Weather in July?

We will be in Bar Harbor on July 15 and from what I have read the temperature during the day is around 80 and at night it is 60. Does it rain a lot during July?

Weather in July?

No it does not rain a lot during July. Hardly at all.

Weather in July?

Hi Fewman!

I think Bonnie Mae may be writing a bit ironically.

The Maine coast gets its share of rain in July, although not dramatically different from other parts of the Eastern Seaboard. I%26#39;d be surprised if your vacation were rained out, but it has been known to happen.

Rain may come from three kinds of weather:

1) Passing frontal systems, that may cause showers and sometimes thundershowers for a day here and there. A front goes through on average every three days, but not with any sort of consistency, and not all produce rain. They seldom last more than a day at a time.

2) Atlantic coastal fog, which does have the potential to hang in for a week or more at a time if your luck is bad and the wind is southerly. In such periods, the air is moist and clammy, and the nights and early mornings are frequently doused with drizzle or showers.

3) On the average of once a year in July, the tail end of an Atlantic hurricane will charge through, completely washing out one day.

Having said that, summer is far and away the favorite time to visit Maine, as you%26#39;ll discover when you check motel prices! Don%26#39;t be troubled by fear of inclement weather.

Happy travels, and let me know if I can help further!

David

capetien10@gmail.com

If, as I have suggested several times on this forum, you consult the Weather Underground trip planner for the Bar Harbor area, you would see that for the period 10--20 July the probability of a ';precipitation day,'; i.e., a day with measurable rain, is about 26%---and in the last three years of record (10-20 July), there was a total of five such days, i.e., 20%.

I really wasn%26#39;t writing ironically. It%26#39;s been my experience in the last eleven years of living here that it really doesn%26#39;t rain much in July. And when it does rain, it%26#39;s often in the night with some resulting fog around the next morning. Or at least that%26#39;s the way I remember it. Now April and May are quite rainy. Sometimes June.

Ditto to that. We%26#39;ve been visiting Maine in July for the past 15+ years and our sunblock has always gotten a workout!