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Bangor, ME

IN 90 DAYS · 2026
DRIEST IN 90 DAYS ON RECORD
4.07in
1st driest of 96 years · normal 9.38"
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Driest 90 days on record
4.07" — driest of 96 years since 1925
43%

Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 99 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
1.12in
21st driest of 96 yrs
46% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
4.07in
1st driest of 96 yrs
43% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
16.28in
4th driest of 97 yrs
68% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

6.4in
on Dec 14, 1927 · in 102 years

Dry Streak

0days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 24 days (to Feb 13, 1961)

Wet Streak

2days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 17 days

Year to Date vs Normal

68%
16.28" of a normal 24.07" · wettest 40.35" (1983) · driest 14.76" (2001)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 90-year record (1929–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 40.96" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1198365.24in
2196962.0in
3200558.59in
4195352.7in
5201952.0in

Driest Years on Record

1200124.58in
2195727.76in
3194828.97in
4196529.37in
5197829.72in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Nov (~3.77") and driest in Feb (~2.39"). Wettest calendar month ever: Oct 2005, 13.31".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Bangor — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

1.65in
set in 1933

Rain on Aug 24

33%
of 99 years had measurable rain
1926: 1.61″1927: 0.81″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.10″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 1.65″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.12″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.12″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.11″1944: 0.50″1945: 0.10″1946: 0.02″1947: 0.12″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.02″1954: 0.19″1955: 0.04″1956: 0.19″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.02″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.51″1964: 0.08″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.32″1975: 0.10″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.10″1978: 0.04″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.04″1982: 0.45″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.07″1985: 0.00″1986: 1.19″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.12″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.03″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.27″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.02″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.05″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.25″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.06″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″1930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Bangor's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Bangor, ME — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Bangor's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Bangor, ME — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:49 AM
Sunset6:25 PM
Solar noon11:37 AM
Daylight13h 36m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

44.80°N, 68.82°W

Nearby Stations

Millinocket, ME59 mi NPortland, ME108 mi SWCaribou, ME148 mi NConcord, NH172 mi SWManchester, NH183 mi SWBoston, MA200 mi SW

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