Sorry for the caps but thats the way its been for the past couple of months, way below normal temps and way above rainfall. Here in Maine where we treasure nice weather due to the longer winters and rainy early spring, this summer season has been a nightmare so far.Can we salvage August and early September ? Fingers crossed, but if we do and the pattern so spread more and more westward , I'm not all that sure the rains will be going away but more humidity and a warmer southwest flow will bring more of a summerly feel, which will feel like ultra warm considering how cool its been for the most part. With 5 of the last 24 days only being slightly above normal mostly due to higher lows, we are hoping for some improvement for the last week of July to more of an average temp, since we just follow the weather and computer modeling and climate patterns always use the NWS for anything official!!


THAT ALL SAID....... BESIDES THE COOLNESS ,

RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF TODAY FOR JUNE-THRU JULY 24TH MID DAY IN THE PORTLAND AREA IS 16.24 INCHES!!!!!! Normals says we are in the 5.78 range for the same time period. NOT GOOD! This also does not fair well for the upcoming winter season most experts are saying.

When I say things can be worse, this pattern in the middle of the winter would be brutal! I think we can all handle 70F and sunny, even tho 80-81 F is the norms.