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Old Town, Maine

City in Penobscot County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Old Town

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Eastern Interior (ME), 7 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good9.8 mi
  • Ozone19Good21 ppb13.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good9.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Old Town

None in the last 24 hours; 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Old Town, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Old Town, 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 now5 instruments

Old Town 2WOLDM1

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.3 mi away/128 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank99of 422

Old Town 2 W94644

At a climate reference station/2.4 mi away/127 ft/7 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank241of 422

MaineDoT - Bangor 2020ME020

Beside a road/7.1 mi away/164 ft/44 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Old Town 4.1 ESEME-PN-65

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/146 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Old Town RAWSOLDM1

A remote fire weather station/1.1 mi away/161 ft/41 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bangor INTL Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Old Town, Maine. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 12,000 ft, scattered at 15,000 ft, overcast at 20,000 ft; the ceiling is 20,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bangor INTL Arpt, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 15,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 20,000 feet, the ceiling at 20,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BGRFIG. A THE SKY OVER BANGOR 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 20,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 15,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 12,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 20,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBangor INTL Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BGRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BGR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

38.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 92 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 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Bangor INTL Arpt: temperature 38.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 92 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 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BGRFIG. B THE AIR AT BANGOR 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 38.0 F, 36.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEBangor INTL Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BGRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BGR-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 Bangor 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 BGRFIG. C THE WIND AT BANGOR 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 FORCE73TITLEBangor INTL Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BGRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BGR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bangor INTL 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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