BANGOR, Maine — A record low temperature of 13 degrees was set Wednesday morning in the Queen City as a storm expected to bring snow, rain and high winds bore down on Maine.
The previous low of 16 degrees was set in 1982 and 1943, according to the National Weather Service in Caribou. No other temperature records were set in Maine on Wednesday.
A winter storm will move through the state Wednesday night and settle in through Thursday into Friday, according to meteorologists in Caribou and Gray. Increased clouds Wednesday night will move into southern Maine bringing snow and mixed precipitation.
Snowfall amounts will vary from 4 to 5 inches along the St. John River watershed in northern Maine and between 1 and 3 inches north of the Katahdin region. Snow will turn to rain Thursday morning throughout the state as temperatures rise above freezing and be accompanied by heavy winds along the coast, meteorologists said.
Rainfall was expected to be heavy late Thursday afternoon into the evening with winds between 25 and 30 mph inland and gusting up to 50 mph on the coast. Tidal flooding and beach erosion is possible in southern Maine.
The weather service in Caribou on Wednesday afternoon issued a gale warning for Down East Maine from 4 a.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Friday with winds up to 55 mph predicted. Power outages are possible.
The weekend weather was described as “uncertain” by meteorologists.