Temperature
37 F at 1 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 35 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 37F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 57F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 35F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport, Maine
Small airport in Kennebec County, Maine37°
61°/36°
Clear·
Feels like 37°·Calm 0 mph
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM (92%).
Now. Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport is 37° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (54%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:53 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 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
89%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
37feels37
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6136
99%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
4838
54%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5428
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5932
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6234
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5835
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5531
mostly clear day
37°
61°36°
48°38°
54°28°
59°32°
62°34°
58°35°
55°31°
As of 2:00 AM in Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Western Interior (ME), 39 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Ozone6Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 1.10 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
- 1.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- WVL
- ICAO
- KWVL
- IATA
- WVL
- Field elevation
- 333 ft
- Serves
- Waterville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- WVL
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 28° / 208° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 2,301 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 125° / 305° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Waterville (AWOS) (WVL), Waterville Robert Lafleur 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 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 1 PM Thursday to 92% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 34F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.11 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.11inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.15inHg
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 3,500 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,500ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 5
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
Waterville (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 Waterville Robert Lafleur 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/331 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.1 mi away/272 ft/61 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/28.7 mi away/161 ft/172 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
WatervilleWVLM1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/59 ft/274 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Waterville 0.3 EME-KB-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/178 ft/155 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Waterville (WVLM1), 1.1 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 Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Watervillecity, 2 mi
- Oaklandcommunity, 2 mi
- Winslowcommunity, 3 mi
- Fairfieldcommunity, 5 mi
- Clintoncommunity, 12 mi
- Norridgewockcommunity, 14 mi
- Augustacity, 16 mi
- Skowhegancommunity, 16 mi
- Unitycommunity, 17 mi
- Hallowellcity, 18 mi
- Farmingdalecommunity, 20 mi
- Madisoncommunity, 21 mi
Airports near Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport
- Augusta State AirportAUG, 16 mi
- Wiscasset AirportIWI, 40 mi
- Knox County Regional AirportRKD, 43 mi
- Auburn Lewiston Municipal AirportLEW, 45 mi
- Bangor International AirportBGR, 46 mi
- Brunswick Executive AirportBXM, 46 mi
- Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport8B0, 58 mi
- Hancock County-Bar Harbor AirportBHB, 65 mi