The National Weather Service says cooler temperatures are on the way.

LEWISTON – Little League games were called off an inning or two early. Lawns and gardens went ignored. The most popular spots at local parks were under trees.

Most people woke up Saturday morning and made plans to get outdoors. Once outside, they realized it felt much more like June or July than mid May.

According to Sun Journal records, Saturday was the hottest May 15 since 1900. The record-high temperature that year was 87 degrees. At about 2 p.m. Saturday, it was 90.7 degrees in the Twin Cities.

“I was outside working in my garden and I had to stop. It was too hot,” said Lynn Gagnon of Lewiston. “I went inside, took out my fan and sat in front of it.”

Meanwhile, on a Little League field in Lewiston, coaches for two teams met on the pitching mound and decided to call the game after four innings. Exhausted from an hour in the hot sun, the players didn’t seem to mind settling with a tie.

Temperatures in other parts of the state also broke records.

A meteorologist for the National Weather Service said the high in Portland was 85 degrees, 5 degrees hotter than the previous record high set in 1957.

For those not quite ready for the summer-like temperatures, relief is on the way.

The National Weather Service predicts that high temperatures will be back in the 60s on Sunday.

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