Alfred, Maine Weather
Alfred, Maine — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Alfred, York County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Alfred. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Alfred is published on the Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport (KSFM) page, 9 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Alfred have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Alfred: Biddeford Municipal Airport (KB19) 20 km · Skyhaven Airport (KDAW) 27 km · Limington Harmon Airport (K63B) 32 km · Portland International Jetport (KPWM) 38 km · Portsmouth International Airport at Pease (KPSM) 45 km
Conditions reported at KSFM describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alfred specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alfred.
About Alfred, Maine
Alfred rises from a landscape of rolling hills, where the scent of pine needles mingles with the salty tang carried inland from the Atlantic. It lies 17.5 miles north-east of Rochester, NH (from Rochester, NH: bearing 47°T), and is situated 3.8 miles north-east of Sanford. The terrain here is a gentle push and pull of earth, softened by the passage of seasons, with stone walls tracing the boundaries of fields that shimmer with dew in the early morning light. The sky over Alfred can hold a remarkable clarity, especially after a rain, revealing a vast expanse that seems to cradle the scattered farmhouses and the modest cluster of buildings that mark the town center. Here, the air often carries the quiet hum of distant traffic, a reminder of the wider world, yet the prevailing sound is the rustle of leaves and the occasional call of a bird. This is a place where the past whispers in the weathered clapboard of its buildings and the enduring spirit of its people. Alfred’s history is tied to the agricultural bounty of its fertile soil, a tradition that continues to shape its local economy, though the days of large-scale timber harvesting have long since passed. The courthouse, a solid granite structure, stands as a quiet sentinel, a reminder of the county’s administrative heart and the generations of lives that have unfolded within its shadow. The winding roads, often bordered by mature trees whose branches create a dappled canopy overhead, lead to a quiet understanding of a life lived at a deliberate pace, where community ties remain a significant thread in the fabric of daily existence.
Live animated radar for Alfred and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Alfred, York County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 43.476471°N, 70.71839°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04002 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alfred, Maine Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alfred, Maine, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Alfred includes coordinates 43.476471°N, 70.718390°W, situated in York County. ZIP code 04002. Telephone area code: 207. Timezone: Eastern Time.
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
