Storm Station
West Kennebunk, Maine
58°
Heavy rain· Feels like 58°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NE
Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 54. Northeast wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
72%Humidity
96%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 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 now3 instruments

Sanford Muni (AWOS)SFM

At an airfield/6.5 mi away/243 ft/140 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 157

MaineDoT - Falmouth 2020ME016

Beside a road/26.0 mi away/10 ft/93 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

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

Rank-

KennebunkportKBPM1

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

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sanford Muni (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from West Kennebunk. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Sanford Muni (AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.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 SHEETOVC 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLESanford Muni (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SFMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SFM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 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 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Sanford Muni (AWOS): temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 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 600 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.0 F, 54.0 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 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SFM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sanford Muni (AWOS), north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, 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 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESanford Muni (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SFMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-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

Measured at Kennebunkport (KBPM1), 7.6 miles from here, read 22 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

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.