Portland Weather in 1996

Historical record of Portland, Maine weather for the year 1996 based on NOAA data.

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1996 Portland Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	86 °F	July 18
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	64 °F	September 2
Lowest daily high	10 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	11.7 inches	October 21
Most daily snow	10.2 inches	January 8
Total annual precipitation	58.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	88.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Portland in 1996?

The highest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1996 was 86 °F which happened on July 18.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Portland in 1996

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	86 °F	Jul 18
2	85 °F	Sep 6
2	85 °F	Aug 31
2	85 °F	Aug 6
2	85 °F	Aug 5
2	85 °F	Jul 17
2	85 °F	Jun 12
8	84 °F	Jul 16
8	84 °F	Jun 15
8	84 °F	Jun 11
8	84 °F	May 21

What was the coldest temperature in Portland in 1996?

The lowest temperature recorded in Portland, Maine in 1996 was -12 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Portland in 1996

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	February 5
1	-12 °F	January 6
3	-10 °F	January 5
4	-6 °F	February 13
4	-6 °F	January 16
6	-5 °F	March 10
6	-5 °F	February 4
6	-5 °F	January 7
9	-3 °F	February 19
10	-2 °F	February 1

January 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	26	18	0.00	0.0
January 2	20	14	0.05	0.8
January 3	16	7	0.55	9.1
January 4	17	3	0.02	0.2
January 5	11	-10	0.00	0.0
January 6	16	-12	0.00	0.0
January 7	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 8	15	10	0.52	10.2
January 9	22	1	0.00	0.0
January 10	22	12	0.14	2.6
January 11	26	5	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	5	0.60	5.7
January 13	40	19	0.22	1.5
January 14	37	10	0.00	0.0
January 15	35	1	0.00	0.0
January 16	19	-6	0.06	2.6
January 17	47	19	0.03	0.2
January 18	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 19	49	35	0.95	0.0
January 20	42	19	0.00	0.0
January 21	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	17	0.01	0.1
January 23	42	30	0.00	0.0
January 24	47	34	0.67	0.0
January 25	43	15	0.00	0.0
January 26	29	11	0.00	0.0
January 27	49	24	1.15	0.1
January 28	36	17	0.02	0.0
January 29	30	11	0.11	2.0
January 30	39	27	0.20	2.0
January 31	28	7	0.00	0.0

February 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	17	-2	0.00	0.0
February 2	26	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	16	3	0.07	1.4
February 4	10	-5	0.00	0.0
February 5	17	-12	0.00	0.0
February 6	22	0	0.00	0.0
February 7	33	0	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	30	0.08	0.7
February 9	45	34	0.13	0.0
February 10	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	21	0.13	1.3
February 12	31	1	0.00	0.0
February 13	11	-6	0.00	0.0
February 14	21	4	0.16	5.6
February 15	25	8	0.00	0.0
February 16	27	4	0.15	2.3
February 17	26	15	0.06	1.8
February 18	29	7	0.00	0.0
February 19	29	-3	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	24	0.16	0.0
February 21	44	37	0.79	0.0
February 22	48	38	0.53	0.0
February 23	52	32	0.00	0.0
February 24	39	33	0.70	0.0
February 25	46	37	0.00	0.0
February 26	40	31	0.00	0.0
February 27	52	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	56	34	0.07	0.0
February 29	34	15	0.00	0.0

March 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	9	0.00	0.0
March 2	33	17	0.38	4.8
March 3	34	16	0.05	0.4
March 4	26	10	0.00	0.0
March 5	30	13	0.47	5.2
March 6	29	22	0.05	0.4
March 7	26	17	0.45	8.5
March 8	22	15	0.24	4.4
March 9	22	4	0.00	0.0
March 10	30	-5	0.00	0.0
March 11	35	5	0.00	0.0
March 12	44	11	0.00	0.0
March 13	51	21	0.00	0.0
March 14	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 15	54	36	0.33	0.0
March 16	38	26	0.10	1.0
March 17	48	17	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	19	0.00	0.0
March 19	44	24	0.00	0.0
March 20	41	36	0.57	0.0
March 21	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	47	26	0.00	0.0
March 23	38	28	0.02	0.3
March 24	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	31	0.01	0.0
March 26	58	35	0.01	0.0
March 27	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 28	41	16	0.00	0.0
March 29	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 30	47	25	0.00	0.0
March 31	54	23	0.00	0.0

