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Gardiner, Maine

City in Kennebec County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Gardiner

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Western Interior (ME), 21 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good23.3 mi
  • Ozone13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good23.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gardiner

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.86 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.86in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gardiner, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gardiner, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MaineDoT - Richmond 2020ME018

Beside a road/6.7 mi away/161 ft/20 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

GardinerGARM1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/223 ft/42 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Farmingdale 0.8 SEME-KB-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/93 ft/88 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Augusta State Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.9 mi from Gardiner, Maine. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Augusta State Arpt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUGFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUGUSTA STATE ARPTSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEAugusta State Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AUGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Augusta State Arpt: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUGFIG. B THE AIR AT AUGUSTA STATE ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.0 F, 55.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEAugusta State Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Augusta State Arpt, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUGFIG. C THE WIND AT AUGUSTA STATE ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAugusta State Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Augusta State Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near Gardiner

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