Temperature
35 F at 1 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 35 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 35F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 35F
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, Maine
Small airport in York County, Maine37°
67°/33°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 37°·Calm 0 mph N
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 88% around 10 AM.
Now. Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport is 37° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (51%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:41 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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
82%Humidity
23%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
37feels37
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6733
100%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5137
51%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5626
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5928
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6330
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6033
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5629
mostly clear day
37°
67°33°
51°37°
56°26°
59°28°
63°30°
60°33°
56°29°
As of 2:00 AM in Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Coastal Rockingham County (NH), 29 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good21.8 mi
- Ozone5Good1 ppb16.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good21.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.6 ppb21.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.50in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SFM
- ICAO
- KSFM
- IATA
- SFM
- Field elevation
- 244 ft
- Serves
- Sanford
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SFM
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 6,389 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 58° / 238° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 4,999 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sanford Muni (AWOS) (SFM), Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 34 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 12 PM Thursday to 96% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 34F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 32 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.15 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.15inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.14inHg
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 3,400 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,400ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
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
Sanford Muni (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 Sanford Seacoast 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/243 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mousam River At Route 4 Near SanfordMOUM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.3 mi away/222 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rt. 202 EB Alfred102699
Beside a road/5.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Wells 6.5 WNWME-YK-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/214 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SanfordSANM1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/417 ft/173 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.
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Near Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sanfordcity, 4 mi
- Alfredcommunity, 6 mi
- North Berwickcommunity, 6 mi
- West Kennebunkcommunity, 6 mi
- Kennebunkcommunity, 8 mi
- Berwickcommunity, 12 mi
- South Berwickcommunity, 12 mi
- Kennebunkportcommunity, 13 mi
- Biddefordcity, 14 mi
- Sacocity, 15 mi
- Cape Neddickcommunity, 16 mi
- York Harborcommunity, 18 mi
Airports near Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport
- Portland International JetportPWM, 27 mi
- Eastern Slopes Regional AirportIZG, 43 mi
- Auburn Lewiston Municipal AirportLEW, 50 mi
- Brunswick Executive AirportBXM, 52 mi
- Wiscasset AirportIWI, 63 mi
- Augusta State AirportAUG, 78 mi
- Knox County Regional AirportRKD, 93 mi
- Waterville Robert Lafleur AirportWVL, 94 mi