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Grand Isle, Maine Weather

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Grand Isle weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Grand Isle, ME
Friday, June 5 at 5:39 AM
59
°
Clear
Feels like
57°
Humidity
68%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
4:37 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
Grand Isle, ME
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGrand Isle, ME: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 54 to 73 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 54°H 73°
Grand Isle, ME
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    18%
    73°54°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Rain
    87%
    0.31″
    75°55°+2°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Rain
    87%
    0.47″
    67°48°-8°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    72°44°+5°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Mostly Clear
    79°49°+7°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    86°57°+7°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Overcast
    14%
    86°60°
Grand Isle, ME
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
345° · backing 139°
Direction
NNW
345°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 30 @ 7:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 125SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 139° from the nnw.
Grand Isle, ME
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
994.4
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 29.36 inHg
Now
994.4
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
+5.1
mb
24h
+0.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 990996
9859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW995.9990.3995.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Grand Isle, ME
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
-1 in 6h

AQI 41 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
76μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.97
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Grand Isle, ME
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
1%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
47.7mi
UNLIMITED
177 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
05:39 UTC ·Grand Isle, ME · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
05:39 UTC ·Grand Isle, ME · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Grand Isle, ME
Satellite · infrared · animated
Grand Isle, ME
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Grand Isle, ME
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
8:00 AM
Sunrise
4:37 AM
Daylight
15h 47m
Sunset
8:24 PM
Civil dusk
1:04 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Grand Isle, ME
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
3:53 AM
Moonset
1:15 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Grand Isle, ME
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

fungi
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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Grand Isle at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 30 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Grand Isle

SPC has placed Grand Isle in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Grand Isle

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.