Temperature
57 F at 11 PM Friday; 63 F at its warmest, 9 PM Friday, and 37 F at its coolest, 1 AM Friday.
- Now
- 57F
- 11 PM Friday
- Highest
- 63F
- 9 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 37F
- 1 AM Friday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wiscasset Airport, Maine
Small airport in Lincoln County, Maine55°
51°/38°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 55°·Light breeze 5 mph WNW
Now. Wiscasset Airport is 55° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 39° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
81%Humidity
72%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
55feels55
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 17
5138
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5430
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5735
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6334
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5736
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5633
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 23
5936
partly cloudy day
55°
51°38°
54°30°
57°35°
63°34°
57°36°
56°33°
59°36°
As of 12:00 AM in Wiscasset Airport, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Wiscasset Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Western Interior (ME), 25 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wiscasset Airport
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.43 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.43in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 16%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wiscasset Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IWI
- ICAO
- KIWI
- IATA
- ISS
- Field elevation
- 70 ft
- Serves
- Wiscasset
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- IWI
- Wind now
- From 280° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 23:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 3,397 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 51° / 231° | 2 mph head, on 25 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wiscasset (IWI), Wiscasset Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 51 F, the air 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 10 AM Friday to 93% at 5 PM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 51F
- 11 PM Friday
- Humidity now
- 80%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the west northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 1 PM Friday, with a gust of 23 mph at 11 AM Friday.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 1 PM Friday
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 11 AM Friday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.67 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.67inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.49inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 2 PM Friday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 2 PM Friday
- 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 200 ft at 5 PM Friday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 5 PM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 8 AM Friday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 8 AM Friday
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wiscasset: 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 Wiscasset 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
WiscassetIWI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/69 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/13.7 mi away/161 ft/91 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sheepscot River At North WhitefieldNWFM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.5 mi away/112 ft/42 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wiscasset 1.8 NNWME-LN-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/218 ft/148 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BathBTHM1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/1 ft/69 ft below 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 Bath (BTHM1), 7.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Wiscasset Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wiscassetcommunity, 4 mi
- Bathcity, 6 mi
- Boothbay Harborcommunity, 9 mi
- Richmondcommunity, 10 mi
- Bowdoinhamcommunity, 10 mi
- Damariscottacommunity, 10 mi
- Newcastlecommunity, 10 mi
- Topshamcommunity, 12 mi
- Brunswickcommunity, 13 mi
- Lisbon Fallscommunity, 18 mi
- Gardinercity, 18 mi
- Waldoborocommunity, 19 mi
Airports near Wiscasset Airport
- Brunswick Executive AirportBXM, 12 mi
- Augusta State AirportAUG, 25 mi
- Auburn Lewiston Municipal AirportLEW, 29 mi
- Knox County Regional AirportRKD, 31 mi
- Portland International JetportPWM, 37 mi
- Waterville Robert Lafleur AirportWVL, 40 mi
- Eastern Slopes Regional AirportIZG, 61 mi
- Sanford Seacoast Regional AirportSFM, 63 mi