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Island Falls, Maine

Community in Aroostook County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Island Falls

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northern (ME), 28 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Island Falls

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

Visibility

How far you can see at Island Falls, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Island Falls, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sherman 6.5 NEME-AR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/719 ft/256 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Houlton INTL Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.2 mi from Island Falls, Maine. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM 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 Houlton INTL Arpt, 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 HULFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOULTON INTL 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHoulton INTL Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HULTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HUL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

27.0 F with a dew point of 26.0 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 Houlton INTL Arpt: temperature 27.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.0, 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 HULFIG. B THE AIR AT HOULTON INTL 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 27.0 F, 26.0 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 POINTTITLEHoulton INTL Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HULTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HUL-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 Houlton INTL Arpt, 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 HULFIG. C THE WIND AT HOULTON INTL ARPTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHoulton INTL Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HULTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HUL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Millinocket WWTP (MWTM1), 32.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:35. measured daily

Elsewhere in Maine

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

Near Island Falls

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

Near Island Falls

River and lake gauges