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In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/90 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Town Beach
Town Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts59°
69°/44°
Light rain·
Feels like 59°·Gentle breeze 9 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM (58%).
Now. Town Beach is 59° and light rain at 11 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:46 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
23Air quality
92%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
59feels59
58%
Today
Oct 16
6944
95%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5242
21%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5335
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5840
12%
Tue
Oct 20
5943
16%
Wed
Oct 21
5745
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
5645
12mph
59°
69°44°
52°42°
53°35°
58°40°
59°43°
57°45°
56°45°
As of 11:00 AM in Town Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Town Beach
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, North Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 21 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good15.8 mi
- Ozone15Good14 ppb17.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-17.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide16Good17 ppb15.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb17.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm15.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Town Beach
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 31%
Visibility
How far you can see at Town Beach, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 73°
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 Eastern Plymouth MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 9.1 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 2 to 5 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- SE (146°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 11 s from N
- Wind waves
- 3.9 ft at 5 s from SE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Fri 10:20 AM
- Distance
- 9.1 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 10:20 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SE (146°) |
| 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°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 2 s | S (179°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 10 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 5 s | NE (52°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NE (37°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (28°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (41°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (15°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Plymouth MA, including Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Kingston, Marshfield, Plymouth, and Scituate. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 5 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers | Mostly cloudy until 3 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | South winds around 15 mph | Northwest winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | Scituate HarborLow 1.8 ft, 9:33 AMHigh 8.8 ft, 3:46 PMPlymouthLow 2.1 ft, 9:59 AMHigh 9.6 ft, 3:54 PM | Scituate HarborLow 2.1 ft, 10:23 AMHigh 8.5 ft, 4:38 PMPlymouthLow 2.4 ft, 10:49 AMHigh 9.3 ft, 4:44 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.2449° N
- Longitude
- 70.7656° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Town Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MarshfieldGHG
At an airfield/11.2 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Town Brook At Diversion Tunnel At Quincy01105584
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.2 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
QuincyMA004
Beside a road/13.2 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Cohasset 0.3 NWMA-NF-66
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/35 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HinghamHINM3
At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 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), 7.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Town Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Scituatecommunity, 2 mi
- Scituatecommunity, 4 mi
- Hullcommunity, 6 mi
- Hinghamcommunity, 6 mi
- Marshfield Hillscommunity, 7 mi
- Weymouth Towncity, 9 mi
- North Pembrokecommunity, 10 mi
- Marshfieldcommunity, 11 mi
- Ocean Bluff-Brant Rockcommunity, 11 mi
- Braintree Towncity, 12 mi
- Quincycity, 13 mi
- Cedar Crestcommunity, 13 mi
Beaches near Town Beach
- Minot Beachunder 1 mi
- North Scituate Beachunder 1 mi
- Bassing Beach1 mi
- Barrier Beach2 mi
- Egypt Beach2 mi
- Sandy Beach2 mi
- Pleasant Beach3 mi
- Sand Hills Beach3 mi