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Hampton Beach, New Hampshire

Beach in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Air quality

The air at Hampton Beach

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Coastal Rockingham County (NH), 7 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good11.2 mi
  • Ozone16Good18 ppb11.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good11.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide3Good2.4 ppb11.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hampton Beach

0.34 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.34in
Last 3 days
0.34in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hampton Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun
Hampton Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 2:23 AM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 1.8 ft every 4 s.130SE140150160Facing SE 143°Wind 9 mphfrom NW, offshore
Looking SE from the sand at 2:23 AM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 1.8 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing SE 143°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44013, 40.2 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44013, Boston

Wave height
2.3 ft
Period
4 s
From
WNW (282°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 7 s from ESE
Wind waves
2.0 ft at 4 s from WNW
Water
58 °F
Read
Sat 1:50 AM
Distance
40.2 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.

Wave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 1:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PMSat2.3 ftWave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 1:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonFriNoon2.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 1:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sat 1:50 AM2.3 ft4 sWNW (282°)
Sat 12:50 AM2.3 ft3 sW (268°)
Fri 11:50 PM2.6 ft6 sESE (114°)
Fri 10:50 PM2.0 ft6 sESE (102°)
Fri 9:50 PM2.0 ft6 sESE (111°)
Fri 8:50 PM2.0 ft6 sESE (108°)
Fri 7:50 PM2.0 ft7 sE (101°)
Fri 6:50 PM2.6 ft4 sSSE (147°)
Fri 5:50 PM2.6 ft4 sSSE (149°)
Fri 4:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (137°)
Fri 3:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (140°)
Fri 2:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (127°)
Fri 1:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (132°)
Fri 12:50 PM3.3 ft5 sSE (143°)
Fri 11:50 AM3.6 ft5 sSE (142°)
Fri 10:50 AM3.3 ft5 sSSE (156°)
Fri 9:50 AM3.9 ft5 sSSE (148°)
Fri 8:50 AM3.6 ft4 sSSE (147°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.6 ft4 sSE (146°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.6 ft4 sSE (144°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.3 ft3 sSSE (159°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.0 ft3 sSSE (155°)
Fri 3:50 AM1.6 ft3 sSE (146°)
Fri 2:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSSE (156°)

Beach

County
Rockingham County
State
New Hampshire
Latitude
42.9172° N
Longitude
70.8051° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Hampton Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Hampton Rt 101013NH

Beside a road/1.4 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station EW5711EW5711

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Pease AFB/PortsmoutPSM

At an airfield/11.1 mi away/102 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Durham 2 SSW54795

At a climate reference station/14.4 mi away/63 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Hampton 2.1 SSENH-RC-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

North HamptonNHMN3

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/98 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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