Alfred, Maine — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Alfred, York County.
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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.
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| Location | Alfred, York County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 43.476471°N, 70.71839°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04002 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.