Orono, ME Weather Forecast
Penobscot County, Maine
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Orono, 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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Orono, ME at a glance
Orono is home to about 12,253 people in Penobscot County, across 18 square miles. It ranks 18th by population of 143 places in Maine with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Bangor, 4 miles away.
- County
- Penobscot County
- Population
- 12,253 2023 est.
- Land area
- 18 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 674
- Forecast point
- 44.8817°N, 68.7386°W
How well can the network see Orono?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCBW (Houlton, ME), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 8,400 ft above Orono. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Orono looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KBGR (Bangor Intl Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Orono
- Bangor, ME4 mi
- Old Town, ME5 mi
- Glenburn, ME5 mi
- Brewer, ME7 mi
- Holden, ME9 mi
- Hermon, ME10 mi
- Milford, ME11 mi
- Hampden, ME12 mi
Elsewhere in Maine
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