Old Town, Maine Weather
Old Town, 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 Old Town, Penobscot County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Old Town.
About Old Town, Maine
Old Town sits where the Penobscot River exhales, a place of damp earth and the keen scent of pine needles. It lies 11.3 miles north-east of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 35°T), and is situated 3.8 miles north-north-east of Orono. The land here slopes gently toward the water, a mosaic of dense spruce and fir forests broken by glades of birch and maple, their bark peeling like ancient parchment. The river itself, wide and purposeful, splits into channels that embrace the islands, their shores a tangle of roots and smooth, grey stones. In the humid summer air, the drone of unseen insects is a constant hum, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, softens to a pale gold, catching the mist that rises from the water and lending the surrounding woodlands a hushed, cathedral-like quality. The history of Old Town is deeply entwined with the flow of the Penobscot, a waterway that once carried logs downstream in great, thundering drives, a spectacle now relegated to memory and faded photographs. For generations, this was a hub for the timber industry, the rhythmic clang of axes and the roar of sawmills echoing through the valley. Though the days of vast logging operations have largely passed, the legacy of that industry still whispers in the weathered clapboard buildings and the sturdy, no-nonsense character of its people. The economy now finds its footing in a more diversified landscape, with the University of Maine drawing in a youthful energy, and smaller businesses catering to the enduring allure of the natural world, from fishing guides to craft artisans, all sustained by the quiet resilience that defines Old Town.
Live animated radar for Old Town and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 44.934235°N, 68.645309°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04468 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Old Town, Maine Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Town, 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 Old Town includes coordinates 44.934235°N, 68.645309°W, situated in Penobscot County. ZIP code 04468. 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.
