At a river or reservoir gauge/1.5 mi away/640 ft/733 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Baxter State Park, Maine
State Park in Piscataquis County, Maine* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Central Piscataquis, Northern Penobscot, Southeast Aroostook, Northeast Aroostook, Northwest Aroostook, Northern Somerset, and Northern Piscataquis Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 5 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Strong winds will also create wind chills as low as 10 to 20 degrees on mountain tops.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
38°
49°/30°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 28°·Moderate breeze 19 mph W
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Baxter State Park until 5 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Baxter State Park is 38° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west at 19 mph, gusting to 34 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 60°, and the coolest Saturday, near 50°. Rain is likely Thursday (54%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 16% lit, and rises at 3:06 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 27 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
79%Humidity
77%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
38feels28
19mph
Today
Oct 6
4930
22mph
Wed
Oct 7
5228
18%
Thu
Oct 8
5938
54%
Fri
Oct 9
5335
14%
Sat
Oct 10
5029
14%
Sun
Oct 11
5929
12%
Mon
Oct 12
6040
23%
38°
49°30°
52°28°
59°38°
53°35°
50°29°
59°29°
60°40°
As of 3:00 AM in Baxter State Park, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Baxter State Park
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northern (ME), 4 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)2Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 10, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 5
- GoodTodayOct 6
- GoodWedOct 7
- GoodThuOct 8
- GoodFriOct 9
- GoodSatOct 10
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Baxter State Park
0.24 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Tue 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Last 3 days
- 0.24in
Visibility
How far you can see at Baxter State Park, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 337 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,373 ft
- County
- Piscataquis County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 46.1251° N
- Longitude
- 68.8227° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Baxter State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW3411EW3411
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.0 mi away/480 ft/893 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/33.6 mi away/407 ft/966 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chamberlain BridgeCHAM1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.7 mi away/943 ft/430 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sherman 6.5 NEME-AR-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.0 mi away/719 ft/654 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Maine
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Near Baxter State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Oakfieldcommunity, 32 mi
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- East Millinocketcommunity, 36 mi
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- Houltontown, 47 mi
- Mattawamkeagcommunity, 47 mi
- Mapletoncommunity, 50 mi
- Blainecommunity, 53 mi
- Mars Hillcommunity, 53 mi