April 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	49	25	0.00	0.0
April 2	49	33	0.32	0.0
April 3	43	25	0.00	0.0
April 4	52	25	0.00	0.0
April 5	47	32	0.00	0.0
April 6	43	37	0.01	0.0
April 7	40	34	0.03	0.0
April 8	37	31	0.18	2.0
April 9	42	26	0.08	0.0
April 10	34	32	0.63	6.1
April 11	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	58	38	0.00	0.0
April 13	48	28	0.00	0.0
April 14	40	33	0.47	0.4
April 15	51	33	0.00	0.0
April 16	46	35	3.35	0.0
April 17	49	35	0.04	0.0
April 18	53	35	0.00	0.0
April 19	51	32	0.00	0.0
April 20	54	39	0.00	0.0
April 21	77	49	0.00	0.0
April 22	65	42	0.63	0.0
April 23	62	47	0.16	0.0
April 24	53	37	0.01	0.0
April 25	54	34	0.00	0.0
April 26	62	42	0.08	0.0
April 27	60	38	0.01	0.0
April 28	58	33	0.00	0.0
April 29	53	30	0.21	0.0
April 30	53	42	0.23	0.0

May 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	66	48	0.16	n/a
May 2	66	42	0.00	n/a
May 3	59	34	0.10	n/a
May 4	59	46	0.41	n/a
May 5	64	47	0.01	n/a
May 6	52	37	0.00	n/a
May 7	67	34	0.00	n/a
May 8	60	45	0.00	n/a
May 9	53	46	0.00	n/a
May 10	50	45	0.57	n/a
May 11	51	46	0.74	n/a
May 12	47	39	0.29	0.0
May 13	54	34	0.00	0.0
May 14	58	33	0.00	0.0
May 15	63	33	0.00	0.0
May 16	66	36	0.20	0.0
May 17	61	45	0.35	0.0
May 18	64	47	0.23	0.0
May 19	64	51	0.22	0.0
May 20	75	53	0.00	0.0
May 21	84	55	0.00	0.0
May 22	75	51	0.00	0.0
May 23	73	48	0.00	0.0
May 24	66	47	0.03	0.0
May 25	61	39	0.00	0.0
May 26	65	35	0.00	0.0
May 27	62	37	0.00	0.0
May 28	66	38	0.00	0.0
May 29	56	44	0.11	0.0
May 30	53	45	0.30	0.0
May 31	75	40	0.00	0.0

June 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	47	0.00
June 2	75	46	0.00
June 3	68	45	0.03
June 4	70	53	0.06
June 5	70	57	0.03
June 6	73	53	0.00
June 7	72	56	0.00
June 8	73	59	0.08
June 9	62	54	0.00
June 10	65	52	0.03
June 11	84	59	0.01
June 12	85	64	0.00
June 13	77	61	0.01
June 14	82	60	0.01
June 15	84	58	0.04
June 16	70	52	0.00
June 17	79	54	0.00
June 18	73	54	0.00
June 19	72	49	0.00
June 20	71	56	0.01
June 21	60	51	0.60
June 22	57	50	0.37
June 23	72	51	0.20
June 24	67	51	0.00
June 25	79	54	0.17
June 26	70	52	0.00
June 27	71	53	0.00
June 28	75	48	0.00
June 29	73	46	0.00
June 30	66	59	0.15

July 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	58	0.00
July 2	79	58	0.00
July 3	64	58	0.49
July 4	71	57	0.34
July 5	77	56	0.03
July 6	80	56	0.00
July 7	76	53	0.00
July 8	78	60	0.26
July 9	80	63	0.73
July 10	78	59	0.00
July 11	80	53	0.00
July 12	80	56	0.00
July 13	67	61	3.37
July 14	82	63	0.00
July 15	68	59	0.03
July 16	84	61	0.13
July 17	85	59	0.00
July 18	86	62	0.00
July 19	71	62	0.10
July 20	67	57	0.00
July 21	75	57	0.00
July 22	77	51	0.00
July 23	67	55	0.08
July 24	72	59	0.00
July 25	65	58	0.00
July 26	71	60	0.27
July 27	75	60	0.30
July 28	80	55	0.00
July 29	70	57	0.00
July 30	68	60	0.00
July 31	65	59	0.06

