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Wiscasset, Maine

Community in Lincoln County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Wiscasset

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Western Interior (ME), 25 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone8Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wiscasset

None in the last 24 hours; 1.50 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
1.50in

Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Wiscasset, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WiscassetIWI

At an airfield/3.9 mi away/69 ft/30 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank117of 422

MaineDoT - Richmond 2020ME018

Beside a road/12.4 mi away/161 ft/62 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

NewcastleNEWM1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/151 ft/52 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Wiscasset, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Wiscasset, Maine. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,600 ft, broken at 5,500 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Wiscasset, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IWIFIG. A THE SKY OVER WISCASSETSECTION, 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 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,600 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEWiscasset, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IWITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IWI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Wiscasset: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IWIFIG. B THE AIR AT WISCASSETTHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEWiscasset, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IWITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IWI-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 Wiscasset, 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 IWIFIG. C THE WIND AT WISCASSETPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWiscasset, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IWITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IWI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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