Frenchville Aroostook Airport, Maine climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Frenchville Aroostook Airport's normal year runs from 3°F January nights to 76°F July afternoons, with 32.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 4.5°C, January lows of −16°C, July highs of 24°C, 836 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFrenchville Aroostook Airport
- Station IDUSW00004836
- Location47.29°N 68.31°W
- Elevation988 ft (301 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Frenchville Aroostook Airport is 48°F and the normal low 34°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 45%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Frenchville Aroostook Airport.
- Jan 19° 3°
- Feb 22° 6°
- Mar 33° 16°
- Apr 46° 30°
- May 62° 42°
- Jun 71° 51°
- Jul 76° 57°
- Aug 74° 55°
- Sep 66° 47°
- Oct 51° 36°
- Nov 38° 26°
- Dec 26° 13°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Frenchville Aroostook Airport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 76°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 3°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.23 in), the least in February (0.87 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°F | 3°F | 11.3°F | 1.51 | 9 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 22°F | 6°F | 14.0°F | 0.87 | 8 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 10 min |
| March | 33°F | 16°F | 24.5°F | 1.47 | 10 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 46°F | 30°F | 37.7°F | 2.35 | 13 | <1 | 22 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 62°F | 42°F | 51.7°F | 3.07 | 15 | <1 | 4 | 15 h |
| June | 71°F | 51°F | 60.8°F | 4.23 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 76°F | 57°F | 66.1°F | 3.88 | 16 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| August | 74°F | 55°F | 64.6°F | 3.77 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 66°F | 47°F | 56.1°F | 3.46 | 13 | <1 | 2 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 51°F | 36°F | 43.8°F | 3.46 | 14 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| November | 38°F | 26°F | 31.8°F | 2.58 | 12 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 20 min |
| December | 26°F | 13°F | 19.3°F | 2.27 | 12 | <1 | 30 | 8 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 49°F | 32°F | 40.1°F | 32.92 | 150 | 1 | 183 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7°C | −16°C | −11.5°C | 38 mm |
| February | −5°C | −15°C | −10.0°C | 22 mm |
| March | 0°C | −9°C | −4.2°C | 37 mm |
| April | 8°C | −1°C | 3.2°C | 60 mm |
| May | 17°C | 5°C | 10.9°C | 78 mm |
| June | 22°C | 11°C | 16.0°C | 107 mm |
| July | 24°C | 14°C | 18.9°C | 99 mm |
| August | 24°C | 13°C | 18.1°C | 96 mm |
| September | 19°C | 8°C | 13.4°C | 88 mm |
| October | 11°C | 2°C | 6.6°C | 88 mm |
| November | 3°C | −4°C | −0.1°C | 66 mm |
| December | −3°C | −11°C | −7.1°C | 58 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Fort Kent (14 miles away), gets 99 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00004836; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Frenchville Aroostook Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (13).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00004836.
When is the last frost at Frenchville Aroostook Airport?
In Frenchville Aroostook Airport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 6 in half of years and after May 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 2 in half of years and before September 18 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 61 year in 10 after May 21; 9 in 10 after April 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 21 year in 10 before September 18; 9 in 10 before October 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 147 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 172 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 27 in half of springs and before October 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Frenchville Aroostook Airport in zone 4b in ZIP code 04756, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −19°F (24 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Maine · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00004836; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Frenchville Aroostook Airport?
In a normal year in Frenchville Aroostook Airport, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 183 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 150 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 183a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 104high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 150a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1996) is 94°F, on June 19, 2024; the lowest is −31°F, on January 16, 2009.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 41.16 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00004836; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00004836. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Frenchville Aroostook Airport?
Over a year 67% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Frenchville Aroostook Airport, 3.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (72%) and December the cloudiest (54%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 61% | 1.3 |
| February | 64% | 2.1 |
| March | 67% | 3.4 |
| April | 66% | 4.5 |
| May | 65% | 5.2 |
| June | 67% | 5.6 |
| July | 71% | 5.5 |
| August | 72% | 4.8 |
| September | 71% | 3.7 |
| October | 61% | 2.2 |
| November | 55% | 1.2 |
| December | 54% | 0.9 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Frenchville Aroostook Airport record?
A normal year at Frenchville Aroostook Airport brings 9,229 heating degree days, 72% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 209 cooling degree days, 77% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,663 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,665 | 0 |
| February | 1,428 | 0 |
| March | 1,256 | 0 |
| April | 819 | 0 |
| May | 419 | 7 |
| June | 161 | 35 |
| July | 49 | 85 |
| August | 79 | 65 |
| September | 284 | 17 |
| October | 658 | 1 |
| November | 996 | 0 |
| December | 1,417 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 9,229 | 209 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00004836. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Frenchville Aroostook Airport been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 39.9°F, 0.2°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 40.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42.0°F | +1.9°F | 27.51 |
| 2022 | 40.7°F | +0.6°F | 36.76 |
| 2023 | 42.1°F | +2.0°F | 34.66 |
| 2024 | 43.4°F | +3.3°F | 26.40 |
| 2025 | 39.9°F | −0.2°F | 27.20 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00004836. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Frenchville Aroostook Airport's climate compare?
Frenchville Aroostook Airport is warmer than 4 of the 42 places with their own NOAA record in Maine, and wetter than 0. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 40.1°F is warmer than 6%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Frenchville Aroostook Airport is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Frenchville Aroostook Airport share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Madawaska, ME3,844 people · 4 mi N
- Grand Isle, ME362 people · 7 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Frenchville Aroostook Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Frenchville Aroostook Airport?
January, with a normal high of 19°F and a normal low of 3°F. The warmest is July (76°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow at Frenchville Aroostook Airport?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Fort Kent (14 miles away), records 99 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Frenchville Aroostook Airport?
June, with 4.23 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.87 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Frenchville Aroostook Airport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Frenchville Aroostook Airport in zone 4b in ZIP code 04756, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −19°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come at Frenchville Aroostook Airport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 6; in one year in ten it comes after May 21. Waiting until May 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Maine climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fort Kent, ME14 miles from this station, 37.8°F a year
- Van Buren, ME19 miles from this station, 38.4°F a year
- Limestone, ME30 miles from this station, 38.6°F a year
- Caribou, ME32 miles from this station, 40.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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