Temperature
41 F at 4 AM; 58 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 34 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 41F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 58F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 34F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Knox County Regional Airport, Maine
Medium airport in Knox County, Maine42°
64°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Light air 2 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 85% around 2 PM.
Now. Knox County Regional Airport is 42° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (68%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:31 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
20Air quality
96%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
42feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6437
99%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5136
68%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5331
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5634
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6036
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5837
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
5434
partly cloudy day
42°
64°37°
51°36°
53°31°
56°34°
60°36°
58°37°
54°34°
As of 5:00 AM in Knox County Regional Airport, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Knox County Regional Airport
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Mid-Coast (ME), 26 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Knox County Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 1.30 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
- 1.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Knox County Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 5 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RKD
- ICAO
- KRKD
- IATA
- RKD
- Field elevation
- 56 ft
- Serves
- Rockland
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- RKD
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 14° / 194° | Calm | Calm |
| 13 / 31 | 5,412 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 111° / 291° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rockland/Knox(AWOS) (RKD), Knox County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 36 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the east at 5 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.08inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
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 4,300 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,300ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Rockland/Knox(AWOS): 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 Knox County Regional 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/56 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
West RockportWRKM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/384 ft/328 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rt. 1 NB Waldoboro102695
Beside a road/16.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Rockland 1.5 SEME-KX-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/29 ft/27 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
West RockportWRKM1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/384 ft/328 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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 Knox County Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rocklandcity, 3 mi
- Thomastoncommunity, 4 mi
- Camdencommunity, 10 mi
- Camden Snow Bowlski area, 11 mi
- Waldoborocommunity, 14 mi
- Damariscottacommunity, 21 mi
- Newcastlecommunity, 22 mi
- Belfastcity, 26 mi
- Castinecommunity, 27 mi
- Wiscassetcommunity, 29 mi
- Searsportcommunity, 29 mi
- Boothbay Harborcommunity, 30 mi
Airports near Knox County Regional Airport
- Wiscasset AirportIWI, 31 mi
- Augusta State AirportAUG, 39 mi
- Brunswick Executive AirportBXM, 43 mi
- Waterville Robert Lafleur AirportWVL, 43 mi
- Hancock County-Bar Harbor AirportBHB, 45 mi
- Bangor International AirportBGR, 53 mi
- Auburn Lewiston Municipal AirportLEW, 59 mi
- Portland International JetportPWM, 67 mi