South Eliot weather by month
What a typical year looks like in South Eliot, Maine: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at DURHAM, 13 km from South Eliot; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 45.4 in1152 mm
- Snow a year
- 39 in99 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 9
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 6,794
- Cooling degree days
- 500
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −5°−21° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
South Eliot in January
Highs average 33°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 2.7 in67 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1950)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 1282
- Cooling degree days
- 0
South Eliot in February
Highs average 36°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2018)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1088
- Cooling degree days
- 0
South Eliot in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 24°−4°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1998)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 952
- Cooling degree days
- 0
South Eliot in April
Highs average 58°14° and lows 34°1°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1941)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 577
- Cooling degree days
- 2
South Eliot in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 44°7°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1914)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 291
- Cooling degree days
- 17
South Eliot in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1919)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 78
- Cooling degree days
- 86
South Eliot in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 59°15°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1911)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 191
South Eliot in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 57°14°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1949)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 20
- Cooling degree days
- 151
South Eliot in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 50°10°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1953)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 145
- Cooling degree days
- 51
South Eliot in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 39°4°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1930)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 472
- Cooling degree days
- 2
South Eliot in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1950)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 774
- Cooling degree days
- 0
South Eliot in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 21°−6°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1998)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1105
- Cooling degree days
- 0