Cousins Island, Maine Weather
Cousins Island, 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 Cousins Island, Cumberland County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cousins Island.
About Cousins Island, Maine
Cousins Island emerges from the Atlantic's embrace, a rugged knuckle of land reaching into the cool, salt-laced air of Casco Bay. It lies 8.7 miles north-east of Portland, ME (from Portland, ME: bearing 40°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-north-east of South Portland. Pine and spruce, their needles perpetually damp with sea mist, cling to granite outcroppings worn smooth by eons of wind and wave. The shoreline is a restless fringe of seaweed-strewn rocks and small, pebbled coves, where the tide's slow breath reveals and conceals treasures of shell and driftwood. In summer, the light here possesses a peculiar clarity, sharp and bright, while autumn brings a deepening palette of ochre and rust, the wind carrying the scent of decaying leaves and the distant cry of gulls. The land itself feels ancient, a place where the earth has been patiently shaped by the persistent, insistent hand of the sea. The history of Cousins Island is as intertwined with the tides as its granite shores. Once a vital hub for maritime activities, its past echoes with the clang of shipbuilding hammers and the bustling trade of goods brought in by schooner. Though the great yards have long since fallen silent, a palpable connection to the sea persists, evident in the weathered lobster boats that now bob in its harbors and the hardy fishermen who still ply these waters. The island's economy, though less industrially driven than in its heyday, still draws strength from the bay's bounty, with aquaculture and tourism playing increasingly significant roles. A quiet independence seems to imbue the very air, a reflection of a community that has always relied on its own resilience and the enduring generosity of the ocean.
Live animated radar for Cousins Island and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Cousins Island, Cumberland County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 43.75897°N, 70.14366°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04096 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cousins Island, Maine Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cousins Island, 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 Cousins Island includes coordinates 43.758970°N, 70.143660°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 04096. Telephone area code: 207. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
