Bethel weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bethel, Maine: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Bethel 6 Sse, 10 km from Bethel; records cover 2000–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 50.9 in1292 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 7,930
- Cooling degree days
- 286
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −9°−23° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bethel in January
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 8°−13°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2007)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1461
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bethel in February
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 11°−12°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2022)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 1240
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bethel in March
Highs average 40°4° and lows 19°−7°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 1111
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bethel in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 31°−1°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2009)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 702
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bethel in May
Highs average 65°19° and lows 42°6°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2017)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 356
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Bethel in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 52°11°, with 5.3 in134 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2003)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 120
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Bethel in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 43°6° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 114
Bethel in August
Highs average 78°25° and lows 56°13°, with 5 in127 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 83
Bethel in September
Highs average 71°21° and lows 47°8°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2002)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 219
- Cooling degree days
- 30
Bethel in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 37°3°, with 5.3 in134 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2011)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 564
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Bethel in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 27°−3°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2024)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 870
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bethel in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 17°−8°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2001)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 1231
- Cooling degree days
- 0