Madawaska weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Madawaska, Maine: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fort Kent, 24 km from Madawaska; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.6 in1057 mm
- Snow a year
- 99 in252 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 23
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 10,015
- Cooling degree days
- 148
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −23°−31° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Madawaska in January
Highs average 19°−7° and lows −3°−20°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 20 in52 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1937)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 1771
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madawaska in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows −3°−19°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 21 in53 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1994)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 1541
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madawaska in March
Highs average 33°0° and lows 9°−13°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation and 19 in48 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1962)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 1366
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madawaska in April
Highs average 46°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1945)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 886
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madawaska in May
Highs average 61°16° and lows 37°3°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1893)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 487
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Madawaska in June
Highs average 71°22° and lows 47°8°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1893)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 204
- Cooling degree days
- 26
Madawaska in July
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1955)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 72
- Cooling degree days
- 64
Madawaska in August
Highs average 75°24° and lows 51°11°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1960)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 108
- Cooling degree days
- 43
Madawaska in September
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1996)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 331
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Madawaska in OctoberThis month
Highs average 52°11° and lows 32°0°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1946)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 718
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madawaska in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 22°−5°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1950)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 1041
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madawaska in December
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 8°−13°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 22 in57 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 60°16° (2011)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 1490
- Cooling degree days
- 0