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Alton, ME Weather Forecast and Current Conditions

Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station   Switch to Metric Units

33°F
Feels Like 30°F  
Humidity 91% Dew Point 31°F Wind WSW 3 MPH Gusts 6 Barometer 29.3 in.744.2 mm
Report from a MADIS/MESONET weather station 0.4 miles SSE of central Alton
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Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station   Switch to Metric Units

33°F
Feels Like 30°F  
Humidity 91% Dew Point 31°F Wind WSW 3 MPH Gusts 6 Barometer 29.3 in.744.2 mm
Report from a MADIS/MESONET weather station 0.4 miles SSE of central Alton
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Point Forecast at a Glance

TueNov 11
Tue Nov 11: Snow Showers, High 40F, Low 28F
30%
40
28
WedNov 12
Wed Nov 12: Rain With Mostly Cloudy, High 41F, Low 27F
20%
41
27
ThuNov 13
Thu Nov 13: Rain Showers, High 43F, Low 29F
30%
43
29
FriNov 14
Fri Nov 14: Snow Showers, High 40F, Low 26F
20%
40
26
SatNov 15
Sat Nov 15: Mostly Sunny, High 40F, Low 24F
40
24
SunNov 16
Sun Nov 16: Snow Showers, High 41F, Low 31F
40%
41
31
MonNov 17
Mon Nov 17: Snow, High 41F, Low 27F
50%
41
27

7-Day Temperature Trend

Week Ahead Summary

High temperatures remain relatively stable through the week, ranging from 40°F to 43°F. Unsettled weather expected with snow likely on at least 4 days.

Climate Context

This week's forecast shows temperatures running 3°F below the historical average for November. Normal highs for this period are around 44°F with lows around 27°F.


This Date in Weather History

1911 - The central U.S. experienced perhaps its most dramatic cold wave of record. During the early morning temperatures across the Central Plains ranged from 68 degrees at Kansas City to 4 above North Platte NE. In Kansas City, the temperature warmed to a record 76 degrees by late morning before the arctic front moved in from the northwest. Skies become overcast, winds shifted to the northwest, and the mercury began to plummet. By early afternoon it was cold enough to snow, and by midnight the temperature had dipped to a record cold reading of 11 degrees above zero. Oklahoma City also established a record high of 83 degrees and record low of 17 degrees that same day. In southeastern Kansas, the temperature at Independence plunged from 83 degrees to 33 degrees in just one hour. The arctic cold front produced severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the Mississippi Valley, a blizzard in the Ohio Va

More on this and other weather history


Alton, ME 7 Day Weather Forecast Details

Tuesday Nov 11

Snow Showers

Day: Scattered snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 40. West wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.

Snow Showers

Night: Scattered snow showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.

Wednesday Nov 12

Rain With Mostly Cloudy

Day: Isolated rain showers between 4pm and 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Southwest wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Patchy fog after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind around 3 mph.

Thursday Nov 13

Rain Showers

Day: Patchy fog before 7am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. North wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Snow Showers

Night: A chance of snow showers before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.

Friday Nov 14

Snow Showers

Day: A slight chance of rain showers between noon and 5pm, then a slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Saturday Nov 15

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Sunday Nov 16

Snow Showers

Day: A slight chance of snow showers between 9am and 11am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 11am and noon, then a chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Snow

Night: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Nov 17

Snow

Day: A chance of snow before 10am, then a chance of rain between 10am and noon, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Snow Showers

Night: A slight chance of snow showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Sun & Moon   Monthly

First Light 5:57 AM

Sunrise 6:28 AM

Sunset 4:11 PM

Last Light 4:43 PM

Moonrise 9:09 PM

Moonset 12:40 PM

Moon Phase

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Contiguous United States Extremes

Mon's High Temperature
100 at 2 Miles West Of Pala, CA

Tue's Low Temperature
10 at Mount Washington, NH and Snowshoe, WV


Weather Folklore

Tulips open their blossoms when the temperature rises, they close again when the temperature falls.


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About Alton, ME

Alton is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Bangor Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 829 at the 2020 census. The community is named after an Alton in England.

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