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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Avalon Beach
Avalon Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Norfolk County, Massachusetts58°
50°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 58°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NW
Now. Avalon Beach is 58° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 42° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 1 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
72%Humidity
88%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
58feels58
18%
Today
Oct 17
5042
26%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5333
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5737
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5842
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5445
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
5544
14%
12mph
Fri
Oct 23
5843
15%
58°
50°42°
53°33°
57°37°
58°42°
54°45°
55°44°
58°43°
As of 2:00 AM in Avalon Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Avalon Beach
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Boston Metro (MA), 13 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good6.8 mi
- Ozone21Good20 ppb7.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good7.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide4Good4 ppb6.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb7.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm6.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Avalon Beach
0.30 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
- 0.30in
- Last 3 days
- 0.31in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 97%
Visibility
How far you can see at Avalon Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNE 32°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 17.8 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 3 to 5 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- WNW (282°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 7 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from WNW
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Sat 1:50 AM
- Distance
- 17.8 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WNW (282°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | W (268°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | ESE (114°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | ESE (111°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | ESE (108°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | E (101°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (149°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (137°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (140°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (127°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (132°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (143°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | SE (142°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (144°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (159°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (155°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
Surf zone forecast
Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA, including Boston, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop, Braintree, Milton, Quincy, and Weymouth. Issued 4:11 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 3 to 5 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of showers | Mostly cloudy until 3 PM, then mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | Around 50 |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 15 mph | North winds 15 to 25 mph |
| Tides | BostonHigh 9.4 ft, 3:46 PM | BostonLow 2.4 ft, 10:24 AMHigh 9.1 ft, 4:37 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. North winds around 5 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 7 to 10 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Norfolk County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.2477° N
- Longitude
- 70.9723° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Avalon 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
QuincyMA004
Beside a road/2.7 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station EW5144EW5144
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/35 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/8.0 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Weymouth 2.3 NMA-NF-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HinghamHINM3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hingham (HINM3), 3.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Avalon Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Quincycity, 2 mi
- Braintree Towncity, 3 mi
- Weymouth Towncity, 3 mi
- Hinghamcommunity, 4 mi
- Miltoncommunity, 6 mi
- Hullcommunity, 6 mi
- Randolph Towncity, 6 mi
- Holbrookcommunity, 7 mi
- Bostoncity, 9 mi
- Winthrop Towncity, 9 mi
- Abingtoncommunity, 9 mi
- Dedhamcommunity, 10 mi
Beaches near Avalon Beach
- Sailors Snug Harbor Beachunder 1 mi
- Mound Street Field & Beachunder 1 mi
- Fire Station Beachunder 1 mi
- Back Beachunder 1 mi
- Rhoda Beach1 mi
- Post Island Beach1 mi
- Wessagusset Beach1 mi
- Heron Beach1 mi