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Jacob Riis Park Beach 1, New York

Beach in Queens County, New York

Air quality

The air at Jacob Riis Park Beach 1

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 19 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Highest 55, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Jacob Riis Park Beach 1

0.20 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.20in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Jacob Riis Park Beach 1, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun
Jacob Riis Park Beach 1 from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 10:10 AM, the sun ahead, partly cloudy, waves about 2.9 ft every 4 s.130SE140150160Facing SE 143°Wind 15 mphfrom N, offshore
Looking SE from the sand at 10:10 AM, the sun ahead, partly cloudy, waves about 2.9 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 44065, 16.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance

Wave height
3.6 ft
Period
4 s
From
N (358°)
Swell
1.3 ft at 7 s from ESE
Wind waves
3.3 ft at 4 s from N
Water
64 °F
Read
Sat 9:20 AM
Distance
16.3 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 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.6 ft at Sat 9:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PMSat6 AM3.6 ftWave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.6 ft at Sat 9:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftFriNoonSat3.6 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.6 ft at Sat 9:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sat 9:20 AM3.6 ft4 sN (358°)
Sat 8:50 AM3.3 ft4 sNNW (344°)
Sat 7:50 AM3.0 ft4 sNW (326°)
Sat 6:50 AM3.3 ft4 sNNW (331°)
Sat 5:50 AM3.9 ft4 sNNW (329°)
Sat 4:50 AM3.9 ft7 sSSE (151°)
Sat 3:50 AM4.3 ft6 sS (173°)
Sat 2:50 AM4.3 ft7 sSSE (152°)
Sat 1:50 AM3.9 ft7 sSSE (154°)
Sat 12:50 AM3.9 ft7 sSE (146°)
Fri 11:50 PM3.9 ft7 sSSE (150°)
Fri 10:50 PM4.3 ft6 sSE (146°)
Fri 9:50 PM4.3 ft6 sSSE (154°)
Fri 8:50 PM4.6 ft6 sSSE (160°)
Fri 7:50 PM4.9 ft5 sS (174°)
Fri 6:50 PM4.3 ft5 sS (175°)
Fri 5:50 PM3.9 ft5 sSE (146°)
Fri 4:50 PM3.3 ft5 sSE (145°)
Fri 3:50 PM3.3 ft6 sESE (113°)
Fri 2:50 PM2.6 ft5 sESE (120°)
Fri 1:50 PM2.6 ft5 sESE (116°)
Fri 12:50 PM2.6 ft5 sESE (117°)
Fri 11:50 AM2.6 ft4 sESE (109°)
Fri 10:50 AM2.3 ft5 sESE (106°)

Beach

County
Queens County
State
New York
Latitude
40.5673° N
Longitude
73.8653° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Jacob Riis Park Beach 1, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

New York/Jf KennedyJFK

At an airfield/7.3 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station CW3340CW3340

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

SchodackNY003

Beside a road/20.6 mi away/328 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Queens 10.2 SNY-QN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

SyossetSYON6

At a cooperative observer's station/26.3 mi away/251 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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