United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Bowdoin Center.

August leads for comfortable weather in Bowdoin Center: typically 25.8°C by day, 12.9°C at night, with 89 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortAugust

Typical high25.8°C

Typical low12.9°C

Rain in August89 mm

Comfort

August

August · July · June

78climate match

Beach

July

July · August · June

55climate match

Outdoors

September

September · May · June

75climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 78 — days reach only -1°C, 25° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -13°C.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan

5-1° / -13°

Feb

51° / -12.2°

Mar

55.6° / -6.8°

Apr

1712.5° / -0.9°

May

5018.8° / 5°

Jun

7123.3° / 10.7°

Jul

7626.4° / 14°

Aug

7825.8° / 12.9°

Sep

6721.7° / 8.5°

Oct

2714.9° / 2.6°

Nov

58.2° / -2.6°

Dec

52.1° / -8.4°

Monthly climate evidence for Bowdoin Center — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 33 km away
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Sea	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	-1°C	-13°C	93 mm	9	5.1°C	9 h 13	5	Strong coverage
February	1°C	-12.2°C	88 mm	8.3	3.4°C	10 h 24	5	Strong coverage
March	5.6°C	-6.8°C	101 mm	8.6	3.1°C	11 h 47	5	Strong coverage
April	12.5°C	-0.9°C	115 mm	9.4	4.8°C	13 h 23	17	Strong coverage
May	18.8°C	5°C	96 mm	10.6	8.1°C	14 h 43	50	Strong coverage
June	23.3°C	10.7°C	122 mm	10.7	12.0°C	15 h 28	71	Strong coverage
July	26.4°C	14°C	98 mm	9.2	15.5°C	15 h 10	76	Strong coverage
August	25.8°C	12.9°C	89 mm	8.1	16.4°C	14 h 00	78	Strong coverage
September	21.7°C	8.5°C	105 mm	7.3	14.7°C	12 h 27	67	Strong coverage
October	14.9°C	2.6°C	141 mm	9.4	12.0°C	10 h 55	27	Strong coverage
November	8.2°C	-2.6°C	113 mm	9	9.4°C	9 h 34	5	Strong coverage
December	2.1°C	-8.4°C	121 mm	10	7.2°C	8 h 54	5	Strong coverage

Records at DURHAM, 1994–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	16.7°C7 Jan 2007	-32.8°C16 Jan 2009	79 mm10 Jan 2024	185 mm2024 · driest 10 mm in 2004	32
February	17.8°C22 Feb 2018	-30.6°C14 Feb 2003	79 mm26 Feb 2010	215 mm2008 · driest 17 mm in 2024	31
March	30.0°C23 Mar 2012	-26.1°C10 Mar 2005	93 mm23 Mar 2001	285 mm2024 · driest 27 mm in 2006	32
April	32.8°C29 Apr 2009	-11.1°C5 Apr 1995	99 mm17 Apr 1996	260 mm2005 · driest 9 mm in 1999	32
May	35.0°C19 May 2017	-4.4°C14 May 2007	114 mm1 May 2023	225 mm2006 · driest 19 mm in 2015	32
June	37.2°C25 Jun 2025	-0.6°C1 Jun 2020	149 mm14 Jun 1998	300 mm1998 · driest 19 mm in 1999	32
July	36.1°C18 Jul 1999	6.7°C26 Jul 2002	111 mm14 Jul 1996	275 mm2021 · driest 33 mm in 2003	32
August	36.1°C10 Aug 2001	2.8°C20 Aug 2007	117 mm14 Aug 2014	234 mm2008 · driest 10 mm in 2001	30
September	36.1°C4 Sep 1999	-2.8°C30 Sep 2000	142 mm7 Sep 2008	281 mm2008 · driest 20 mm in 2020	31
October	30.6°C7 Oct 2025	-7.8°C31 Oct 2020	134 mm9 Oct 2005	368 mm2005 · driest 21 mm in 1994	32
November	25.0°C2 Nov 2024	-16.1°C23 Nov 2018	108 mm15 Nov 2009	217 mm2018 · driest 32 mm in 2012	32
December	20.0°C8 Dec 1998	-30.6°C30 Dec 2017	70 mm13 Dec 2010	212 mm1996 · driest 52 mm in 1998	32

Typical days per month at DURHAM, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)	Snow days
January	0	0	30	3	9
February	0	0	28	3	8
March	<1	0	28	3	5
April	<1	<1	20	3	2
May	5	<1	5	4	0
June	13	3	0	4	0
July	22	6	0	3	0
August	20	4	0	3	0
September	7	1	1	3	0
October	<1	0	12	4	<1
November	0	0	23	4	2
December	0	0	29	4	7

How often, not how much — every day in DURHAM’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	0%	30%	11%	34%	-3.2–1.9°C
February	0%	29%	11%	35%	-0.8–3.5°C
March	1%	28%	11%	35%	3.2–7.5°C
April	8%	33%	11%	44%	11.0–14.6°C
May	36%	34%	11%	43%	16.3–21.4°C
June	56%	35%	11%	47%	21.6–26.0°C
July	69%	30%	10%	35%	24.4–28.4°C
August	71%	28%	9%	29%	24.0–28.0°C
September	54%	25%	10%	25%	19.7–24.1°C
October	13%	29%	12%	35%	13.1–17.6°C
November	2%	29%	12%	38%	5.8–10.8°C
December	<1%	33%	13%	41%	-0.6–4.8°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1995Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 29-year average. Warmest: 2024. Coolest: 2007.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 4959017
NOAA station: USC00172048 · DURHAM
Station distance: 10.7 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 25 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 44.04°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 33 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

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