Gusts up to 50 mph are expected through Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
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Seasonal breakdown of 2019’s weather highlights
WINTER Maine’s winter of 2019 was low on drama. Snow, sleet and rain punctuated the three-month period January to March, but no one storm was extraordinary. All that precipitation made January the wettest since 1999 with 5.53 inches of all varieties. The winter months also saw some notable warming, with Jan. 1 and 24 both […]
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2019 record breakers
The following records were broken in Portland in 2019 for the specific day noted: January No records set or tied February Feb. 5: 62 degrees — warmest high temperature Feb. 5: 46 degrees — warmest average temperature Feb. 8: 40 degrees — warmest average temperature Feb. 13: 6 degrees — smallest temperature range March […]
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July heat, October wind highlight Maine’s 2019 weather
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” John Ruskin, art patron, watercolorist, prominent social thinker and philanthropist of the Victorian era, wrote these words decades ago and his observation still holds true today. Anyone […]
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Midwinter drop in energy costs gives Mainers unexpected relief
A combination of unseasonably warm temperatures and lower prices for heating oil and gasoline offers a welcome change from the norm.
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Snow and icy glaze cover Maine
Flights are cancelled and the weather service is warning of possible power outages.
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Officials keep close watch on Augusta ice jam on Kennebec River
An ice jam impeding the flow of the Kennebec River in Augusta caused the water level to rise Sunday to just shy of flood stage.
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Mainers dig out while more snow is expected this weekend
School canceled, businesses closed and car wrecks all over the place. The latest storm was not the biggest we have ever seen, but snow falling most of the day Thursday caused its usual array of problems and left nearly a foot in some areas. The snow began falling overnight and by the supper hour Thursday, […]
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Record high possible Saturday, but rain and ice are on tap Sunday
The western mountains and foothills could see up to a third of an inch of ice on Sunday, but the Portland area will probably just see rain.