Bristol, ME Weather Forecast
Lincoln County, Maine
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Bristol, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Bristol, ME at a glance
Bristol is home to about 2,964 people in Lincoln County, across 34 square miles. It ranks 127th by population of 143 places in Maine with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Boothbay, 9 miles away.
- County
- Lincoln County
- Population
- 2,964 2023 est.
- Land area
- 34 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 87
- Forecast point
- 43.8921°N, 69.4732°W
How well can the network see Bristol?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGYX (Portland, ME), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 2,600 ft above Bristol. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Bristol is closer to its radar than 57% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KIWI (Wiscasset Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Bristol
- Boothbay, ME9 mi
- St. George, ME12 mi
- Wiscasset, ME14 mi
- Woolwich, ME15 mi
- Waldoboro, ME17 mi
- Bath, ME19 mi
- Jefferson, ME19 mi
- Warren, ME20 mi
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