Mapleton, Maine Weather
Mapleton, 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 Mapleton, Aroostook County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mapleton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mapleton is published on the Presque Isle International Airport (KPQI) 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. 2 airfields within reach of Mapleton 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 Mapleton: Caribou Municipal Airport (KCAR) 24 km
Conditions reported at KPQI describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mapleton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mapleton.
About Mapleton, Maine
Mapleton exists as a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of the northern frontier, a place where rolling fields, stitched with the emerald thread of forest, meet a sky that often seems to stretch an eternity in either direction. It lies 133.3 miles north-north-east of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 13°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west of Presque Isle. The land here is not gentle; it is a sturdy, well-worn canvas painted with the deep blues of glacial lakes and the muted greens and browns of an earth that has known the bite of winter and the generous warmth of summer for millennia. The air, especially in the hushed hours before dawn, carries a clean, sharp scent of pine and damp soil, a bracing tonic for the senses. Even the sunlight seems to possess a peculiar clarity, a crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of the world and lends an almost spectral luminescence to the mist that sometimes clings to the low-lying hollows. The history of Mapleton is inextricably bound to the bounty of the land, a narrative of farmers who coaxed sustenance from the tenacious soil and loggers who wrestled timber from the dense woodlands. For generations, the economy has been rooted in the fertile earth, with potato farming having long been a dominant force, its harvest a cyclical pulse that dictates the rhythm of the year. The community, a cluster of weathered homes and sturdy barns, has weathered its share of economic shifts, yet a deep-seated resilience persists, a quiet pride in the self-sufficiency that has always characterized life in this corner of Aroostook County. Small, independent businesses, often family-run, form the backbone of Mapleton's commerce, their storefronts bearing the patina of years and the quiet hum of daily transactions, offering a tangible connection to the generations who have called this place home.
Live animated radar for Mapleton 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 | Mapleton, Aroostook County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 46.681986°N, 68.162812°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04757 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mapleton, Maine Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mapleton, 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 Mapleton includes coordinates 46.681986°N, 68.162812°W, situated in Aroostook County. ZIP code 04757. 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.
