Thomaston, Maine Weather
Thomaston, 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 Thomaston, Knox County.
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About Thomaston, Maine
Thomaston, Maine, exhales the bracing salt air of Penobscot Bay, its landscape a gentle rise from the waterline, a place where granite quarries once bled their stony heart into the earth, leaving behind scars that now hold the quiet shimmer of water. It lies 51.3 miles east of Lewiston, ME (from Lewiston, ME: bearing 91°T), and is situated 4.0 miles west-south-west of Rockland. The terrain here is a study in understated resilience, with rolling fields giving way to the dense, evergreen embrace of coastal forests, their shadows lengthening and deepening as the sun begins its slow descent. Along the Georges River, tidal flats lie exposed at low ebb, a mosaic of mud and shell, reflecting the bruised hues of the twilight sky. The very air, cool and carrying the faint tang of brine and pine, seems to hold a memory of the ships that once were birthed from this very shore, their wooden bones shaped by hands long turned to dust. This place, Thomaston, has always been defined by its industrious spirit, its history inextricably linked to the extraction of its abundant granite and the subsequent construction of grand edifices across the nation. For generations, the rhythmic clang of hammers on stone echoed through the valleys, a testament to the sheer force of human will against the stubborn earth, shaping a local economy that once pulsed with the raw power of quarried rock. Today, while the great quarries lie mostly fallow, their ghostly presence still imbues the very soil, a reminder of the generations who found their livelihood here. The Georges River, once a highway for felled timber and quarried stone, now welcomes pleasure craft, its waters reflecting a more tranquil present, a quiet hum replacing the roar of industry. The character of Thomaston is one of quiet perseverance, a deep-rooted connection to the land and sea, a place where the past is not forgotten but woven into the present, like the intricate patterns of moss on an ancient gravestone.
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| Location | Thomaston, Knox County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 44.07897°N, 69.18171°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04861 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Thomaston, Maine Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Thomaston, 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 Thomaston includes coordinates 44.078970°N, 69.181710°W, situated in Knox County. ZIP code 04861. 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.
