Winthrop, Maine Weather
Winthrop, 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 Winthrop, Kennebec County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Winthrop. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Winthrop is published on the Augusta State Airport (KAUG) page, 14 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 Winthrop 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 Winthrop: Bowman Field (KB10) 18 km · Twitchell Airport (K3B5) 24 km · Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport (KWVL) 35 km · Auburn Lewiston Municipal Airport (KLEW) 38 km · Oxford County Regional Airport (K81B) 43 km
Conditions reported at KAUG describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Winthrop specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Winthrop.
About Winthrop, Maine
Winthrop rests where the land begins to fold, a place of gentle hills and broad, shimmering water, dominated by the expanse of Cobbosseecontee Lake. It lies 18.4 miles north-east of Lewiston, ME (from Lewiston, ME: bearing 40°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west of Augusta. Pine and birch trees, their rough bark a testament to the Maine seasons, crowd the shorelines, their branches reaching out as if to embrace the vastness of the sky. The air here carries the clean, sharp scent of evergreens, underscored by the fainter, damp perfume of lake water, especially potent in the hushed hours before dawn. The terrain, sculpted by ancient glaciers, offers a mosaic of rocky outcrops and fertile pockets of soil, where the occasional red farmhouse stands sentinel, its paint weathered by sun and frost, a quiet observer of the passing years. The history of Winthrop is bound to the water, to the logging that once floated down its connected waterways and the granite quarried from its stony heart. For generations, this land has sustained its people through farming and, more recently, through the quiet hum of small businesses catering to the seasonal influx of those drawn to the lakes and the enduring charm of rural Maine. The local economy, while diverse, finds its anchor in the natural beauty, from bait shops and boat rentals to the small, independent shops that line the village center, their windows reflecting the slow, deliberate pace of life. A distinctive character imbues Winthrop, a sense of self-reliance born from the long winters and the necessity of community, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the flow of days and the shared understanding of a life lived close to the earth and its waters.
Live animated radar for Winthrop 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 | Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 44.305069°N, 69.976995°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 04364 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Winthrop, Maine Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winthrop, 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 Winthrop includes coordinates 44.305069°N, 69.976995°W, situated in Kennebec County. ZIP code 04364. 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.
