Turner, Maine climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Turner's normal year runs from 10°F January nights to 79°F July afternoons, with 48.1 inches of precipitation and 78 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.1°C, January lows of −12°C, July highs of 26°C, 1,222 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTurner
- Station IDUSC00178817
- Location44.28°N 70.26°W
- Elevation565 ft (172 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population (town)6,013
- Census place543
On October 23, the normal high in Turner is 55°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 40%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Turner.
- Jan 28° 10°
- Feb 31° 12°
- Mar 39° 21°
- Apr 52° 33°
- May 65° 43°
- Jun 74° 53°
- Jul 79° 59°
- Aug 78° 57°
- Sep 71° 49°
- Oct 57° 39°
- Nov 45° 28°
- Dec 34° 18°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Turner each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 79°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 10°F. The most precipitation falls in October (5.09 in), the least in February (2.99 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°F | 10°F | 19.3°F | 3.65 | 17.3 | 11 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 31°F | 12°F | 21.6°F | 2.99 | 20.7 | 10 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 39°F | 21°F | 30.0°F | 3.77 | 13.3 | 11 | <1 | 28 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 52°F | 33°F | 42.4°F | 4.24 | 4.9 | 12 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 65°F | 43°F | 54.2°F | 3.79 | 0.3 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 74°F | 53°F | 63.3°F | 4.42 | 0.0 | 15 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 79°F | 59°F | 69.0°F | 3.94 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 78°F | 57°F | 67.5°F | 3.52 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 71°F | 49°F | 59.7°F | 3.93 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 57°F | 39°F | 48.0°F | 5.09 | 0.2 | 13 | <1 | 6 | 11 h |
| November | 45°F | 28°F | 36.7°F | 4.39 | 3.8 | 11 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 34°F | 18°F | 25.8°F | 4.37 | 17.2 | 13 | <1 | 29 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 35°F | 44.8°F | 48.10 | 77.7 | 143 | 3 | 155 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2°C | −12°C | −7.1°C | 93 mm | 44 cm |
| February | 0°C | −11°C | −5.8°C | 76 mm | 53 cm |
| March | 4°C | −6°C | −1.1°C | 96 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 11°C | 0°C | 5.8°C | 108 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 18°C | 6°C | 12.3°C | 96 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23°C | 12°C | 17.4°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 14°C | 19.7°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 4°C | 8.9°C | 129 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7°C | −2°C | 2.6°C | 112 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 1°C | −8°C | −3.4°C | 111 mm | 44 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00178817; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Turner?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USC00178817.
When is the last frost in Turner?
In Turner, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 1 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 10 in half of years and before September 29 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 11 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 101 year in 10 before September 29; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 162 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 189 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 19 in half of springs and before October 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Turner in zone 5b in ZIP code 04282, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Turner's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (19 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 USC00178817; 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 in Turner?
In a normal year in Turner, 3 days a year reach 90°F, 155 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 143 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 155a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 59high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 143a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 19a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2001) is 96°F, on June 25, 2025; the lowest is −19°F, on February 4, 2023.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2008, with 64.82 in; the snowiest season is 2007–08, with 128.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00178817; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00178817. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Turner?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Turner, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (60%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 64% | 1.6 |
| February | 67% | 2.5 |
| March | 69% | 3.6 |
| April | 67% | 4.6 |
| May | 66% | 5.2 |
| June | 68% | 5.6 |
| July | 74% | 5.7 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 76% | 4.2 |
| October | 66% | 2.6 |
| November | 64% | 1.7 |
| December | 60% | 1.2 |
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 much heating and cooling does Turner need?
A normal year in Turner brings 7,676 heating degree days, 43% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 353 cooling degree days, 61% 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 2,112 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,418 | 0 |
| February | 1,215 | 0 |
| March | 1,084 | 0 |
| April | 677 | 0 |
| May | 343 | 10 |
| June | 108 | 57 |
| July | 19 | 143 |
| August | 31 | 110 |
| September | 191 | 32 |
| October | 527 | 1 |
| November | 849 | 0 |
| December | 1,215 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,676 | 353 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00178817. 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.
Has Turner been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 47.8°F, 3.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 44.8°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.9°F | +2.1°F | 38.98 | 46.5 |
| 2022 | 46.0°F | +1.3°F | 49.38 | 65.3 |
| 2023 | 46.7°F | +1.9°F | 58.78 | 83.6 |
| 2024 | 47.8°F | +3.0°F | 44.72 | 77.0 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00178817. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Turner's climate compare?
Turner is warmer than 25 of the other 41 places with their own NOAA record in Maine, and wetter than 26. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.8°F is warmer than 18%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Turner 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 Turner share this climate record?
South Paris has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- South Paris, ME2,570 people · 13 mi W
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 Turner's climate
What is the coldest month in Turner?
January, with a normal high of 28°F and a normal low of 10°F. The warmest is July (79°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Turner?
Yes: 78 inches in a normal year, falling on 38 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (20.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Turner?
October, with 5.09 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.99 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Turner in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Turner in zone 5b in ZIP code 04282, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Turner's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Turner?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 1; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Maine climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hartford, ME7 miles from this station, 43.2°F a year
- Lewiston, ME13 miles from this station, 46.3°F a year
- Livermore Falls, ME14 miles from this station, 43.2°F a year
- Poland, ME20 miles from this station, 44.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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