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Mechanic Falls, Maine

Community in Androscoggin County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Mechanic Falls

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Western Interior (ME), 11 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good8.8 mi
  • Ozone6Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good8.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mechanic Falls

None in the last 24 hours; 1.90 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.90in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mechanic Falls, the next 44 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.4 miles Fri 1 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mechanic Falls, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MaineDoT - Freeport 2020ME017

Beside a road/22.2 mi away/138 ft/142 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Mechanic Falls 1.3 WME-AN-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/332 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PolandPOLM1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/561 ft/281 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank289of 422

Station report

The weather at Auburn-Lewiston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.9 mi from Mechanic Falls, Maine. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 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 Auburn-Lewiston, 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 LEWFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUBURN-LEWISTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEAuburn-Lewiston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LEWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LEW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Auburn-Lewiston: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LEWFIG. B THE AIR AT AUBURN-LEWISTONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 32.0 F, 32.0 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 POINTTITLEAuburn-Lewiston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LEWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LEW-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 Auburn-Lewiston, 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 LEWFIG. C THE WIND AT AUBURN-LEWISTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAuburn-Lewiston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LEWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LEW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Auburn-Lewiston, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Poland (POLM1), 7.3 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Maine

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

Near Mechanic Falls

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

Near Mechanic Falls

River and lake gauges