Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Augusta, ME. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in Augusta sits in that classic Maine in-between zone — average highs of 46° with lows still dipping to freezing. The date's range is wild though: it's hit 76° as recently as 2010, and bottomed out at 9° back in 1954. There's nearly a coin-flip chance of precipitation today, with a lingering 8% shot at snow.
Augusta doesn't mess around at the extremes — this is a city that has seen 100° heat in June 2025 and -23° cold in February 1962, a 123-degree swing in recorded history. A single storm dumped 21.6 inches of snow on Christmas Eve 1970, and September 1954 brought a drenching 5.78 inches of rain in one day.
Summer is short but real in Augusta, with highs peaking around 80-81° in mid-July before fading fast into fall. By early January, average highs scrape just 28°, and the cold stretches well into March. If you're planning around rain, late October is the wettest stretch of the year, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week.