Beals, ME climate
Beals has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 76°, a January night drops to 9°, and about 75 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decade4° cooler than normal today. The forecast high is 59°, and a typical Oct 1 in Beals peaks around 63°.Live forecast: National Weather Service · Normal: NOAA 1991–2020
What a year in Beals feels like
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Beals weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | Snow on ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 9° | 4.3" | 19.0" | 13 | 18 |
| February | 32° | 12° | 3.8" | 18.6" | 12 | 18 |
| March | 39° | 22° | 4.6" | 17.3" | 13 | 11 |
| April | 51° | 32° | 4.3" | 2.6" | 13 | 2 |
| May | 61° | 42° | 3.9" | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| June | 70° | 51° | 3.5" | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| July | 76° | 56° | 3.4" | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| August | 76° | 55° | 3.6" | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| September | 69° | 49° | 3.5" | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| October | 57° | 39° | 5.0" | 0.1" | 13 | 0 |
| November | 46° | 30° | 5.1" | 2.0" | 13 | 1 |
| December | 35° | 19° | 5.9" | 15.3" | 15 | 11 |
| Year | 54° | 35° | 50.8" | 74.9" | 153 | 62 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more.
Rain and snow in Beals
Beals gets 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year. December is the wettest month and July the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 153 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 62 days of the year.
About 158 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by May 3 and the first one by October 9. That leaves about 158 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 73% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Beals
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Beals, 98% of that work is heating and 2% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.
Beals and its neighbors
Beals borders 2 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 6.0°. Jonesport has the coldest January nights (15°) and Addison the hottest July afternoons (75°). Beals’s January low is 9° and its July high 76°.
Temperatures and rain come from NOAA’s 5 km grid, so each town gets its own value.
How Beals compares
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Common questions about Beals’s climate
What is the coldest month in Beals?
January, with a typical high of 29° and a low of 9°.
What is the hottest month in Beals?
July, with a typical high of 76° and a low of 56°. About 2 days a year reach 90°.
How much snow does Beals get?
About 75 inches in a normal winter, most of it in January.
When is the first frost in Beals?
In half of years the first 32° night comes by October 9, and the last spring frost by May 3.
What is the rainiest month in Beals?
December, with 5.9 inches of rain and melted snow. The year totals 51 inches.
NOAA’s gridded normals don’t cover this state, so temperatures and rainfall come from the nearest weather station. Snow, frost dates and day counts come from NOAA’s weather station at Machias, ME (20 mi, snow) and Jonesboro, ME (14 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020.