KENNEBEC JOURNAL • October 6, 2024
Central Maine set yet another heat-related record Wednesday, marking the third time in the past week a daily temperature record has been broken. Wednesday’s unofficial high temperature reached 76 degrees in Augusta and 73 degrees in Waterville, breaking the local record of 72 degrees, set in 2022. The area also broke records on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, easily surpassing high temperature records set in 1956 and 2003, respectively.