Augusta, ME Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (04330)
Feels Like 63°F
Current Weather
Feels Like 63°F
Forecast at a Glance
This Date in Weather History
1988 - Unseasonably cool weather prevailed across the north central and northeastern U.S. Thirty cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Saint Joseph MO with a reading of 38 degrees. A low of 44 degrees at Indianapolis IN was their coolest reading of record for so early in the season. The mercury dipped to 31 degrees at Hibbing MN and Philips WI.
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Augusta 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Saturday Sep 6
Night: Rain and scattered thunderstorms before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 8pm and 2am, then patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers between 2am and 4am, then a chance of rain showers and patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 56. North wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Sunday Sep 7
Day: Rain showers likely and patchy fog. Cloudy, with a high near 64. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Sep 8
Day: Sunny, with a high near 71. West wind around 5 mph.
Night: Patchy fog after 3am. Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
Tuesday Sep 9
Day: Patchy fog before 8am. Sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Wednesday Sep 10
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.
Thursday Sep 11
Day: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Friday Sep 12
Day: Sunny, with a high near 67.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.
Saturday Sep 13
Day: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:09 AM
Sunset 7:08 PM
Last Light 7:38 PM
Moonset 4:29 AM
Contiguous United States Extremes
Fri's High Temperature
111 at Death Valley, CA
Sat's Low Temperature
23 at 16 Miles West Of Redfeather Lakes, CO
Weather Folklore
Pale moon rains, red moon blows; White moon neither rains nor blows.
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About Augusta, Maine
Augusta is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maine. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th-most populous city in Maine, and third-least populous state capital in the United States after Montpelier, Vermont, and Pierre, South Dakota. Augusta is the seat of and most populous city in Kennebec County.
The area was explored in 1607 by English settlers from the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Before European settlement, Algonquian-speaking Indians lived in the area. In 1625, representatives of Plymouth Colony chose the east shore of the Kennebec for a trading post, which was likely built in 1628 and became known as "Cushnoc". The Kennebec Proprietors, successors to the Plymouth Company, built Fort Western near the site of the abandoned trading post in 1754 and began settlement efforts. The new village was incorporated as Hallowell in 1771, and the upriver part of town separated in 1797 to form the town of Harrington. On June 9, 1797, Harrington changed its name to Augusta and, in 1827, it was designated capital of Maine.
Augusta is the easternmost state capital in the United States. Located on the Kennebec River at the head of tide, it is the principal city in the Augusta-Waterville micropolitan statistical area and home to the University of Maine at Augusta. Because of the city's position on the Kennebec, downtown Augusta is vulnerable to floods in spring. The Maine flood of 1987, known as the "Great Flood", affected the city. Bond Brook runs from northwest to southeast through the city center, and has been called the "Home of wild Atlantic Salmon".
The city has five different residential areas, including the "west side", a historic neighborhood north of the state capitol complex, and the "east side", which is situated on the opposite side of the Kennebec. The city's northwest quadrant includes both a retail center and neighborhoods.
Augusta State Airport serves the city, offering both commercial service and general aviation. Although the airport is owned by the State of Maine, it is managed and operated by the city. Interstate 95 passes by the western outskirts of Augusta, and both U.S. 202 and U.S. 201 run through the city.
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