Temperature
31 F at 5 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 28 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 31F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 51F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 28F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Caribou Municipal Airport, Maine
Medium airport in Aroostook County, Maine30°
54°/27°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 30°·Light air 2 mph SE
Coming up. Snow is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 94% around 11 AM.
Now. Caribou Municipal Airport is 30° and mostly cloudy at 6 AM. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 6 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 44°. Rain is possible tomorrow (47%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:13 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 10 hours 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
89%Humidity
73%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
30feels30
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
5427
100%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
4432
47%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
4923
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5826
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6030
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5430
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5325
mostly clear day
30°
54°27°
44°32°
49°23°
58°26°
60°30°
54°30°
53°25°
As of 6:00 AM in Caribou Municipal Airport, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Caribou Municipal Airport
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Northern (ME), 60 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate11.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Caribou Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.93in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Caribou Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CAR
- ICAO
- KCAR
- IATA
- CAR
- Field elevation
- 626 ft
- Serves
- Caribou
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CAR
- Wind now
- From 130° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 4,003 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 347° / 167° | 2 mph head, on 19 | 2 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 3,016 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 2 mph head, on 11 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Caribou Municipal (CAR), Caribou Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 28 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 2 PM Thursday to 96% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 28F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the south at 6 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 33 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 6 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
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 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 11,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,700ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
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
Caribou Municipal: 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 Caribou Municipal 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/623 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Caribou WfoCARM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.3 mi away/617 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Limestone 4 NNW94645
At a climate reference station/8.9 mi away/737 ft/111 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Rt.1A NB Fort Fairfield102698
Beside a road/13.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Caribou 1.5 WME-AR-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/563 ft/63 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Presque Isle HilltopPRQM1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/645 ft/19 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 Presque Isle Hilltop (PRQM1), 12.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Caribou Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cariboucity, 1 mi
- Washburncommunity, 9 mi
- Limestonecommunity, 9 mi
- Fort Fairfieldcommunity, 11 mi
- Presque Islecity, 13 mi
- Mapletoncommunity, 14 mi
- Van Burencommunity, 20 mi
- Ashlandcommunity, 25 mi
- Mars Hillcommunity, 26 mi
- Big Rockski area, 26 mi
- Blainecommunity, 26 mi
- Eagle Lakecommunity, 29 mi
Airports near Caribou Municipal Airport
- Presque Isle International AirportPQI, 13 mi
- Northern Aroostook Regional AirportFVE, 32 mi
- Houlton International AirportHUL, 53 mi
- Millinocket Municipal AirportMLT, 90 mi
- Bangor International AirportBGR, 148 mi
- Hancock County-Bar Harbor AirportBHB, 168 mi
- Waterville Robert Lafleur AirportWVL, 180 mi
- Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport8B0, 182 mi