If it feels like it’s rained every Saturday since March, it’s because it has.

This past weekend marked the 12th consecutive rainy Saturday in Maine, a streak that’s hitting southern Maine’s seasonal businesses hard since many of them rely on sunny weekends to stay afloat during their short operational windows.

“It’s not wonderful,” said Cory Hutchinson, general manager of Funtown Splashtown USA in Saco. “Any day that you miss in the summertime when you’re a seasonal business is a day you’re not going to make up. All of them hurt and are impactful.”

The amusement park, which employs over 200 people per shift during peak season, has only been open for four weekends so far and has already had to close on two Saturdays due to rain. The waterpark side, Splashtown, was set to open Saturday, but had to delay a day due to the weather and cold temperatures.

“We only get 89 days a year to make our money and pay our people,” Hutchinson said. “We’d love to be open every day.”

Just down the road, the Saco Drive-In, run by Aquaboggan Water Park, faces a similar challenge. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the iconic theater has stayed open despite the wet weather — but that hasn’t translated into full parking lots.

“I can’t put cars in this place,” General Manager Ethan Mongue said. “How can you survive with every weekend raining?”

For drive-in fans, part of the experience is about the ambiance. “They want to sit outside, listen to the radio, eat food and watch a movie under the stars,” Mongue said. “Can we please get some sunny weather?”

Even Maine’s minor league baseball team, the Portland Sea Dogs, has been hard-hit. Out of the team’s first 18 games, six were rained — or snowed — out.

“That’s a third of the season’s start, and that’s really rough,” said Jesse Scaglion, the team’s general manager. The team has had to make up games with doubleheaders, where fans only pay for one ticket, cutting into revenue even further.

This minor league season has had the most rained-out weekend game in decades, said Scaglion. “You can see the defeat in the players’ eyes when they come in and it’s pouring out,” he said.

And it’s not just about the players. “It impacts everyone — high schoolers working concessions, retirees as ushers,” he said. “Just the forecast matters. People make their decisions for Saturday games days in advance.”

Norman Patry, owner of Summer Feet Cycling and Walking, said his business, which offers bike rentals and cycling tours around southern Maine, has been greatly impacted by the stretch of rainy Saturdays.

“It’s absolutely destroyed it,” Patry said. “In May and early June, 90% of our business comes on weekends. If it’s going to be constantly raining, we won’t open rentals.” Patry offers a 100% refund to customers if the business cancels due to weather.

After 25 years in the business, Patry has learned one thing. “You can’t control the weather. It is what it is.”

Sarah Jamison, a hydrologist at the National Weather Service in Gray, said the rainy weekend streak is simply the result of bad luck. “Generally speaking, the last time we had a dry Saturday in Maine was March 22nd,” she said. “There’s no specific cause, just the timing of the weather pattern we got locked into.”

As for the coming weekend, it’s too soon to tell, Jamison said, but there could be drier conditions on the horizon.

Some businesses say they haven’t seen too much of an impact from the wet weather.

“Our shows are rain or shine,” said Lauren Wayne, president of State Theatre Presents, which operates the outdoor concert venue Thompson’s Point in Portland. While a recent show had to be canceled because of lightning, most performances go on as scheduled. “If it’s just rain, bring it,” Wayne said.

At Beal’s Ice Cream in Gorham, rain hasn’t kept customers away either.

“People have nothing to do, so they just get ice cream,” said employee Ana Napijalo. “We support that.”