Temperature
35 F at 1 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 35 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 35F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 57F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 35F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport, Maine
Medium airport in Hancock County, Maine35°
63°/35°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Calm 0 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 81% around 11 AM.
Now. Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport is 35° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:26 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
22Air quality
96%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
35feels35
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6335
100%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5136
83%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5331
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5636
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6138
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5836
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5433
mostly clear day
35°
63°35°
51°36°
53°31°
56°36°
61°38°
58°36°
54°33°
As of 2:00 AM in Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, High Elevations of Acadia National Park (ME), 12 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-7 mi
- Ozone22Good20 ppb7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone.
GoodModerate
- 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 Hancock County-Bar Harbor 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 Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BHB
- ICAO
- KBHB
- IATA
- BHB
- Field elevation
- 83 ft
- Serves
- Bar Harbor
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- BHB
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,200 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 25° / 205° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 3,363 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 151° / 331° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bar Habor (BHB), Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 34 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 34F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the east at 1 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.21inHg
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 3,400 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,400ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
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
Bar Habor: 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 Hancock County-Bar Harbor 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 now4 instruments
Bar HaborBHB
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/79 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Acadia National Park RAWSANPM1
A remote fire weather station/7.1 mi away/463 ft/380 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/32.8 mi away/164 ft/81 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Old Town 2 W94644
At a climate reference station/36.5 mi away/127 ft/44 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ellsworth 13.0 ESEME-HN-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/175 ft/92 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
East SurryESUM1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/99 ft/16 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at East Surry (ESUM1), 5.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. 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 Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ellsworthcity, 8 mi
- Bar Harborcommunity, 9 mi
- Acadia National Parkfeature, 10 mi
- Northeast Harborcommunity, 11 mi
- Blue Hillcommunity, 11 mi
- Southwest Harborcommunity, 12 mi
- Winter Harborcommunity, 14 mi
- Castinecommunity, 22 mi
- Bucksportcommunity, 23 mi
- Milbridgecommunity, 24 mi
- Winterportcommunity, 27 mi
- Searsportcommunity, 28 mi
Airports near Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport
- Bangor International AirportBGR, 34 mi
- Knox County Regional AirportRKD, 45 mi
- Waterville Robert Lafleur AirportWVL, 65 mi
- Augusta State AirportAUG, 71 mi
- Wiscasset AirportIWI, 75 mi
- Millinocket Municipal AirportMLT, 84 mi
- Brunswick Executive AirportBXM, 87 mi
- Auburn Lewiston Municipal AirportLEW, 99 mi