Citizen station GW5741GW5741
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/292 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Shady Beach
Shady Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Connecticut47°
52°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Now. Shady Beach is 47° and overcast at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:01 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
7Air quality
69%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
47feels42
31%
Today
Oct 17
5243
11%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5637
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6040
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6444
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6046
12%
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
6143
15%
15mph
Fri
Oct 23
6346
12%
14mph
47°
52°43°
56°37°
60°40°
64°44°
60°46°
61°43°
63°46°
As of 6:00 AM in Shady Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Shady Beach
Index 7, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 12 miles off.
7Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good11.6 mi
- Ozone-21 ppb19.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good11.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.5 ppb3.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb11.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 16
- 17TodayOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
- 28MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shady Beach
0.33 in in the last 24 hours, 0.38 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.33in
- Last 3 days
- 0.38in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 87%
Visibility
How far you can see at Shady Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 128°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 52.5 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- NNW (329°)
- Swell
- 1.6 ft at 7 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 3.6 ft at 4 s from NNW
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Sat 5:50 AM
- Distance
- 52.5 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 5:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNW (329°) |
| Sat 4:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | SSE (151°) |
| Sat 3:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | S (173°) |
| Sat 2:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 7 s | SSE (152°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | SSE (154°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | SSE (150°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | SSE (154°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (160°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | S (175°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (145°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | ESE (113°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (116°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (117°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (109°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | ESE (106°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (108°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (110°) |
Beach
- County
- -
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.0899° N
- Longitude
- 73.3909° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Shady Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
FAIRFIELD - I95SB - at Exit 21CT008
Beside a road/7.6 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Long Island Sound AT StamfordSTDC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.3 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.4 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Norwalk 1.4 ENECT-FR-66
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/57 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GreenwichGREC3
At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/361 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Connecticut
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Shady Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Saugatuckcommunity, 2 mi
- Norwalkcity, 2 mi
- Compocommunity, 3 mi
- Old Hillcommunity, 4 mi
- Tokenekecommunity, 4 mi
- Darien Downtowncommunity, 4 mi
- Westport Villagecommunity, 4 mi
- Greens Farmscommunity, 5 mi
- Staplescommunity, 5 mi
- Poplar Plainscommunity, 6 mi
- Noroton Heightscommunity, 6 mi
- Norotoncommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Shady Beach
- Calf Pasture Beachunder 1 mi
- Marvin Beachunder 1 mi
- Saint John Beachunder 1 mi
- Harbor View Beach1 mi
- Long Beach1 mi
- Compo Beach2 mi
- Old Mill Beach3 mi
- Rowayton Community Beach3 mi