Winterport, Maine Weather
Winterport, 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 Winterport, Waldo County.
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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.
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| Location | Winterport, Waldo County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 44.637851°N, 68.845035°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04496 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | July 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, 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 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. 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.
