Despite the high temperatures, no records were set.
Sure it was warm. Warm enough to be outside in short sleeves, even. But across Maine, where temperatures ranged from 45 in Bar Harbor to 84 in Sanford on Monday, no records were set.

Sanford was the hottest place in the state and yet it fell several degrees short of setting any kind of record. Thermometers would have to read up into the 90s for that to happen.

“It’s definitely very warm for this time of year,” said Butch Roberts, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Gray. “It’s definitely the warmest day we’ve had this season. But it’s really nothing spectacular as far as records go.”

Lewiston and Auburn Monday saw temperatures soar to 79 degrees. That was a typical temperature for inland cities and towns. Areas along the coast saw temperatures that never crept out of chilly ranges.

Bar Harbor was cooler at 45 degrees than the top of Mount Washington, where temperatures on Monday reached 54.

“The fluctuations across the state this time of year are unreal,” Roberts said.

Temperatures in mid-April are typically in the mid-50s, Roberts said. And we’ll be back to those typical temperatures soon enough.

“We’ve got a cold front bearing down on us so that’s going to bring us back to reality,” Roberts said.

Temperatures are expected to drop into the high 40s to mid-50s over the next few days. Then warm air should return by the weekend.