Yes.

The high temperature in North Bridgton reached a record 105 degrees twice in 1911, on July 4 and again on July 10 — a state all-time high temperature record that still stands over a century later.

Those highs were reached during an 11-day heat wave that killed hundreds, if not thousands, of New Englanders and, according to the New England Historical Society, drove many others insane.

“During 11 hellish days, horses dropped in the street and babies didn’t wake up from their naps,” the historical society wrote in a post on its website. “Boats in Providence Harbor oozed pitch and began to take on water. Tar in the streets bubbled like hot syrup. Trees shed their leaves, grass turned to dust and cows’ milk started to dry up.”

A newspaper clipping from July 11, 1911, amid a heat wave that scorched the Eastern U.S. for days, killing hundreds, possibly thousands. (Kennebec Journal archives via Newspapers.com)

The most recently recorded triple-digit high temperature in Maine was 101 degrees in Fryeburg on June 24.

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Sources

• National Weather Service: This Day in Weather History: July 10th
• New England Historical Society: The Heat Wave So Deadly it Drove People Insane
• NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information: Past Weather — Maine