KENNEBEC JOURNAL • October 3, 2023
Less than two weeks into autumn, summer-like conditions returned to Augusta on Tuesday, breaking the high temperature record for Oct. 3 set in 1983. By mid-afternoon, the National Weather Service in Gray, had recorded a temperature of 83 degrees in the capital city, which was 4 degrees higher than the previous high of 79 degrees. Ultimately, the temperature reached 85 degrees, tying the maximum temperature recorded for any day in October. That record was set on Oct. 1, 1954.