Madison weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Madison, Maine: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Madison, 3 km from Madison; records cover 1894–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.7 in1059 mm
- Snow a year
- 74 in188 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 9
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 8,218
- Cooling degree days
- 293
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −16°−27° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Madison in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 6°−15°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 19 in47 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1932)
- Record low
- −39° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1513
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madison in February
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 6°−14°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 19 in49 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2022)
- Record low
- −39° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1322
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madison in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 17°−8°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 13 in32 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1150
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madison in April
Highs average 51°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1990)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 728
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madison in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 42°5°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1911)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 380
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Madison in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 52°11°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1919)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 122
- Cooling degree days
- 47
Madison in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1911)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 123
Madison in August
Highs average 78°25° and lows 55°13°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1955)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 42
- Cooling degree days
- 92
Madison in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 47°8°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1939)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 211
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Madison in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 37°3°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1930)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 566
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Madison in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2024)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 891
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Madison in December
Highs average 33°1° and lows 15°−9°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 16 in40 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1982)
- Record low
- −40° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1268
- Cooling degree days
- 0