Citizen station FW2134FW2134
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Great Kills Beach, New York
Beach in Richmond County, New York60°
77°/56°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (74%).
Now. Great Kills Beach is 60° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (65%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:07 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 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
82%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
60feels60
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7756
76%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5449
65%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5739
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6044
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6547
12%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6450
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
6149
13mph
60°
77°56°
54°49°
57°39°
60°44°
65°47°
64°50°
61°49°
As of 4:00 AM in Great Kills Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at Great Kills Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 11 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
- Ozone24Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 40TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Great Kills Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Great Kills Beach, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 112°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 25.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- ESE (120°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 14 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:20 AM
- Distance
- 25.0 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 3:20 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (115°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (120°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (125°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (121°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 11 s | ESE (112°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 9 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 11 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | E (79°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | ESE (122°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ENE (74°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | ENE (71°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (67°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (27°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NE (55°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (31°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | N (7°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
Beach
- County
- Richmond County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.5482° N
- Longitude
- 74.1142° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Great Kills Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Mariners HarborNDBC-MHRN6
At a harbour/6.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/11.9 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SchodackNY003
Beside a road/31.8 mi away/328 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Staten Island 1.5 ESENY-RC-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SyossetSYON6
At a cooperative observer's station/37.7 mi away/251 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Great Kills Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- New Yorkcity, 17 mi
- Inwoodcommunity, 20 mi
- Atlantic Beachvillage, 20 mi
- Lawrencevillage, 21 mi
- Cedarhurstvillage, 21 mi
- East Atlantic Beachcommunity, 22 mi
- Woodmerecommunity, 22 mi
- Woodsburghvillage, 22 mi
- South Valley Streamcommunity, 22 mi
- Hewlett Neckvillage, 22 mi
- Hewlett Bay Parkvillage, 23 mi
- Hewlettcommunity, 23 mi
Beaches near Great Kills Beach
- Oakwood Beachunder 1 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach1 mi
- New Dorp Beach1 mi
- Crescent Beach Park2 mi
- Midland Beach3 mi
- Annadale Beach3 mi
- South Beach4 mi
- Huguenot Beach4 mi