Citizen station FW0871FW0871
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Hendricks Head Beach, Maine
Beach in Lincoln County, Maine39°
66°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 39°·Calm 0 mph NE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 74% around 10 AM.
Now. Hendricks Head Beach is 39° 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 61° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (51%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:35 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
25Air quality
92%Humidity
8%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
39feels39
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6637
99%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5237
51%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5630
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5834
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6335
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6136
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5733
mostly clear day
39°
66°37°
52°37°
56°30°
58°34°
63°35°
61°36°
57°33°
As of 2:00 AM in Hendricks Head Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Hendricks Head Beach
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 29 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
- Ozone25Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 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 Hendricks Head Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 1.05 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
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hendricks Head Beach, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 143°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 30.7 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- SE (128°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 2 s from ENE
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:20 AM
- Distance
- 30.7 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1:20 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (128°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (123°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (113°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (146°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 7 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 2 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (118°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (6°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (3°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (0°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | SE (142°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (149°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (9°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (155°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | SE (141°) |
Beach
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.8246° N
- Longitude
- 69.6869° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Hendricks Head Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WiscassetIWI
At an airfield/9.5 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/20.1 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sheepscot River At North WhitefieldNWFM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.4 mi away/112 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Georgetown 1.4 EME-SG-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/73 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BathBTHM1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/1 ft/- ft from 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 Bath (BTHM1), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Hendricks Head Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Boothbay Harborcommunity, 4 mi
- Bathcity, 9 mi
- Wiscassetcommunity, 13 mi
- Brunswickcommunity, 15 mi
- Topshamcommunity, 15 mi
- Damariscottacommunity, 16 mi
- Newcastlecommunity, 17 mi
- Bowdoinhamcommunity, 17 mi
- Richmondcommunity, 19 mi
- Freeportcommunity, 21 mi
- Lisbon Fallscommunity, 22 mi
- Littlejohn Islandcommunity, 22 mi
Beaches near Hendricks Head Beach
- Cole Beachunder 1 mi
- South Beachunder 1 mi
- Sandy Beach2 mi
- Indian Beach3 mi
- Spring Cove Beach3 mi
- Sea Glass Beach3 mi
- East Beach3 mi
- Mile Beach4 mi