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Skowhegan, Maine

Community in Somerset County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Skowhegan

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Western Mountains (ME), 35 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone6Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Skowhegan

None in the last 24 hours; 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Skowhegan, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Skowhegan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

EtnaME009

Beside a road/30.0 mi away/299 ft/119 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Skowhegan 3.8 SME-SM-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/497 ft/317 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Madison 4WMADM1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/299 ft/119 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank36of 422

Station report

The weather at Waterville (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Skowhegan, Maine. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waterville (AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER WATERVILLE (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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaterville (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS WVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

39.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Waterville (AWOS): temperature 39.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WVLFIG. B THE AIR AT WATERVILLE (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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 39.0 F, 38.0 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 POINTTITLEWaterville (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS WVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WVL-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 Waterville (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 WVLFIG. C THE WIND AT WATERVILLE (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 FORCE73TITLEWaterville (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS WVLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Maine

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Near Skowhegan

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

Near Skowhegan

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