Maine Climate News posts update on the Maine Summer 2021 Climate Summary
The Maine Summer 2021 Climate Summary was prepared by Sean Birkel, Assistant Extension Professor and Maine State Climatologist with the Climate Change Institute and Cooperative Extension. The Maine statewide climatological summer (June-August) 2021 average temperature was 65.6°F or 4th warmest on record for the 127-year period beginning 1895. This temperature is 0.1°F cooler than for the same period in 2020, and 2.9 °F above the 1901-2000 historical mean. The observed total precipitation for the same period was 10.2 inches or 49th driest for the record period. This precipitation amount is 1.3 inches more than for the same period in 2020, and 0.8 inches below the 1901-2000 historical mean. Read more.