Portland, ME: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 22.7°F in Portland, ME, the coldest winter since 2014, 40th coldest of 152.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 22.7°F; Coldest since 2014; 40th coldest of 152
Precipitation: 7.73 in; Driest since 2007; 18th driest of 148

A normal winter in Portland, ME (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26.5°F, between 23.1°F and 30.2°F in eight years of ten and 12.16 in of precipitation, between 8.21 in and 14.71 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Portland, ME since 1875: 22.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 17.2°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 23.1 to 30.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Portland, ME from 1872 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	22.7	113	31.6	108	13.8	115	7.73	131	0
2025	25	70	33.4	74	16.5	79	10.33	97	0
2024	31	4	38.5	5	23.6	2	15.26	14	0
2023	30.3	7	38.2	8	22.3	8	13.44	35	0
2022	26.8	37	35.7	31	17.9	55	10.46	95	0
2021	28.3	20	35.8	29	20.8	15	10.39	96	0
2020	30.2	8	38.4	6	21.9	11	15.55	12	0
2019	26.4	46	35.1	39	17.6	60	13.13	39	0
2018	25.4	63	34	56	16.8	71	11.09	80	0
2017	28.9	14	37.2	14	20.6	19	13.51	34	0
2016	31.3	3	40.2	1	22.4	7	12.88	44	0
2015	23.2	104	32.1	100	14.2	107	13.75	31	0
2014	22.6	114	31	121	14.2	107	12.76	47	0
2013	28.5	18	36.4	23	20.5	21	15.73	11	0
2012	30.2	8	39.1	3	21.4	13	9.27	113	0
2011	24.8	75	33.8	61	15.7	87	10.54	94	0
2010	28.3	20	36.1	25	20.5	21	14.33	23	0
2009	23.9	92	33.7	64	14.1	111	9.76	108	0
2008	26	53	34.4	48	17.5	63	15.06	15	0
2007	26.8	37	35.5	33	18	53	7.18	136	0
2006	28	23	35.8	29	20.2	24	11.76	64	0
2005	24.2	87	32.8	82	15.6	88	10.95	84	0
2004	23.4	100	32.5	86	14.4	105	6.76	140	0
2003	21.3	131	29.9	133	12.7	125	9.16	115	0
2002	31.4	2	39.7	2	23	4	7.49	132	0
2001	23.1	107	32.6	83	13.7	116	8.40	121	0
2000	26.6	41	35.3	35	17.9	55	8.29	124	0
1999	27.9	24	37.4	11	18.3	46	11.40	72	0
1998	29.2	13	36.6	19	21.8	12	13.12	40	0
1997	28.8	16	36.8	16	20.8	15	13.71	33	0
1996	23.3	102	32	101	14.6	101	12.68	50	0
1995	26.8	37	35.1	39	18.5	43	14.67	20	0
1994	21.2	132	30.3	130	12.1	132	12.03	59	0
1993	23.2	104	32.2	98	14.3	106	8.76	118	0
1992	25.4	63	34.4	48	16.3	80	12.28	55	0
1991	28.9	14	37.5	10	20.2	24	12.66	51	0
1990	23.2	104	32.9	80	13.5	118	7.91	127	0
1989	25.7	60	34.7	45	16.6	77	4.73	147	0
1988	25.8	56	35	43	16.7	74	7.32	134	0
1987	24.8	75	34.5	46	15	96	11.16	78	0
1986	24.3	84	33.5	70	15.1	94	11.58	68	0
1985	24.5	81	34	56	15	96	6.01	142	0
1984	25.8	56	34.1	53	17.6	60	16.33	9	0
1983	27.8	26	36.6	19	19.1	33	9.71	109	0
1982	22.4	117	31	121	13.9	113	12.21	57	0
1981	22.1	120	32.5	86	11.8	134	9.21	114	0
1980	24.4	83	34	56	14.7	99	4.93	146	0
