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Old Mill Beach, Connecticut

Beach in Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Old Mill Beach

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 10 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good9.1 mi
  • Ozone-20 ppb21.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good9.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.9 ppb0.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb9.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Old Mill Beach

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Old Mill Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 3 AM.

SatSun
Old Mill Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 2:23 AM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 3.1 ft every 7 s.SE140150160170Facing SSE 154°Wind 11 mphfrom NNW, offshoreSwell 3.1 ft from SSE
Looking SSE from the sand at 2:23 AM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 3.1 ft every 7 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 154°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44065, 54.8 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance

Wave height
3.9 ft
Period
7 s
From
SSE (154°)
Swell
3.0 ft at 7 s from SSE
Wind waves
2.6 ft at 3 s from WNW
Water
65 °F
Read
Sat 1:50 AM
Distance
54.8 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.9 ft at Sat 1:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PMSat3.9 ftWave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.9 ft at Sat 1:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonFriNoon3.9 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.9 ft at Sat 1:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sat 1:50 AM3.9 ft7 sSSE (154°)
Sat 12:50 AM3.9 ft7 sSE (146°)
Fri 11:50 PM3.9 ft7 sSSE (150°)
Fri 10:50 PM4.3 ft6 sSE (146°)
Fri 9:50 PM4.3 ft6 sSSE (154°)
Fri 8:50 PM4.6 ft6 sSSE (160°)
Fri 7:50 PM4.9 ft5 sS (174°)
Fri 6:50 PM4.3 ft5 sS (175°)
Fri 5:50 PM3.9 ft5 sSE (146°)
Fri 4:50 PM3.3 ft5 sSE (145°)
Fri 3:50 PM3.3 ft6 sESE (113°)
Fri 2:50 PM2.6 ft5 sESE (120°)
Fri 1:50 PM2.6 ft5 sESE (116°)
Fri 12:50 PM2.6 ft5 sESE (117°)
Fri 11:50 AM2.6 ft4 sESE (109°)
Fri 10:50 AM2.3 ft5 sESE (106°)
Fri 9:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (108°)
Fri 8:50 AM2.6 ft4 sESE (102°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (102°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (110°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.3 ft4 sSE (129°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.3 ft4 sSE (130°)
Fri 3:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (120°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (120°)

Beach

County
-
State
Connecticut
Latitude
41.1138° N
Longitude
73.3454° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Old Mill Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW1409FW1409

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/256 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

BridgeportNDBC-BRHC3

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Bridgeport/SikorskyBDR

At an airfield/11.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Westport 1.6 NNWCT-FR-115

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/37 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

GreenwichGREC3

At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/361 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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