Temperature
39 F at 4 AM; 48 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 32 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 39F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 48F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 32F
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport, Maine
Small airport in Franklin County, Maine37°
57°/31°
Overcast·
Feels like 35°·Light air 4 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 99% around 9 AM.
Now. Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport is 37° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 8 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 39°. Rain is possible tomorrow (43%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:33 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
70%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
37feels35
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5731
100%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
3930
43%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
4924
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5729
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6033
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5532
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5329
mostly clear day
37°
57°31°
39°30°
49°24°
57°29°
60°33°
55°32°
53°29°
As of 4:00 AM in Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Western Mountains (ME), 16 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
- Ozone2Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 2.75 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 2.75in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 8B0
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,825 ft
- Serves
- Rangeley
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 8B0
- Wind now
- Variable at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 3,200 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rangeley (8B0), Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 31 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 31F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 75%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the south at 4 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.12inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,700 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 7,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,700ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rangeley: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rangeley8B0
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,813 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rangeley NEPPRNLM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/1,768 ft/57 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rt. 4 SB Sandy River102697
Beside a road/5.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Rangeley 2NWRGNM1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,765 ft/60 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Carrabassett Valley 2.4 WME-FR-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.3 mi away/1,300 ft/525 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Rangeley 2NW (RGNM1), 0.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Acadia National ParkfeatureAugustacityBangorcityBaxter State ParkfeatureBetheltownBig Rockski areaBlack Mountain of Maineski areaCamden Snow Bowlski areaCariboucityFort KenttownGreenvilletownHoultontownKingfieldtownLost Valleyski areaMillinockettownMount KatahdinfeaturePleasant Mountainski areaPortlandcityPresque IslecityRangeleytownSaddlebackski areaSugarloafsurveyed ski areaSunday Riversurveyed ski area
Near Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rangeleytown, 2 mi
- Saddlebackski area, 7 mi
- Sugarloafsurveyed ski area, 18 mi
- Kingfieldtown, 25 mi
- Black Mountain of Maineski area, 29 mi
- Mexicocommunity, 31 mi
- Rumfordcommunity, 31 mi
- Dixfieldcommunity, 33 mi
- Farmingtoncommunity, 34 mi
- Wiltoncommunity, 35 mi
- Sunday Riversurveyed ski area, 37 mi
- Binghamcommunity, 39 mi
Airports near Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport
- Waterville Robert Lafleur AirportWVL, 58 mi
- Augusta State AirportAUG, 63 mi
- Auburn Lewiston Municipal AirportLEW, 68 mi
- Eastern Slopes Regional AirportIZG, 71 mi
- Brunswick Executive AirportBXM, 84 mi
- Wiscasset AirportIWI, 85 mi
- Bangor International AirportBGR, 91 mi
- Portland International JetportPWM, 95 mi