August 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	63	57	0.01
August 2	73	57	0.00
August 3	72	59	0.00
August 4	76	60	0.00
August 5	85	58	0.00
August 6	85	61	0.00
August 7	78	62	0.00
August 8	78	63	0.00
August 9	83	64	0.02
August 10	81	63	0.01
August 11	75	54	0.00
August 12	72	50	0.00
August 13	69	53	0.00
August 14	81	50	0.00
August 15	71	56	0.00
August 16	73	63	0.00
August 17	77	58	0.00
August 18	83	60	0.00
August 19	77	54	0.00
August 20	76	50	0.00
August 21	81	63	0.38
August 22	79	62	0.00
August 23	83	61	0.00
August 24	78	59	0.01
August 25	79	55	0.00
August 26	79	60	0.07
August 27	74	59	0.00
August 28	71	56	0.00
August 29	79	54	0.00
August 30	74	56	0.00
August 31	85	51	0.00

September 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	54	0.00
September 2	71	64	0.91
September 3	83	61	0.01
September 4	73	57	0.03
September 5	81	60	0.04
September 6	85	62	0.00
September 7	69	59	0.00
September 8	61	56	0.16
September 9	69	57	0.06
September 10	74	61	0.02
September 11	76	55	0.00
September 12	62	55	0.09
September 13	58	54	0.51
September 14	62	54	0.59
September 15	65	52	0.00
September 16	60	51	0.01
September 17	59	54	0.02
September 18	61	55	0.61
September 19	70	48	0.00
September 20	74	44	0.00
September 21	76	47	0.00
September 22	62	48	0.06
September 23	62	43	0.08
September 24	59	43	0.01
September 25	52	43	0.08
September 26	64	37	0.00
September 27	61	37	0.00
September 28	63	56	0.00
September 29	68	52	0.26
September 30	66	43	0.00

October 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	37	0.00
October 2	64	48	0.23
October 3	63	36	0.00
October 4	51	34	0.00
October 5	50	28	0.00
October 6	53	28	0.00
October 7	59	37	0.00
October 8	55	41	0.48
October 9	60	41	0.69
October 10	55	38	0.11
October 11	53	30	0.07
October 12	51	27	0.00
October 13	58	39	0.00
October 14	69	40	0.09
October 15	52	31	0.00
October 16	64	35	0.00
October 17	66	35	0.00
October 18	52	26	0.00
October 19	54	34	0.00
October 20	49	47	2.78
October 21	52	48	11.74
October 22	54	48	0.15
October 23	59	43	0.01
October 24	65	47	0.11
October 25	63	39	0.00
October 26	62	36	0.00
October 27	56	32	0.00
October 28	54	43	0.15
October 29	50	31	0.00
October 30	50	27	0.25
October 31	55	38	0.00

November 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	48	26	0.00	0.0
November 2	48	27	0.00	0.0
November 3	41	25	0.00	0.0
November 4	49	22	0.00	0.0
November 5	51	38	0.00	0.0
November 6	49	37	0.00	0.0
November 7	54	41	0.11	0.0
November 8	60	54	0.00	0.0
November 9	61	48	0.19	0.0
November 10	53	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 12	42	24	0.00	0.0
November 13	37	19	0.00	0.0
November 14	33	18	0.00	0.0
November 15	31	17	0.00	0.0
November 16	45	14	0.00	0.0
November 17	58	22	0.00	0.0
November 18	51	29	0.00	0.0
November 19	39	36	0.15	0.0
November 20	43	33	0.01	0.0
November 21	42	25	0.00	0.0
November 22	45	25	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	22	0.00	0.0
November 24	42	21	0.00	0.0
November 25	33	29	0.08	0.9
November 26	33	28	1.19	1.5
November 27	28	16	0.05	0.5
November 28	27	12	0.00	0.0
November 29	33	16	0.00	0.0
November 30	41	15	0.01	0.0

December 1996 Portland Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	49	40	0.65	0.0
December 2	54	34	1.23	0.0
December 3	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 4	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	38	27	0.02	0.2
December 7	40	28	0.70	0.4
December 8	50	28	1.34	0.0
December 9	43	24	0.00	0.0
December 10	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 11	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	32	0.13	0.0
December 13	36	31	0.01	0.0
December 14	40	34	0.02	0.0
December 15	38	34	0.03	0.0
December 16	41	33	0.01	0.0
December 17	51	39	0.86	0.0
December 18	53	39	0.00	0.0
December 19	44	36	0.60	0.0
December 20	36	21	0.03	0.1
December 21	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 22	34	21	0.02	0.2
December 23	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 24	51	32	0.41	0.0
December 25	46	19	0.06	0.0
December 26	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 27	41	30	0.00	0.0
December 28	43	27	0.02	0.0
December 29	48	42	0.37	0.0
December 30	47	13	0.00	0.0
December 31	14	3	0.02	0.5

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