Howland weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Howland, Maine: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp, 17 km from Howland; records cover 2001–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 44.3 in1124 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 8
- First fall freeze
- Oct 8
- Heating degree days
- 8,270
- Cooling degree days
- 338
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −17°−27° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Howland in January
Highs average 26°−4° and lows 3°−16°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2005)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 1565
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Howland in February
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 5°−15°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2022)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 1345
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Howland in March
Highs average 38°3° and lows 17°−8°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1159
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Howland in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2009)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 719
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Howland in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2017)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 345
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Howland in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 53°11°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2020)
- Record low
- 33°1° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 106
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Howland in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 59°15°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 46°8° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 144
Howland in August
Highs average 78°25° and lows 57°14°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2025)
- Record low
- 42°6° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 38
- Cooling degree days
- 103
Howland in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 48°9°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2002)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 217
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Howland in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 37°3°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2025)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 571
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Howland in November
Highs average 44°6° and lows 27°−3°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2022)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 890
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Howland in December
Highs average 32°0° and lows 15°−10°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2011)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 1297
- Cooling degree days
- 0