1979	21.9	124	30.3	130	13.5	118	18.57	2	0
1978	22	122	31.4	113	12.6	127	14.39	22	0
1977	18.4	149	28.8	142	8.1	151	13.43	36	1
1976	22.6	114	32.6	83	12.6	127	15.42	13	0
1975	27.4	31	36.7	17	18.1	50	11.32	75	0
1974	27.1	35	35.9	27	18.3	46	15.05	16	0
1973	23.5	97	31.4	113	15.5	90	11.64	65	0
1972	23.6	95	33.6	66	13.5	118	10.08	103	0
1971	17.7	151	27.2	148	8.2	150	14.15	26	0
1970	23.5	97	32.3	96	14.8	98	14.76	18	0
1969	24.8	75	33.2	75	16.3	80	17.61	5	0
1968	21.2	132	31.4	113	11	140	10.26	100	0
1967	22.9	111	33.2	75	12.7	125	10.61	91	0
1966	24.3	84	33.5	70	15.1	94	10.80	88	0
1965	22.2	118	31.3	116	13.2	122	11.79	63	0
1964	21.2	132	31.7	104	10.7	144	9.56	111	0
1963	21.7	127	32.4	94	11.1	139	11.15	79	0
1962	21.7	127	31.5	110	11.9	133	7.89	128	0
1961	20.4	139	31.7	104	9.2	147	8.75	119	0
1960	27.3	33	35.9	27	18.7	38	13.95	29	0
1959	19.2	145	29.9	133	8.5	149	6.89	139	0
1958	26.4	46	35.6	32	17.2	67	14.23	25	0
1957	22.6	114	33	79	12.2	131	6.98	138	0
1956	23.3	102	32.5	86	14.2	107	10.67	90	0
1955	25.4	63	34.1	53	16.8	71	11.09	80	0
1954	26.6	41	36.1	25	17.1	69	10.83	87	0
1953	28.8	16	37.4	11	20.1	27	13.73	32	0
1952	24.9	72	35.2	37	14.6	101	17.61	5	0
1951	27.4	31	36.7	17	18.1	50	10.74	89	0
1950	25.3	67	35.3	35	15.3	92	8.63	120	0
1949	27.6	29	36.5	22	18.7	38	11.62	66	0
1948	18.9	147	29.9	133	7.9	152	5.99	143	0
1947	24.3	84	34.3	50	14.2	107	10.85	86	0
1946	20.4	139	30.9	125	9.9	145	12.30	54	0
1945	20.5	138	31.3	116	9.6	146	11.54	69	0
1944	21.6	129	32.2	98	11	140	7.26	135	0
1943	21.1	135	30.9	125	11.3	138	9.94	105	0
1942	24.2	87	33.8	61	14.6	101	10.02	104	0
1941	22	122	32.4	94	11.5	136	8.98	116	0
1940	25	70	31.9	102	18.1	50	12.42	52	0
1939	26.5	45	34.3	50	18.8	36	11.00	83	0
1938	25.8	56	32.9	80	18.7	38			0
1937	31	4	38.4	6	23.6	2			0
1936	23.1	107	30.1	132	16	84			0
1935	22.1	120	29.6	139	14.6	101			0
1934	19.8	143	27.8	144	11.8	134	19.27	1	0
1933	31.5	1	38.7	4	24.2	1	12.84	45	0
1932	29.8	11	36.6	19	23	4	14.72	19	0
1931	26.6	41	33.6	66	19.5	31			0
1930	25.4	63	32.5	86	18.2	48			0
1929	27.9	24	35.1	39	20.7	18	11.87	62	0
1928	27.3	33	34.5	46	20	29	12.27	56	0
1927	24.5	81	31.5	110	17.5	63	12.97	43	0
1926	24.7	78	31.8	103	17.6	60	12.08	58	0
1925	23.9	92	31.1	118	16.7	74	11.51	70	0
1924	26.2	50	33.9	59	18.6	42	11.92	60	0
1923	20.1	142	27.7	145	12.6	127			0
1922	23.5	97	31.1	118	15.9	85	11.59	67	0
1921	27.7	27	34.8	44	20.6	19	12.39	53	0
1920	19.8	143	27.3	147	12.3	130	14.24	24	0
1919	27	36	33.5	70	20.5	21	11.33	74	0
1918	17.2	152	25.1	152	9.2	147	10.32	98	0
1917	23.1	107	30.6	128	15.6	88	13.97	28	0
1916	25.7	60	33.2	75	18.2	48	11.32	75	0
1915	26.3	48	33.6	66	19	35	12.70	48	0
1914	23.4	100	30.9	125	15.9	85	11.40	72	0
1913	28.5	18	36.3	24	20.8	15	9.33	112	0
1912	23.8	94	31	121	16.7	74	13.79	30	0
1911	21.9	124	29.8	136	13.9	113	11.03	82	0
