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Weather extremes
How extreme does South Portland Gardens's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days South Portland Gardens has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days South Portland Gardens has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 24°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in South Portland Gardens (typical high near 79°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 42°F colder than a normal January night in South Portland Gardens (typical low near 16°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than South Portland Gardens usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 5.3 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (South Portland Gardens averages about 19 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
South Portland Gardens's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 103°F is about 24°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Portland Jetport (NOAA GHCN station USW00014764), inside the city.