#T1South Berwick
York County · 7,941 peopleJuly high·January low 14°·2 days of 90°+ a year
South Berwick, #1 on this list · Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Maine rankings · Climate
Towns with the hottest summers in Maine
South Berwick (tied with 1 more) has the hottest summers of Maine’s 170 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 82° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 79°; none of the 170 average 90° or more.
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
#T182°
South Berwick
unincorporated, York County · 3,381 peopleJuly high·January low 14°·15 days of 90°+ a year
#T3Berwick
York County · 8,436 peopleJuly high·January low 13°·11 days of 90°+ a year
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July high, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 153 towns here).
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Questions people ask
Which Maine town has the hottest summers?
South Berwick (York County): July afternoons average a high of 82°. South Berwick (82°) and Berwick (82°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), highest 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 (170 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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