Rainbow Beach, Massachusetts

Beach in Hampshire County, Massachusetts

51° 71°/42°

Rain· Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 9 mph S

Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 79% around 8 PM.

Now. Rainbow Beach is 51° and rain at 7 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 7 AM, with some cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (45%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 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 day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

25Air quality

90%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

7:00 AM

51feels51

13%

Today

Oct 16

7142

99%

14mph

Sat

Oct 17

5241

45%

15mph

Sun

Oct 18

5529

Mon

Oct 19

5932

Tue

Oct 20

6437

Wed

Oct 21

6340

Thu

Oct 22

5938

51°

71°42°

52°41°

55°29°

59°32°

64°37°

63°40°

59°38°

As of 7:00 AM in Rainbow Beach, Massachusetts.

Air quality

The air at Rainbow Beach

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Hampden-Hampshire (MA), 5 miles off.

25Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good7.8 mi
Ozone18Good16 ppb7.8 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
Nitrogen dioxide7Good7 ppb7.8 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb12.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

GoodModerate

28YesterdayOct 15
35TodayOct 16
30SatOct 17

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rainbow Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rainbow Beach, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 AM.

Beach

County: Hampshire County
State: Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3037° N
Longitude: 72.6066° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rainbow 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

Easthampton I-91MA040

Beside a road/1.4 mi away/174 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station GW5905GW5905

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/218 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Chicopee/WestoverCEF

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/246 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Westfield RiverCSTM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.2 mi away/522 ft/- ft from here