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United States / Maine / No Metro Area / Piscataquis County / Abbot / Zip Codes
Abbot, ME has a humid continental climate characterized by warm summers and cold winters. The average temperature in the summer months is around 70°F while temperatures dip to an average of 20°F in the winter months. Abbot sees abundant precipitation throughout the year with average annual rainfall of around 41 inches and an average snowfall of 69 inches each year. Winters tend to be long and harsh while the summers are usually pleasant and humid, giving residents plenty of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors during warmer months.

Abbot, Maine gets 47 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Abbot averages 93 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 192 sunny days per year in Abbot. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Abbot gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 141 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 76 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 3
Rain: averages 47 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 93 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Abbot is 5.8 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Maine.

8.9 Summer - 3.2 Winter
July, August and June are the most pleasant months in Abbot, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

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YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Abbot with an average high temperature of 76.1°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Maine. In Abbot, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Abbot are July, August and June.
In Abbot, there are 0.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Maine.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Abbot with an average of 2.5°. This is one of the coldest places in Maine.
In Abbot, there are 176.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Maine.
In Abbot, there are 32.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Maine.
Humidity in Abbot is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.
October is the wettest month in Abbot with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 28% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Summer, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 46.7 inches in Abbot means that it is drier than most places in Maine.
May is the rainiest month in Abbot with 13.7 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.9 rainy days. There are 141.4 rainy days annually in Abbot, which is one of the rainiest places in Maine. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 92.9 inches in Abbot means that it is one of the snowiest places in Maine. January is the snowiest month in Abbot with 22.3 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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