Benton, ME Weather

Kennebec County11:52 AM EDT44.59°N, 69.55°WElevation 98 ft

Current conditions

Clear
45°
Clear
Feels like 37°
High 52°·Low 27°
WindN 17 mph
Humidity49%
Dew point27°
Pressure30.36 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:04 AM
Sunset5:42 PM

Observed at Augusta, Augusta State Airport · 52 min ago

Forecast

10-day
  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 52. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Clear, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 57. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 16 hrs ago.

  1. Now Sunny 46°
  2. 12 PM Sunny 48°
  3. 1 PM Sunny 50°
  4. 2 PM Sunny 52°
  5. 3 PM Sunny 52°
  6. 4 PM Sunny 52°
  7. 5 PM Sunny 50°
  8. 6 PM Clear 47°
  9. 7 PM Clear 43°
  10. 8 PM Clear 39°
  11. 9 PM Clear 38°
  12. 10 PM Clear 36°
  13. 11 PM Clear 34°
  14. Sat12 AM Clear 33°
  15. 1 AM Clear 32°
  16. 2 AM Clear 30°
  17. 3 AM Clear 30°
  18. 4 AM Mostly Clear 29°
  19. 5 AM Mostly Clear 28°
  20. 6 AM Sunny 29°
  21. 7 AM Sunny 29°
  22. 8 AM Sunny 29°
  23. 9 AM Sunny 35°
  24. 10 AM Sunny 42°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Clear Clear30°
  2. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny27°52°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny30°57°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny32°62°
  5. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny32°64°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny25°50°
  7. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny29°50°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny55°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy45°60°
  10. SatOct 31 Sunny Sunny39°52°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

21
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • FriGood
  • SatGood
  • SunGood

Mid-Coast, ME reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:04 AM
Sunset 5:42 PM
Daylight 10 h 37 min (−2 min 54 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 92% lit
Moonrise 4:12 PM Moonset 4:04 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low56° / 36°
Record high82° (1979)
Record low21° (1922)
Wettest1.80 in (1937)
Month to date1.58 in (normal 3.46 in)

Waterville Treatment Plt, records since 1896. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in GYX, issued 5 hrs ago

What Has Changed

No significant changes to the forecast with this update.

Key Messages

1. Dry weather continues areawide through the weekend and into next week. A cool and dry airmass will bring widespread overnight lows in the 20s tonight and Saturday night.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...

High pressure remains centered across Quebec today, gradually shifting south of New England through the weekend. A pressure gradient between exiting low pressure in the open Atlantic and incoming high pressure will bring one more day of breezy conditions.

As the high crests overhead tonight, the dry airmass allows for a cold night with lows falling into the 20s for most of the area, and some teens across the north. The high continues to move southward, setting up a moderating southwest flow by the end of the weekend. Temps rebound back into the 60s for Sunday and Monday.

A weak front passes through on Monday with little more than a few sprinkles across the north. Behind the front, a new high pressure center arrives with a cooler airmass. Highs return to the 40s and 50s for Tuesday and Wednesday, before beginning to rebound back into the 60s for the end of the week as the high moves offshore.

At this time there is still no meaningful rainfall in the forecast for at least the next week.

Aviation

Through 12z Saturday: Occasional N gusts around 20 kts ease this afternoon. Local wind enhancement is possible in vicinity of Penobscot Bay this morning. Otherwise, VFR is expected today through tonight. Calm winds and clear skies tonight could promote BR/FG development for valley locations (particularly HIE/LEB), but the dry airmass may also help deter this.

Outlook...

Saturday-Wednesday...VFR prevails under high pressure. This should lead to light diurnal wind patterns.

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