KENNEBEC JOURNAL • August 20, 2023
Little has changed after another year of global warming headlines. Maine’s record high temperature of 105°F, set on July 10, 1911, is now 112 years old. Twelve Maine towns and cities have daily high temperature records of 100 degrees and above. Six of the records were set in 1975. The remaining six were set in 1897, 1911, 1911, 1935, 1955, and 1988. Until recently the Maine.gov website stated the “record hottest year in Maine” was 1913 and the “record coldest year in Maine” was 1904. Those records still stand. ~ Joe Grant, Wiscasset