At an airfield/5.7 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Salt Box Beach
Salt Box Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts65°
65°/56°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 65°·Light air 3 mph SSW
Now. Salt Box Beach is 65° and partly cloudy at 7 PM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 71°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 58°. Precipitation is likely Friday (66%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 8:14 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 49 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
-Air quality
84%Humidity
46%Cloud
Now
3:00 PM
65feels65
now, partly cloudy
Today
Sep 30
6556
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 1
7161
12mph
Fri
Oct 2
7056
66%
14mph
Sat
Oct 3
6352
27%
12mph
Sun
Oct 4
6253
21%
Mon
Oct 5
6548
20%
Tue
Oct 6
5847
14mph
65°
65°56°
71°61°
70°56°
63°52°
62°53°
65°48°
58°47°
As of 3:00 PM in Salt Box Beach, Massachusetts.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Barnstable MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 13.8 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast Low
- Surf height
- East Coast Around 4 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast Around 60
- UV index
- Moderate
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- 9 s
- From
- E (99°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 9 s from E
- Wind waves
- 0.3 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Water
- 62 °F
- Read
- Wed 2:20 PM
- Distance
- 13.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 2:20 PM | 1.0 ft | 9 s | E (99°) |
| Wed 1:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 9 s | ESE (111°) |
| Wed 12:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 11:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 10:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 9:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 8:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 7:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 6:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 5:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 4:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (116°) |
| Wed 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | E (100°) |
| Wed 1:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (111°) |
| Wed 12:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Tue 11:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Tue 10:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Tue 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Tue 8:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Tue 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Tue 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Tue 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Tue 4:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Tue 3:50 PM | 1.0 ft | - | ESE (107°) |
Surf zone forecast
Barnstable MA, including Chatham, Eastham, and Provincetown. Issued 4:11 AM EDT Wed Sep 30.
| Forecast | Today | Thursday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast Low | East Coast Low |
| Surf height | East Coast Around 4 feet | East Coast 3 to 4 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast Around 60 | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Partly sunny | Partly sunny until 2 PM, then sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 60s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | North winds around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon | Southwest winds around 10 mph |
| Tides | Nauset BeachLow 0.1 ft, 7:27 AMHigh 4.9 ft, 1:32 PMHyannisportLow 0.5 ft, 8:47 AMHigh 4.2 ft, 3:21 PMBarnstable HarborLow 0.3 ft, 8:40 AMHigh 11.1 ft, 2:30 PM | Nauset BeachLow 0.2 ft, 8:15 AMHigh 4.8 ft, 2:21 PMHyannisportLow 0.6 ft, 9:35 AMHigh 4.2 ft, 4:13 PMBarnstable HarborLow 0.5 ft, 9:28 AMHigh 11.0 ft, 3:19 PM |
- Friday
- Surf height around 4 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around 15 mph
- Saturday
- Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 10 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs around 60. East winds around 10 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Barnstable County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.6784° N
- Longitude
- 70.1703° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Salt Box Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/6.1 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
SandwichSANM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.4 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
South Dennis 0.7 WMA-BA-61
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/42 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wpc FacilityHYSM3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 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), 6.7 miles from here, read 30 Sep, 09:58. measured daily
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- Dennis Portcommunity, 2 mi
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- Northwest Harwichcommunity, 4 mi
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- East Denniscommunity, 4 mi
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