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Ashland, Maine

Community in Aroostook County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Ashland

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northern (ME), 36 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good17.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ashland

None in the last 24 hours; 0.95 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.95in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ashland, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Ashland, MaineReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ashland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Soucey HillME007

Beside a road/20.3 mi away/1,186 ft/437 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Castle Hill 1.1 SME-AR-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/754 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Presque Isle (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.4 mi from Ashland, Maine. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Presque Isle (AWOS), height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQIFIG. A THE SKY OVER PRESQUE ISLE (AWOS)SECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPresque Isle (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PQITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PQI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

29.0 F with a dew point of 28.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Presque Isle (AWOS): temperature 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQIFIG. B THE AIR AT PRESQUE ISLE (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 29.0 F, 28.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPresque Isle (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PQITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PQI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Presque Isle (AWOS), north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQIFIG. C THE WIND AT PRESQUE ISLE (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPresque Isle (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PQITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PQI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Presque Isle (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Presque Isle Hilltop (PRQM1), 19.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Maine

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ashland

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Ashland

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