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National Weather Service

Published
June 7, 2021

Wiscasset schools dismiss students early due to heat

Wiscasset students dismissed from school at noon, but students in nearby Brunswick and Bath are expected to finish the school day.
Published
May 21, 2021

Experts predict busy Atlantic hurricane season but not like 2020

Last year, there were 30 named storms – so many that meteorologists ran out of names and dipped into the Greek alphabet to identify them.
Published
March 2, 2021

Strong winds knock out power to thousands in Maine

Wind gusts topped 70 mph in the Bethel area and more than 40,000 CMP customers were without power Tuesday afternoon.
Published
January 4, 2021

2020 ended as the warmest year on record in Portland

The average temperature in Portland last year was 49.4 degrees, slightly higher than the previous record set in both 2010 and 2012.
Published
September 10, 2020

Drought conditions have spread to entire state, weather service says

'The last time we were in this widespread and severe of a drought was in the summer of 2002,' says meteorologist Michael Clair.

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Published
September 4, 2020

Portland records its hottest summer on record – again

With an average temperature of 70.5 degrees, the summer of 2020 was more than 3 degrees warmer than 'normal.'
Published
August 25, 2020

Hundreds of thousands flee U.S. coast ahead of Hurricane Laura

The storm is forecast to make landfall late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning at major, Category 3 intensity.
Published
August 18, 2020

Death Valley’s brutal 130 degrees may be record if verified

The western heat wave is due to a “massive dome of high pressure” that keeps roasting the West.
Published
August 12, 2020

Commentary: A bad storm brings good news – part of our information system still works

Weather warnings are among the most concrete examples of how good information can actually save lives.
Published
June 29, 2020

When it rains it pours … in some parts of Maine

But the flooding in some areas won't be enough to reverse drought conditions in much of the state, given higher than normal temperatures and lower than average rainfall forecast for the next 30 days.