#1St. George
Knox County · 2,595 peopleJuly high·January low 16°·0 days of 90°+ a year
St. George, #1 on this list · Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0Maine rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in Maine
St. George has the coolest summers of Maine’s 142 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 74° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 79°; 109 of the 142 stay under 80°.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#174°
#T2Bristol
Lincoln County · 2,969 peopleJuly high·January low 15°·2 days of 90°+ a year
#T2Madawaska
Aroostook County · 3,846 peopleJuly high·January low 0°·1 days of 90°+ a year
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July high, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 121 towns here).
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Which Maine town has the coolest summers?
St. George (Knox County): July afternoons average a high of 74°. Bristol (75°) and Madawaska (75°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), lowest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (142 in Maine): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Maine page.
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