1910	26.1	51	33.2	75	19.1	33	9.80	107	0
1909	24.9	72	32.5	86	17.2	67	12.70	48	0
1908	26.3	48	33.8	61	18.8	36	10.26	100	0
1907	19.2	145	26.9	149	11.4	137	10.21	102	0
1906	27.7	27	35.2	37	20.1	27	10.31	99	0
1905	18.3	150	25.7	151	10.9	142	8.37	122	0
1904	18.5	148	26.1	150	10.8	143	9.85	106	0
1903	24.2	87	31.5	110	16.8	71	14.88	17	0
1902	25.3	67	32.3	96	18.4	44	13.21	38	0
1901	22.9	111	30.4	129	15.5	90	7.40	133	0
1900	26.6	41	33.9	59	19.2	32	18.37	4	0
1899	24.1	90	31.7	104	16.6	77	9.65	110	0
1898	25.6	62	32.5	86	18.7	38	18.44	3	0
1897	24.9	72	32.5	86	17.3	66	8.87	117	0
1896	24.6	80	31.6	108	17.5	63	10.57	92	0
1895	23.1	107	31.1	118	15.2	93	5.16	145	0
1894	21.9	124	29.8	136	14	112	11.25	77	0
1893	20.3	141	27.7	145	12.9	124	8.02	125	0
1892	28.3	20	35.4	34	21.2	14	10.57	92	0
1891	22.2	118	29.7	138	14.7	99	17.11	7	0
1890	27.6	29	35.1	39	20.2	24	11.89	61	0
1889	26.8	37	33.7	64	19.9	30	10.92	85	0
1888	21.5	130	29.3	140	13.6	117	16.62	8	0
1887	21	136	28.9	141	13	123	14.66	21	0
1886	23.6	95	31	121	16.1	83	13.11	42	0
1885	26.1	51	34.3	50	17.9	55	13.12	40	0
1884	25.8	56	33.6	66	18	53	14.09	27	0
1883	24.7	78	32.6	83	16.9	70	7.95	126	0
1882	29.8	11	37.2	14	22.3	8	15.76	10	0
1881	25.2	69	32.5	86	17.8	59	12.77	46	0
1880	29.9	10	37.4	11	22.3	8	13.25	37	0
1879	25.9	55	33.5	70	18.4	44	11.46	71	0
1878	30.4	6	38.2	8	22.7	6	8.31	123	0
1877	24	91	31.7	104	16.3	80	5.73	144	0
1876	26	53	34.1	53	17.9	55	7.84	130	0
1875	20.8	137	28.3	143	13.3	121	6.36	141	0
1874							7.06	137	90
1873							7.89	128	90
1872							4.12	148	91

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	31.5
2002	31.4
2016	31.3
2024	31
1937	31
1878	30.4
2023	30.3
2020	30.2
2012	30.2
1880	29.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	17.2
1971	17.7
1905	18.3
1977	18.4
1904	18.5
1948	18.9
1959	19.2
1907	19.2
1934	19.8
1920	19.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	19.27
1979	18.57
1898	18.44
1900	18.37
1969	17.61
1952	17.61
1891	17.11
1888	16.62
1984	16.33
1882	15.76

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1872	4.12
1989	4.73
1980	4.93
1895	5.16
1877	5.73
1948	5.99
1985	6.01
1875	6.36
2004	6.76
1959	6.89

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 53°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: -7°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.80 in; 29 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 7.73 in of precipitation in Portland, ME, the driest winter since 2007, 18th driest of 148.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Portland, ME: 53°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Portland, ME: a low of -7°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Portland, ME: 1.80 in on Monday 29 December 2025.