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    How much snow does Portland, Maine get?

    Portland, Maine gets about 69 inches of snow in a typical year.

    Portland, Maine, gets about 69 inches of snow a year and shrugs at it like a lobster boat captain at a light drizzle.
    Tomorrow’s roast for PortlandFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.

    On about 16 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. January is the snowiest month, with about 19 inches. That makes it the 12th snowiest of the 75 US cities we track.

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    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.

    Snow by month

    Septembera trace or none
    October0.2 in
    November2.3 in
    December14.6 in
    January18.6 in
    February16.6 in
    March13.6 in
    April2.8 in
    Maya trace or none

    Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.

    Cities with about the same snow

    Every city’s snowfall, snowiest first

    The 20 snowiest US cities, ranked

    More about the weather here

    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014764.