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Most northern state in America (Washington could be more North on the west coast of the country). Does it ever go over 90 degrees in the summer in Maine?
Location: MA/ME (the way life should not be / the way it should be)
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It is not the most northern in the lower 48, only the most eastern. The most northern in rhe lower 48 is minnesota, which has a small piece jutting out of the 49th parallel to surrond the entire mississipi river. Apart from that the other states on the 49th are the northernmost (again not including the great white wilderness of ak).
Last summer it did not on MDI. The summer before it did twice, but the temps always drop into the low 60's at night no matter what the temps are during the day. I'm only speaking for Mount Desert island.
I remember some times in the 1980's camping off of Rt 95 that the temps got into the 90's for several days.
Does it ever go over 90 degrees in the summer in Maine?
Yes,
For Portland Maine Out of 141 years on record, Only 17 years did not hit 90° or warmer. That means about 80% of the years it has. So it's pretty common to see 90 in Portland.
Number of days Portland hit 90+ in Summer. Last 6 years
This is one of those it depends questions. In the summer the coast tends to be slightly cooler than inland areas. Also sometimes you get a breeze off the ocean which can affect how warm or cool it feels on the coast and for a few miles inland. You can be on the coast and perfectly comfortable and someone more inland is complaining about it being hot with no breeze. So 90's are more likely inland than on the coast but do occur infrequently on the coast as well. And, of course, valleys verses hills can factor in as well. Gain a bit of elevation and there can be a noticeable difference. The opposite is the case often in the winter with the coast being just slightly warmer, more prone to icing, than further inland.
As for dreary weather, for me, it's more that period after the time changes in the fall when it's dark at four o'clock. Being the eastern most state our sunset in the winter is real early in comparison to other areas of the eastern time zone. So it's that darkness in the afternoon that makes for very long nights. When I lived for a little bit out in Michigan on the far side of the eastern time zone the sunset was about a half hour later and it was a noticeable difference - at least to me. In Maine it's good to have at least one indoor hobby. It tends to help with the long winter nights and periods when we get a string of snowstorms stacked up one behind the other.
For you people who live in Maine don't you get depressed from the cold deary weather 85% of the year? Or its something you've grown accustomed too?
I love winter. I actually get a bit depressed with spring until summer arrives, and I can go sailboat sailing.....at least when I'm not getting picked up by the USCG(that's not a lot of fun).
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