Temperature
38 F at 1 AM; 59 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 38 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 38F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 59F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 38F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Augusta State Airport, Maine
Medium airport in Kennebec County, Maine38°
62°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Calm 0 mph NE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 89% around 10 AM.
Now. Augusta State Airport is 38° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. Rain is likely tomorrow (56%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:54 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. The day is 11 hours 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
89%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
38feels38
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6237
98%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
4939
56%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5430
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5833
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6236
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5937
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5633
mostly clear day
38°
62°37°
49°39°
54°30°
58°33°
62°36°
59°37°
56°33°
As of 2:00 AM in Augusta State Airport, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Augusta State Airport
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Western Interior (ME), 24 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Ozone6Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Augusta State Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Augusta State Airport, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AUG
- ICAO
- KAUG
- IATA
- AUG
- Field elevation
- 352 ft
- Serves
- Augusta
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- AUG
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 2,613 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 62° / 242° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 153° / 333° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Augusta State Arpt (AUG), Augusta State Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 2 PM Thursday to 89% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 36 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 3 AM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 3 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.15inHg
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 3,500 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,500ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Augusta State Arpt: 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 Augusta State Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/351 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sheepscot River At North WhitefieldNWFM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.1 mi away/112 ft/240 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/13.0 mi away/161 ft/191 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Augusta 2.8 WSWME-KB-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/172 ft/180 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Augusta Hatch HillATAM1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/354 ft/2 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Augusta State Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Augusta State Airport
- Waterville Robert Lafleur AirportWVL, 16 mi
- Wiscasset AirportIWI, 25 mi
- Brunswick Executive AirportBXM, 30 mi
- Auburn Lewiston Municipal AirportLEW, 31 mi
- Knox County Regional AirportRKD, 39 mi
- Portland International JetportPWM, 53 mi
- Bangor International AirportBGR, 58 mi
- Eastern Slopes Regional AirportIZG, 61 mi