Citizen station FW0871FW0871
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cole Beach, Maine
Beach in Lincoln County, Maine45°
66°/37°
Overcast·
Feels like 42°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 69% around 1 PM.
Now. Cole Beach is 45° and overcast at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:35 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
45feels42
16%
Today
Oct 16
6637
98%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5237
38%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5530
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5934
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6435
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6237
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5833
partly cloudy day
45°
66°37°
52°37°
55°30°
59°34°
64°35°
62°37°
58°33°
As of 7:00 AM in Cole Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Cole Beach
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 29 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone25Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cole Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Cole Beach, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 92°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 30.7 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- S (174°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 10 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from S
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 7:20 AM
- Distance
- 30.7 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 7:20 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (165°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | S (173°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SSE (152°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 12 s | E (99°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (128°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (123°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (113°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (146°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 7 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 2 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (118°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (6°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (3°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (0°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | SE (142°) |
Beach
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.8256° N
- Longitude
- 69.6883° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cole Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WiscassetIWI
At an airfield/9.5 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/20.1 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sheepscot River At North WhitefieldNWFM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.4 mi away/112 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Georgetown 1.4 EME-SG-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/73 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BathBTHM1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/1 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Bath (BTHM1), 11.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Cole Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Boothbay Harborcommunity, 4 mi
- Bathcity, 9 mi
- Wiscassetcommunity, 13 mi
- Brunswickcommunity, 15 mi
- Topshamcommunity, 15 mi
- Damariscottacommunity, 16 mi
- Newcastlecommunity, 17 mi
- Bowdoinhamcommunity, 17 mi
- Richmondcommunity, 19 mi
- Freeportcommunity, 21 mi
- Lisbon Fallscommunity, 22 mi
- Littlejohn Islandcommunity, 22 mi
Beaches near Cole Beach
- Hendricks Head Beachunder 1 mi
- South Beachunder 1 mi
- Sandy Beach2 mi
- Indian Beach3 mi
- Spring Cove Beach3 mi
- Sea Glass Beach3 mi
- East Beach3 mi
- Mile Beach4 mi