Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Waterville, ME. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5 in Waterville runs cool, with an average high of 49° and a low of 29° — still jacket weather, sometimes frost weather. The date has swung wildly across 67 years of records, from a balmy 75° in 2010 to a brutal 10° in 1995. There's a 45% chance of precipitation today, with a lingering 10% shot at snow.
Waterville earns its Maine credentials: temperatures here have ranged from a scorching 101° in August 1975 to a bone-cracking -32° in January 1981 — a spread of 133 degrees. A September 1999 storm dumped 5.68 inches of rain in a single day, while a February 2017 blizzard buried the city under 22.5 inches of snow.
Summer is short and sweet, peaking in the third week of July with average highs of 82°, while January and February are brutally cold, bottoming out around 29-33°. If you're avoiding the cold, May through September is your window — highs climb from 68° to 81° and back down. Late October is the wettest stretch of the year, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week.