Temperature
29 F at 4 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 27 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 29F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 51F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 27F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Presque Isle International Airport, Maine
Medium airport in Aroostook County, Maine29°
56°/26°
Clear·
Feels like 29°·Calm 0 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 98% around 3 PM.
Now. Presque Isle International Airport is 29° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 45°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:14 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 54 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
47Air quality
100%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
29feels29
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5626
100%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
4531
38%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
5022
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5925
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6129
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5428
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5423
mostly clear day
29°
56°26°
45°31°
50°22°
59°25°
61°29°
54°28°
54°23°
As of 5:00 AM in Presque Isle International Airport, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Presque Isle International Airport
Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Northern (ME), 50 miles off.
47Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good0.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
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 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Presque Isle International Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.91 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.91in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Presque Isle International Airport, the next 40 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PQI
- ICAO
- KPQI
- IATA
- PQI
- Field elevation
- 534 ft
- Serves
- Presque Isle
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PQI
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 7,441 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 346° / 166° | Calm | Calm |
| 10 / 28 | 6,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 75° / 255° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Presque Isle (AWOS) (PQI), Presque Isle International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 29 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 29F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 42 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 4 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 30 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.08inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
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 3,100 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,100ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
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
Presque Isle (AWOS): 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 Presque Isle International 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/479 ft/55 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Westfield - NERONWFDM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.4 mi away/493 ft/41 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rt.1A NB Fort Fairfield102698
Beside a road/8.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Limestone 4 NNW94645
At a climate reference station/20.3 mi away/737 ft/203 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Presque Isle 1.3 WSWME-AR-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/496 ft/38 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Presque Isle HilltopPRQM1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/645 ft/111 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), 2.4 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 Presque Isle International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Presque Islecity, 1 mi
- Mapletoncommunity, 5 mi
- Washburncommunity, 9 mi
- Fort Fairfieldcommunity, 11 mi
- Cariboucity, 12 mi
- Mars Hillcommunity, 15 mi
- Blainecommunity, 15 mi
- Big Rockski area, 15 mi
- Ashlandcommunity, 17 mi
- Limestonecommunity, 18 mi
- Van Burencommunity, 33 mi
- Eagle Lakecommunity, 35 mi
Airports near Presque Isle International Airport
- Caribou Municipal AirportCAR, 13 mi
- Houlton International AirportHUL, 41 mi
- Northern Aroostook Regional AirportFVE, 43 mi
- Millinocket Municipal AirportMLT, 78 mi
- Bangor International AirportBGR, 135 mi
- Hancock County-Bar Harbor AirportBHB, 155 mi
- Waterville Robert Lafleur AirportWVL, 169 mi
- Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport8B0, 172 mi