Van Buren weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Van Buren, Maine: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Van Buren 2, 1 km from Van Buren; records cover 1963–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.5 in1053 mm
- Snow a year
- 97 in246 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 23
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 9,853
- Cooling degree days
- 196
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −28°−33° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Van Buren in January
Highs average 19°−7° and lows −4°−20°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 25 in62 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 52°11° (1996)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 1785
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Van Buren in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows −5°−20°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1994)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 1571
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Van Buren in March
Highs average 33°1° and lows 9°−13°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation and 18 in44 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2012)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 1366
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Van Buren in April
Highs average 47°8° and lows 26°−3°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1990)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 858
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Van Buren in May
Highs average 62°17° and lows 39°4°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1992)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 458
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Van Buren in June
Highs average 71°22° and lows 49°9°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2020)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 184
- Cooling degree days
- 32
Van Buren in July
Highs average 76°25° and lows 55°13°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2018)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 60
- Cooling degree days
- 84
Van Buren in August
Highs average 75°24° and lows 53°12°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2025)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 89
- Cooling degree days
- 61
Van Buren in September
Highs average 67°19° and lows 44°7°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2010)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 304
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Van Buren in OctoberThis month
Highs average 53°11° and lows 33°1°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2025)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 685
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Van Buren in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 24°−5°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2020)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 1013
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Van Buren in December
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 8°−13°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 21 in53 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 60°16° (2011)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1480
- Cooling degree days
- 0