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West Kennebunk, Maine

Community in York County, Maine

Air quality

The air at West Kennebunk

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 25 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Kennebunk

None in the last 24 hours; 0.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Kennebunk, the next 42 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 2 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Kennebunk, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Kennebunk 1.9 NNWME-YK-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/115 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KennebunkportKBPM1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/75 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sanford Muni (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from West Kennebunk, Maine. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:56 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 Sanford Muni (AWOS), 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 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 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 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

The air

35.0 F with a dew point of 34.0 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 Sanford Muni (AWOS): temperature 35.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.0, 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 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 35.0 F, 34.0 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 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

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sanford Muni (AWOS), north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, 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 STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT 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

Elsewhere in Maine

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

Near West Kennebunk

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

Near West Kennebunk

River and lake gauges