Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Wells, ME

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Kennebunkport, ME, 8 miles east of Wells at 20 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 77°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 33°F and 13°F. October is the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 3.7 inches; the year adds up to 52.0 inches over 88 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 50% of the year's precipitation (26.2 of 52.0 inches). September has brought the most of the 38 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (15); a normal September there has highs of 69°F and 3.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 160 nights a year. Snowfall averages 48.9 inches a year, most of it in January and February. That 52.0 inches is more than at 43 of the 47 Maine stations used on this site (91%). North Berwick, 8 miles west, has its own station (Rochester Skyhaven Airport, NH): 41.2 inches a year, 10.8 less than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 77°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Seavey Island, ME, 18 miles south, averaged 64°F in August and 37°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Seavey Island tide gauge, 18 miles from Wells, has risen 0.87 ± 0.04 inches per decade from 1926 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 8.7 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 48 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 46 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Wells: 34 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 floods, 3 flash floods, 1 heavy rain event and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $318,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on July 14, 2020.

Flood insurance policyholders in Wells's ZIP code 04090 have filed 562 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $8.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from The "Halloween" Storm in 1991: 147 claims (26% of all) and $880,000, then April 2007 Nor'easter in 2007 with 65. 38% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 61 Maine cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 60 have fewer than Wells.