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Satellite view of Willard Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Willard Beach

United StatesMaine · United States · Pacific Ocean

43.6448, -70.2275 · South Portland, 1 km

  • 17°Sea · August
  • 21°High · August
  • 8.6 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Willard Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Willard Beach in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 12°CSea temperature
  • 5.1 hSunshine a day
  • 11 daysRainy days in the month145 mm in total
  • 18 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 13.3 °C — 1.1 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.4 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August17 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJuly and August9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August94 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan5°3 h103 mm
  2. Feb4°5 h103 mm
  3. Mar3°6 h110 mm
  4. Apr5°7 h121 mm
  5. May9°7 h101 mm
  6. Jun13°8 h127 mm
  7. Jul16°9 h96 mm
  8. Aug17°8 h94 mm
  9. Sep15°7 h97 mm
  10. Oct12°5 h145 mm
  11. Nov9°4 h125 mm
  12. Dec7°3 h141 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5°Feb: 4°Mar: 3°Apr: 5°May: 9°Jun: 13°Jul: 16°Aug: 17°Sep: 15°Oct: 12°Nov: 9°Dec: 7°3°17°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -1 °C (High 1° / Low -4°)Feb: -1 °C (High 1° / Low -4°)Mar: 1 °C (High 4° / Low -1°)Apr: 6 °C (High 8° / Low 4°)May: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 8°)Jun: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Jul: 19 °C (High 20° / Low 17°)Aug: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 18°)Sep: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Oct: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 10°)Nov: 6 °C (High 9° / Low 4°)Dec: 2 °C (High 4° / Low 0°)19°-1°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 103 mmFeb: 103 mmMar: 110 mmApr: 121 mmMay: 101 mmJun: 127 mmJul: 96 mmAug: 94 mm94Sep: 97 mmOct: 145 mm145Nov: 125 mmDec: 141 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3.3 hFeb: 4.7 hMar: 6.0 hApr: 6.9 hMay: 7.2 hJun: 7.6 hJul: 8.6 h8.6Aug: 8.3 hSep: 7.3 hOct: 5.1 hNov: 3.7 hDec: 2.7 h2.7

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Willard Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Willard Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1-45103113.323
February1-44103104.723
March4-13110126.021
April845121116.918
May1289101127.215
June171313127137.613
July20171696138.612
Augustwarmest sea21181794118.312
September18141597107.314
October131012145115.118
November949125113.720
December407141122.722

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Willard Beach: Willard Beach (26470353695)
Photo: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER24 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.124 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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