Millinocket, Maine Weather
Millinocket, 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 Millinocket, Penobscot County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Millinocket. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Millinocket is published on the Millinocket Municipal Airport (KMLT) page, 2 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 Millinocket 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 Millinocket: Lincoln Regional Airport (KLRG) 36 km
Conditions reported at KMLT describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Millinocket specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Millinocket.
About Millinocket, Maine
Millinocket breathes the sharp, clean air of the Katahdin region, a place where the vastness of Maine’s North Woods begins to assert its dominion. It lies 59.2 miles north of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 3°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west-north-west of East Millinocket. The terrain here is a study in granite and spruce, rolling hills giving way to steeper inclines as one approaches the colossal presence of Mount Katahdin, a silent sentinel often veiled in mist or bathed in the ethereal glow of dawn. The Penobscot River, a ribbon of cool, dark water, carves its path nearby, reflecting the deep green of the surrounding forests and the immense, often dramatic, skies. Even in summer, a crispness lingers in the air, a reminder of the long winters, and the scent of pine needles is a constant, subtle perfume. For generations, Millinocket was inextricably linked to the rhythmic pulse of its paper mill, a giant that once hummed with the industry of transforming timber into newsprint, shaping the town’s identity and economy. Though that era has largely passed, echoes of its industrial might remain in the very bones of the place, a history etched into the landscape. Now, the allure of Baxter State Park, with its untamed wilderness and the iconic summit of Katahdin, draws a different kind of lifeblood, a steady stream of hikers, campers, and nature lovers seeking the profound quietude and rugged beauty that Millinocket guards. The town, in its quiet resilience, continues to find its purpose on the edge of this wild frontier, a gateway to adventure for those who understand the enduring appeal of raw, elemental nature.
Live animated radar for Millinocket 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 | Millinocket, Penobscot County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 45.657272°N, 68.709758°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04462 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Millinocket, Maine Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Millinocket, 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 Millinocket includes coordinates 45.657272°N, 68.709758°W, situated in Penobscot County. ZIP code 04462. 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.
