Bowdoinham weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bowdoinham, Maine: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Gardiner, 24 km from Bowdoinham; records cover 1886–2025.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 47.7 in1212 mm
- Snow a year
- 69 in175 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 8
- Heating degree days
- 7,376
- Cooling degree days
- 427
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −10°−23° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bowdoinham in January
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 9°−13°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 18 in45 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1913)
- Record low
- −41° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 1401
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bowdoinham in February
Highs average 33°1° and lows 10°−12°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2018)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1211
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bowdoinham in March
Highs average 42°5° and lows 21°−6°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation and 13 in32 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 1049
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bowdoinham in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 33°0°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1998)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 647
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bowdoinham in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 44°7°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1911)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 318
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Bowdoinham in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1919)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 88
- Cooling degree days
- 65
Bowdoinham in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°15°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1911)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 169
Bowdoinham in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°14°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1975)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 19
- Cooling degree days
- 141
Bowdoinham in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1937)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 158
- Cooling degree days
- 40
Bowdoinham in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°15° and lows 39°4°, with 5.4 in137 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1930)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 493
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Bowdoinham in November
Highs average 47°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1974)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 806
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bowdoinham in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 18°−8°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1982)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1173
- Cooling degree days
- 0