29	44	33	0.51	1.1
April 30	54	36	0.05	0.0

May 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	36	0.00
May 2	59	32	0.00
May 3	62	41	0.00
May 4	54	43	0.00
May 5	47	41	0.99
May 6	47	43	0.91
May 7	71	44	0.00
May 8	57	35	0.00
May 9	69	32	0.00
May 10	85	46	0.00
May 11	57	43	0.00
May 12	73	43	0.01
May 13	60	42	0.00
May 14	57	38	0.00
May 15	70	45	0.05
May 16	65	38	0.00
May 17	74	53	0.00
May 18	61	40	0.00
May 19	60	36	0.00
May 20	60	34	0.00
May 21	64	36	0.00
May 22	83	60	0.00
May 23	71	47	0.07
May 24	48	44	0.38
May 25	59	44	0.00
May 26	68	39	0.00
May 27	59	50	0.02
May 28	86	53	0.11
May 29	76	60	0.00
May 30	82	54	0.00
May 31	94	53	0.08

June 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	64	0.01
June 2	65	52	0.00
June 3	66	50	0.00
June 4	56	52	0.48
June 5	68	54	0.30
June 6	70	49	0.01
June 7	71	44	0.00
June 8	64	53	0.64
June 9	74	54	0.04
June 10	72	54	0.00
June 11	79	51	0.00
June 12	70	58	0.13
June 13	72	59	0.73
June 14	72	55	0.00
June 15	85	56	0.00
June 16	83	55	0.09
June 17	75	54	0.02
June 18	83	51	0.00
June 19	85	54	0.00
June 20	82	56	0.00
June 21	76	51	0.00
June 22	69	59	0.57
June 23	65	54	1.39
June 24	79	53	0.00
June 25	70	54	0.00
June 26	59	54	0.03
June 27	58	55	0.57
June 28	78	56	0.00
June 29	80	53	0.00
June 30	86	61	0.00

July 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	79	59	0.00
July 2	73	55	0.19
July 3	59	56	0.08
July 4	71	55	0.01
July 5	83	56	0.00
July 6	79	56	0.00
July 7	77	60	0.00
July 8	73	61	0.00
July 9	81	61	0.00
July 10	76	63	0.00
July 11	73	63	0.00
July 12	74	65	0.00
July 13	74	65	0.00
July 14	79	66	0.00
July 15	78	57	0.16
July 16	75	50	0.00
July 17	82	57	0.00
July 18	91	57	0.74
July 19	81	60	0.03
July 20	76	56	0.04
July 21	69	59	0.00
July 22	70	59	0.00
July 23	77	60	0.00
July 24	95	63	0.00
July 25	86	69	0.35
July 26	86	64	0.00
July 27	80	56	0.01
July 28	75	54	0.00
July 29	74	47	0.00
July 30	73	51	0.18
July 31	79	56	0.00

August 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	49	0.00
August 2	73	52	0.03
August 3	76	62	1.22
August 4	84	61	0.00
August 5	78	64	0.00
August 6	74	55	0.00
August 7	75	50	0.00
August 8	79	61	0.00
August 9	79	60	0.01
August 10	72	61	0.27
August 11	78	55	0.00
August 12	74	53	0.00
August 13	75	50	0.00
August 14	76	56	0.00
August 15	87	61	0.00
August 16	94	62	0.00
August 17	97	69	0.00
August 18	94	69	0.00
August 19	81	59	0.41
August 20	84	57	0.00
August 21	81	53	0.00
August 22	73	55	0.13
August 23	73	53	0.00
August 24	70	47	0.00
August 25	75	41	0.00
August 26	71	48	0.00
August 27	62	48	0.00
August 28	66	56	0.02
August 29	57	52	0.39
August 30	74	45	0.00
August 31	76	51	0.00

September 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	55	0.14
September 2	70	51	0.00
September 3	70	43	0.00
September 4	70	39	0.00
September 5	75	42	0.00
September 6	77	54	0.00
September 7	72	56	0.00
September 8	73	61	0.31
September 9	80	60	0.60
September 10	81	59	0.02
September 11	64	59	0.00
September 12	69	58	0.00
September 13	64	59	1.13
September 14	78	51	0.00
September 15	76	48	0.00
September 16	78	49	0.00
September 17	73	51	0.00
September 18	61	51	0.00
September 19	58	53	0.03
September 20	56	53	2.04
September 21	61	53	0.02
September 22	62	49	0.00
September 23	68	42	0.00
September 24	68	43	0.00
September 25	58	35	0.00
September 26	66	33	0.01
September 27	65	34	0.00
September 28	66	35	0.00
September 29	82	54	0.00
September 30	67	59	0.34

October 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	61	41	0.01
October 2	62	37	0.00
October 3	69	53	0.00
October 4	55	39	0.89
October 5	64	32	0.00
October 6	64	39	0.00
October 7	60	47	0.50
October 8	63	40	0.00
October 9	55	33	0.00
October 10	63	44	0.00
October 11	45	38	0.27
October 12	51	31	0.00
October 13	56	30	0.00
October 14	55	28	0.00
October 15	66	30	0.00
October 16	58	35	0.00
October 17	59	38	0.00
October 18	69	43	0.00
October 19	61	36	0.00
October 20	52	36	0.00
October 21	63	44	0.14
October 22	51	29	0.00
October 23	54	26	0.00
October 24	60	32	0.00
October 25	57	34	0.12
October 26	55	29	0.00
October 27	53	25	0.00
October 28	58	48	0.56
October 29	55	36	0.00
October 30	51	29	0.00
October 31	55	38	0.05

November 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 2	47	27	0.00	0.0
November 3	53	32	0.10	0.0
November 4	74	46	0.00	0.0
November 5	64	37	0.00	0.0
November 6	38	23	0.03	0.4
November 7	40	21	0.00	0.0
November 8	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	61	40	0.07	0.0
November 10	40	26	0.27	1.7
November 11	34	26	0.11	1.1
November 12	40	28	0.15	1.6
November 13	51	22	0.00	0.0
November 14	58	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	49	26	0.00	0.0
November 16	45	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	52	34	0.00	0.0
November 18	70	47	0.00	0.0
November 19	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 20	42	32	0.30	0.4
November 21	33	14	0.00	0.0
November 22	36	17	0.00	0.0
November 23	44	17	0.00	0.0
November 24	59	40	0.00	0.0
November 25	48	33	0.01	0.0
November 26	37	28	0.81	0.2
November 27	34	19	0.00	0.0
November 28	40	16	0.00	0.0
November 29	39	19	0.00	0.0
November 30	51	37	1.97	0.0

December 1987 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	51	32	0.20	0.0
December 2	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 4	37	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 6	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 7	45	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	43	16	0.00	0.0
December 9	53	28	0.03	0.0
December 10	48	33	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	37	0.34	0.0
December 12	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 14	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	26	0.34	1.9
December 16	34	27	0.32	3.4
December 17	33	18	0.01	0.1
December 18	30	10	0.00	0.0
December 19	30	13	0.00	0.0
December 20	38	13	0.51	2.3
December 21	41	27	0.01	0.0
December 22	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 24	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 25	42	32	0.13	0.0
December 26	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	14	0.00	0.0
December 28	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 29	18	4	0.12	1.4
December 30	16	0	0.00	0.0
December 31	33	8	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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