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Lake Arrowhead, Maine

Community in York County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Lake Arrowhead

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 26 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone25Good4 ppb8.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Arrowhead

None in the last 24 hours; 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Arrowhead, the next 44 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Fri 11 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Arrowhead, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

North Waterboro 2.6 NNEME-YK-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/339 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

West BuxtonHOLM1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/308 ft/49 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank29of 422

Station report

The weather at Sanford Muni (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.0 mi from Lake Arrowhead, Maine. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sanford Muni (AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFMFIG. A THE SKY OVER SANFORD MUNI (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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESanford Muni (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SFMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Sanford Muni (AWOS): temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFMFIG. B THE AIR AT SANFORD MUNI (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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 43.0 F, 41.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLESanford Muni (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SFMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFM-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 Sanford Muni (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 SFMFIG. C THE WIND AT SANFORD MUNI (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 FORCE73TITLESanford Muni (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SFMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at West Buxton (HOLM1), 3.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Maine

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

Near Lake Arrowhead

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

Near Lake Arrowhead

River and lake gauges