Elsewhere in the nation, federal and private predictions differ.
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Posted inThe Maine Forecast
In spite of recent rain, drought – uncommon for Maine – continues
Conditions can take more than a year to recover once a drought becomes firmly entrenched.
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The weather looks stunning this weekend and here’s the details
No rain expected for many days ahead with seasonable to warmer than average temperatures.
Posted inNation & World
Summer’s weather was disastrous – and hot
Floods, fires and droughts added to record heat that failed to ease at night, ‘one of the clearest signals’ for climate change.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Hurricane season hits its peak this week
Maine doesn’t often see a hurricane make landfall, but it can happen.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
All the weekend forecast details for whatever you have planned
The first post Labor Day weekend will bring sunshine, clouds, perhaps a shower or two and seasonable temperatures.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
After a dry and record warm summer, what’s ahead for early fall?
Although southern Maine is in a drought, 2016 is currently far from the driest year on record.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Summer months end as warmest on record in Portland
The average temperature of 68.9 degrees was 2 degrees above normal and 0.2 degrees above the previous record, set in 2010 and 1988.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Hurricane Hermine to play minimal role In weekend weather
Hurricane warnings for Florida and a tropical storm warning over the southeastern part of the United States, but most of Hermine will stay south.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Warmest August since 1940 almost a sure bet for Portland
With a day of records left in meteorological summer, this is one for the record books.