Van Buren, Maine Weather
Van Buren, 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 Van Buren, Aroostook County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Van Buren. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Van Buren is published on the Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (KFVE) page, 32 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. 4 airfields within reach of Van Buren 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 Van Buren: Caribou Municipal Airport (KCAR) 32 km · Fort Kent Municipal Airport (K7ME) 49 km · Presque Isle International Airport (KPQI) 53 km
Conditions reported at KFVE describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Van Buren specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Van Buren.
About Van Buren, Maine
Van Buren breathes with the quiet persistence of the St. John River, its wide, placid waters a constant, silver presence on the landscape. It lies 167.7 miles north-north-east of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 14°T), and is situated 18.9 miles north of Madawaska. Rolling hills, softened by centuries of cultivation and forest growth, cradle the town, their slopes a patchwork of emerald fields in summer and frosted white in winter's deep embrace. The air here carries a clean, crisp scent, a blend of pine resin and the distant, earthy aroma of damp soil, a fragrance that seems to cling to the very texture of the days. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-cloudy skies, possesses a peculiar, luminous quality, illuminating the weathered clapboard houses and the sturdy, practical lines of the agricultural buildings with a gentle, almost melancholic glow. The history of Van Buren is as deeply rooted as the ancient forests that once dominated this region. French and Acadian settlers first carved out lives here, their legacy evident in the enduring spirit and the faint echoes of a different tongue that sometimes drifts on the breeze. The economy, long tied to the bounty of the land, now finds its pulse in agriculture, particularly the cultivation of potatoes that have made Aroostook County famous, alongside the quiet hum of local businesses catering to the needs of this resilient community. The river, of course, remains a vital artery, a source of both sustenance and a picturesque backdrop to the everyday lives unfolding in Van Buren, a place where the past is not so much a distant memory as a tangible, comforting weight.
Live animated radar for Van Buren 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 | Van Buren, Aroostook County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 47.157265°N, 67.935302°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04785 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Van Buren, Maine Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Van Buren, 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 Van Buren includes coordinates 47.157265°N, 67.935302°W, situated in Aroostook County. ZIP code 04785. 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.
