Temperature
33 F at 5 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 29 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 33F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 29F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 100% around 11 AM.
Now. Millinocket Municipal Airport is 33° and overcast at 6 AM. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° 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 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 47°. Rain is possible tomorrow (49%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:22 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 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Millinocket Municipal Airport, Maine.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Northern (ME), 37 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 4,713 ft | 99 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | Calm | Calm |
| 16 / 34 unlit | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Millinocket Muni (MLT), Millinocket Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
33 F at 5 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 29 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 32 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 2 PM Thursday to 96% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the east at 6 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.06 inHg at 6 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Millinocket Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Millinocket Municipal 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/407 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
East Branch Penobscot River AT GrindstoneGRNM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.3 mi away/315 ft/93 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-95 Chester102692
Beside a road/19.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Millinocket WWTPMWTM1
At a water treatment plant/0.7 mi away/377 ft/31 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Millinocket 0.5 SWME-PN-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/371 ft/37 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Millinocket WWTP (MWTM1), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:35. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.