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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Maine

Average Temperature Rankings, February 1979

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1979 1-Month	10.6°F (-11.9°C)	14.9°F (-9.5°C)	-4.3°F (-2.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1934
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1981
Jan–Feb 1979 2-Month	13.7°F (-10.2°C)	14.1°F (-9.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1904
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2010
	Ties: 1908, 1943
Dec 1978–Feb 1979 3-Month	15.4°F (-9.2°C)	15.6°F (-9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1918
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 1964, 1970
Nov 1978–Feb 1979 4-Month	19.2°F (-7.1°C)	19.7°F (-6.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1934
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2016
	Ties: 1981, 1982
Oct 1978–Feb 1979 5-Month	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	24.7°F (-4.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1934
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2002
	Ties: 1944
Sep 1978–Feb 1979 6-Month	28.5°F (-1.9°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1905
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2016
	Ties: 1981
Aug 1978–Feb 1979 7-Month	33.6°F (0.9°C)	34.5°F (1.4°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1905
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2016
	Ties: 1936, 1944, 1957
Jul 1978–Feb 1979 8-Month	37.5°F (3.1°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1905
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2016
	Ties: 1903, 1908
Jun 1978–Feb 1979 9-Month	40.1°F (4.5°C)	40.8°F (4.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1905
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2002
	Ties: 1899, 1941, 1973
May 1978–Feb 1979 10-Month	41.4°F (5.2°C)	41.7°F (5.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2002
	Ties: 1915, 1928, 1948, 2003
Apr 1978–Feb 1979 11-Month	40.9°F (4.9°C)	41.3°F (5.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2002
	Ties: 1901, 1940, 1987
Mar 1978–Feb 1979 12-Month	39.4°F (4.1°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2002, 2011
	Ties: 1896, 1906, 1915, 1936, 1994
Sep 1977–Feb 1979 18-Month	36.1°F (2.3°C)	36.6°F (2.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1905
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2013, 2017
	Ties: 1900, 1917, 1940, 1977, 1978
Mar 1977–Feb 1979 24-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1905
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012, 2013
	Ties: 1931, 1940, 1944, 1958, 1971, 1987
Mar 1976–Feb 1979 36-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1907
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2013
	Ties: 1902, 1916
Mar 1975–Feb 1979 48-Month	39.9°F (4.4°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1907
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2013
	Ties: 1931, 1942, 1944, 1965
Mar 1974–Feb 1979 60-Month	39.9°F (4.4°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1908
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2014
	Ties: 1936, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/