Citizen station EW7574EW7574
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Nauset Beach
Nauset Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts57°
54°/44°
Light rain·
Feels like 57°·Light breeze 6 mph NW
Now. Nauset Beach is 57° and light rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 46° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 10 PM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:44 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 3 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
80%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
57feels57
now, rain light
Today
Oct 17
5444
83%
Sun
Oct 18
5443
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5745
19%
Tue
Oct 20
5747
18%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
5647
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
5746
26%
12mph
Fri
Oct 23
5848
28%
12mph
57°
54°44°
54°43°
57°45°
57°47°
56°47°
57°46°
58°48°
As of 3:00 AM in Nauset Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Nauset Beach
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 24 miles off.
23Good
- Ozone23Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Nauset Beach
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 55%
Visibility
How far you can see at Nauset Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 83°
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 Barnstable MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 26.9 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast Moderate
- Surf height
- East Coast Around 6 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 1.3 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- W (271°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 7 s from S
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 3 s from W
- Water
- 62 °F
- Read
- Sat 2:50 AM
- Distance
- 26.9 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 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | W (271°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (251°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (245°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SW (227°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SW (236°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (250°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (242°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (241°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSW (207°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Barnstable MA, including Chatham, Eastham, and Provincetown. Issued 4:11 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast Moderate | East Coast Moderate |
| Surf height | East Coast Around 6 feet | East Coast 5 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of showers | Mostly cloudy until 5 PM, then mostly sunny. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the mid 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 20 mph | Breezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph |
| Tides | Nauset BeachHigh 4.1 ft, 2:59 PMHyannisportHigh 3.5 ft, 4:55 PMBarnstable HarborHigh 9.4 ft, 3:57 PM | Nauset BeachLow 1.0 ft, 9:41 AMHigh 4.0 ft, 3:50 PMHyannisportLow 1.1 ft, 10:51 AMHigh 3.4 ft, 5:47 PMBarnstable HarborLow 2.4 ft, 10:54 AMHigh 9.1 ft, 4:48 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 3 to 7 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. North winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 7 to 10 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Barnstable County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.7875° N
- Longitude
- 69.9359° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Nauset Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/7.5 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TruroCAOM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.8 mi away/125 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/19.5 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Orleans 2.6 ESEMA-BA-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/55 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wpc FacilityHYSM3
At a cooperative observer's station/20.6 mi away/43 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 Wpc Facility (HYSM3), 20.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:55. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Nauset Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Orleanscommunity, 3 mi
- Cape Codfeature, 3 mi
- North Easthamcommunity, 6 mi
- Chathamcommunity, 7 mi
- East Harwichcommunity, 7 mi
- West Chathamcommunity, 8 mi
- Brewstercommunity, 8 mi
- Harwich Centercommunity, 10 mi
- Harwich Portcommunity, 11 mi
- Northwest Harwichcommunity, 11 mi
- East Denniscommunity, 12 mi
- South Denniscommunity, 13 mi
Beaches near Nauset Beach
- Orleans Beachunder 1 mi
- Herring Pond Beach4 mi
- Nauset Beach4 mi
- Rock Harbor Beach4 mi
- Coast Guard Beach4 mi
- Hatch Beach4 mi
- Skaket Beach4 mi
- First Encounter Beach4 mi