A wave of unseasonably warm weather currently bathing the state of Maine has benefited summer and fall seasonal businesses alike, with beaches, golf courses and apple growers among those seeing upticks in customers over the balmy Columbus Day weekend.

Some even feel the good spirits that accompanied the summerlike weather will benefit business in the days after the temperatures cool off again.

“It was very busy compared to any other October day,” said Brian Murray, manager of Popham Beach State Park of the beach’s Sunday traffic. “I think people got such a good feeling from being outside, it wouldn’t have to hit 80 degrees again [for traffic to be heavy at the beach]. Even if it’s just sunny for a while.”

In Bar Harbor, local hotels were filled to capacity over the holiday weekend, according to local Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Chris Fogg. He said Columbus Day is traditionally a busy time for Bar Harbor, but that the summerlike conditions this weekend made it especially so.

“We were sold out for much of the weekend,” Fogg said Monday afternoon. “We didn’t have any rooms available. We were referring people [to hotels] as far away as Bucksport and further south.”

The near-peak fall foliage and the busy cruise ship season has only added to the amount of tourist business this past week in Bar Harbor, according to Fogg. Despite some cruise ship cancellations earlier this summer because of foul weather, Bar Harbor could break the record for cruise ship visits it set last year, when it had 107 between late April and early November.

“We’re averaging over the rest of October about a ship a day,” Fogg said. “This is one of the busiest cruise ship seasons we’ve ever had, especially with the weather.”

At Reid State Park in Georgetown, park manager Samantha Wilkinson said the Griffith’s Head parking lot was full Sunday, and the

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