First snow · Maine
When is the first snow in Portland?
Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Portland forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 44°F in Portland right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
Portland’s first measurable snow usually lands around November 26.
Portland, Maine treats the first snow as a reason to light the stove and act unbothered.
Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?
Tomorrow’s roast for PortlandFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.Cities on the same snow schedule
Portland is number 54 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?
- Reno, Nevada: around November 27
- Albuquerque, New Mexico: around November 28
- Indianapolis, Indiana: around November 24
The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.
In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between November 7 and December 10. A typical Portland winter adds up to about 69 inches of snow.
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How much snow Portland gets in a year
Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Portland area, winters 1991 to 2020 (30 with complete records), via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.