How Hot Was It on Tuesday September 5th?

Tuesday, September 5th was a scorcher! It was one of the hottest days of the summer, and of course it happened with everyone back in school! How hot was it?

Today's high temperature at Caribou was 86 degrees. This tied the record for September 5th set back in 1983. The high today in Millinocket was 90 degrees. This broke the old record high of 85 set back in 1961.

Check out these temperatures as recorded by the National Weather Service in Caribou.

Hancock County

• Deer Isle - 89 degrees 4:00 p.m.
• Lamoine - 89 degrees 2:49 p.m.
• Blue Hill - 89 degrees 3:45 p.m.
• Acadia National Park - 88 degrees 2:58 p.m.
• Bar Harbor Airport - 88 degrees 2:56 p.m.
• Southwest Harbor - 86 degrees 3:05 p.m.

Washington County

• Cherryfield - 90 degrees 2:30 p.m.
• Jonesboro - 87 degrees 3:10 p.m.
• Caribou - 86 degrees 2:49 p.m
• Eastport - 85 degrees 2:30 p.m.

Aroostook County 

• Presque Isle - 88 degrees 12:22 p.m.
• Fort Kent - 88 degrees 3:34 p.m.
• Woodland - 84 degrees 4:15 p.m.

Penobscot County

• Hermon - 90 degrees 4:00 p.m.
• Bangor International Airport - 90 degrees 3:53 p.m.
• Millinocket - 89 degrees 3:53 p.m.
• Orono - 88 degrees 3:53 p.m.

Piscataquis County

• Abbot - 91 degrees 2:30 p.m.
• Greenville - 86 degrees 3:56 p.m.

Maritime Stations

• 15 miles ESE of Frenchboro - 71 degrees 3:00 p.m.
• 12 miles SE of Cranberry Isles - 66 degrees 1:04 p.m.

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