Winterport, Maine Weather
Winterport, 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 Winterport, Waldo County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Winterport. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Winterport is published on the Brewer Airport (K0B2) page, 15 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. 6 airfields within reach of Winterport 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 Winterport: Bangor International Airport (KBGR) 19 km · Belfast Municipal Airport (KBST) 29 km · Dewitt Field - Old Town Municipal Airport (KOLD) 38 km · Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (KBHB) 44 km · Dexter Regional Airport (K1B0) 51 km
Conditions reported at K0B2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Winterport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Winterport.
About Winterport, Maine
Winterport rests on the western bank of the Penobscot River, a broad sweep of water that has long dictated the rhythm of life here. It lies 11.8 miles south-south-west of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 196°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south of Hampden. The landscape rolls gently, a mosaic of weathered clapboard houses, sturdy oaks and maples that blaze with fierce colour in autumn, and the occasional wide field where the last of the season's hay lies mown. Along the river’s edge, where the current slows and deepens, wharves, some still active, others surrendered to the tides and the slow reclamation by sea grass, speak of a maritime past. The air carries the tang of salt and pine, a bracing mixture that sharpens the senses, particularly when a swift wind blows in from the bay, ruffling the placid surface of the water and whispering through the skeletal branches of winter trees. The history of Winterport is inextricably linked to the Penobscot, a working river that once bustled with schooners and steamships, carrying timber, granite, and the bounty of the sea. Founded by settlers drawn to the fertile land and the promise of maritime trade, Winterport developed a reputation for shipbuilding and quarrying, its granite finding its way into structures far beyond Maine's borders. The economy, though diversified now to include tourism and small businesses, still retains echoes of its industrial past. Remnants of old mills stand like stoic guardians along the river, and the very stones of the town's oldest buildings seem to hold the stories of generations of fishermen, farmers, and tradespeople who shaped this corner of Waldo County. The pace of life in Winterport is deliberate, unhurried, a quiet testament to the enduring connection between its people and the land they inhabit.
Live animated radar for Winterport 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 | Winterport, Waldo County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 44.637851°N, 68.845035°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04496 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Winterport, Maine Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winterport, 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 Winterport includes coordinates 44.637851°N, 68.845035°W, situated in Waldo County. ZIP code 04496. 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.
