Nantucket IslandNDBC-NTKM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Low Beach
Low Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts67°
69°/45°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Moderate breeze 18 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 55% around 11 AM.
Now. Low Beach is 67° and overcast at 4 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 64° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (92%), Monday (52%) and Tuesday (52%). Rain is possible Thursday (43%). The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
27Air quality
99%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
4:00 PM
67feels67
31%
18mph
Today
Oct 16
6945
80%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5444
92%
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
5542
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
5944
52%
22mph
Tue
Oct 20
5948
52%
21mph
Wed
Oct 21
5947
23%
23mph
Thu
Oct 22
6047
43%
22mph
67°
69°45°
54°44°
55°42°
59°44°
59°48°
59°47°
60°47°
As of 4:00 PM in Low Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Low Beach
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 25 miles off.
27Good
- Ozone27Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Low Beach
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
Visibility
How far you can see at Low Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 11 PM, under a mile for 7 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 285°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
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 Nantucket MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 16.2 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast ModerateSouth Coast Moderate
- Surf height
- East Coast Around 6 feetSouth Coast Around 6 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast In the upper 50sSouth Coast In the lower 60s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- SSW (201°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 8 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from SSW
- Water
- 62 °F
- Read
- Fri 4:20 PM
- Distance
- 16.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 4:20 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SSW (201°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | S (185°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | - | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (141°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (134°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (151°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (164°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (138°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (133°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | NNE (21°) |
Surf zone forecast
Nantucket MA, including Nantucket. Issued 4:11 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast ModerateSouth Coast Moderate | East Coast HighSouth Coast High |
| Surf height | East Coast Around 6 feetSouth Coast Around 6 feet | East Coast 5 to 7 feetSouth Coast 5 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast In the upper 50sSouth Coast In the lower 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of showers | Mostly cloudy. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 20 mph | Breezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph |
| Tides | NantucketHigh 3.4 ft, 4:49 PMGreat PointHigh 3.0 ft, 4:29 PM | NantucketLow 1.0 ft, 11:07 AMHigh 3.3 ft, 5:40 PMGreat PointLow 0.8 ft, 10:52 AMHigh 2.9 ft, 5:20 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Nantucket County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.2771° N
- Longitude
- 70.1756° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Low Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/6.2 mi away/49 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW0935DW0935
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.2 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/28.9 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Nantucket 3.8 WNWMA-NT-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nantucket ASOSACKM3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Low Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Madaketcommunity, under 1 mi
- Nantuckettown, 4 mi
- Siasconsetcommunity, 11 mi
- Edgartowncommunity, 20 mi
- Oak Bluffscommunity, 24 mi
- Popponessetcommunity, 25 mi
- New Seaburycommunity, 26 mi
- Popponesset Islandcommunity, 26 mi
- Vineyard Havencommunity, 26 mi
- West Yarmouthcommunity, 26 mi
- Seconsett Islandcommunity, 27 mi
- Monomoscoy Islandcommunity, 27 mi
Beaches near Low Beach
- Dionis Beach2 mi
- Cisco Beach2 mi
- Washing Pond Beach2 mi
- Cliff Beach3 mi
- Steps Beach4 mi
- Jetties Beach4 mi
- Childrens Beach4 mi
- Miacomet Beach4 mi