Spruce Head, ME Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (04859)
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Current Weather
Feels Like 70°F
Forecast at a Glance
This Date in Weather History
1815 - One of the greatest hurricanes to strike New England made landfall at Long Island and crossed Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It was the worst tempest in nearly two hundred years, equal to the hurricane which struck in 1938, and one of a series of severe summer and autumn storms to affect shipping lanes that year.
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Spruce Head 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Tuesday Sep 23
Day: Scattered rain showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Scattered rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Sep 24
Day: Scattered rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Thursday Sep 25
Day: Rain showers likely before 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Friday Sep 26
Day: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Sep 27
Day: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Sunday Sep 28
Day: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Monday Sep 29
Day: Sunny, with a high near 63.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:26 AM
Sunset 6:34 PM
Last Light 7:03 PM
Moonset 7:06 PM
Close Tide Stations
Otis Cove
(3.7 miles away)
Tenants Harbor
(4 miles away)
Thomaston
(4.1 miles away)
Contiguous United States Extremes
Mon's High Temperature
107 at Rio Grande Village, TX
Tue's Low Temperature
17 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Weather Folklore
A reddish sun has water in his eye; before long you won't be dry.
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About Spruce Head, Maine
Spruce Head is an unincorporated village in Knox County, Maine, United States. The community is located on Penobscot Bay and Maine State Route 73 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Rockland. Spruce Head has a post office with ZIP code 04859, which opened on March 4, 1880.
The village of Spruce Head lies partly in the township of South Thomaston and partly in the township of St. George and is connected by a bridge to Sprucehead Island, which is entirely within the borders of South Thomaston. The island faces the Muscle Ridge Islands to the east across a navigable channel. Seal Harbor is a well-protected anchorage formed by the southern shore of Sprucehead Island, the eastern shores of Patten Point and Rackliff Island, and the northern shores of Norton Island and Whitehead Island. Spruce Head village centers on the post office, Spruce Head Community Church (built in the late 19th century), and the Spruce Head Community Hall (built in 1923). An adjacent boatyard provides facilities for launching, recovering, and storing fishing vessels and pleasure craft. Rackliff Island, reached from the mainland by a causeway, is inhabited by several hundred households; it lies within St. George township. An additional hamlet considered part of Spruce Head is found along Clark Island Road on the western shore of Wheeler Bay and also lies within the township of St. George. It affords access to the Clark Island Preserve, a part of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and is also the location of the headquarters of the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School.
Spruce Head was the boyhood home of poet and Connecticut Governor Wilbert Snow, who was born on Whitehead Island and is buried in the Ocean View Cemetery at Spruce Head.
The island is home to an active lobster fishing fleet, several lobster wholesalers, and a lobster shack, which in 2017 was reviewed by Yankee Magazine as having the best lobster roll in Maine. The Spruce Head Fisherman's Co-op is the third largest fishing co-operative in Maine. In 2024 the Spruce Head fleet recorded landings valued at $23.85 million, the fifth highest in Maine for the year.
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