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Bangor International Airport, Maine

Medium airport in Penobscot County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Bangor International Airport

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Eastern Interior (ME), 17 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good2.8 mi
  • Ozone21Good21 ppb9.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good2.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bangor International Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bangor International Airport, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
BGR
ICAO
KBGR
IATA
BGR
Field elevation
192 ft
Serves
Bangor
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
BGR
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
15 / 3311,440 ft200 ftAsphalt134° / 314°CalmCalm
15332,500 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Bangor INTL Arpt (BGR), Bangor International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

33 F at 12 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 33 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
33F
12 AM
Highest
57F
2 PM Thursday
Lowest
33F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Bangor INTL Arpt, temperature from 33.0 to 57.0, the latest 33.0; dew point from 28.0 to 39.0, the latest 31.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20304050603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16FREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 31 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 3 PM Thursday to 92% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
31F
12 AM
Humidity now
92%
Humidity, range
34 to 92%
Relative humidity at Bangor INTL Arpt, relative humidity from 34 to 92, the latest 92, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%204060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

0 mph from the southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 30 mph at 9 AM Thursday.

Now
0mph
from the southeast
Strongest
19mph
3 PM Thursday
Highest gust
30mph
9 AM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Bangor INTL Arpt, wind from 0 to 19, the latest 0; gust from 18 to 30, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Bangor INTL Arpt, wind direction from 140 to 330, the latest 140, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.16 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.16inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.03inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.24inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Bangor INTL Arpt, pressure, altimeter from 29.92 to 30.19, the latest 30.16, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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
Visibility at Bangor INTL Arpt, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 3,000 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
3,000ft
5 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Bangor INTL Arpt, lowest cloud base from 3,000 to 25,000, the latest 20,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft010,00020,00030,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16VFR

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
0.00in
5 AM Thursday
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at Bangor INTL Arpt, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Bangor INTL Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bangor International 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 now4 instruments

Bangor INTL ArptBGR

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/194 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

MaineDoT - Bangor 2020ME020

Beside a road/5.4 mi away/164 ft/28 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Old Town 2 W94644

At a climate reference station/10.0 mi away/127 ft/65 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Old Town 2WOLDM1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/128 ft/64 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Bangor FssBGRM1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/157 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Bangor 1.2 SWME-PN-49

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/152 ft/40 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bangor Fss (BGRM1), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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