Citizen station DW1086DW1086
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/27 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Valley Grove Beach, New York
Beach in Suffolk County, New York66°
72°/53°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 66°·Gentle breeze 11 mph W
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 53° after 72° today.
Now. Valley Grove Beach is 66° and mostly cloudy at 8 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west at 11 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (53%). Rain is possible Thursday (31%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:03 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
87%Humidity
82%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
66feels66
45%
Today
Oct 16
7253
92%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5345
53%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5539
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5843
12%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
6346
15%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
6249
12%
19mph
Thu
Oct 22
6047
31%
18mph
66°
72°53°
53°45°
55°39°
58°43°
63°46°
62°49°
60°47°
As of 8:00 PM in Valley Grove Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at Valley Grove Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 16 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate19.8 mi
- Ozone25Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)-19.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide14Good15.2 ppb13.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb19.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 26TodayOct 16
- 18SatOct 17
- 20SunOct 18
- 26MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Valley Grove Beach
0.27 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.27in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 77%
Visibility
How far you can see at Valley Grove Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing W 267°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 41.8 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 4.6 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- SSE (167°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 11 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 4.6 ft at 5 s from SSE
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Fri 7:10 PM
- Distance
- 41.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 7:10 PM | 4.6 ft | - | SSE (167°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | S (175°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (145°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | ESE (113°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (116°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (117°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (109°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | ESE (106°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (108°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (110°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (129°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (130°) |
| Fri 3:50 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.9298° N
- Longitude
- 73.4028° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Valley Grove Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Albany Toll PlazaNY002
Beside a road/9.8 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/13.9 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kings PointNDBC-KPTN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Huntington 2.0 NNENY-SF-169
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/110 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vanderbilt MuseumCTPN6
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/167 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 Vanderbilt Museum (CTPN6), 3.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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Near Valley Grove Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eatons Neckcommunity, under 1 mi
- Asharokenvillage, 2 mi
- Huntington Bayvillage, 2 mi
- Centerportcommunity, 3 mi
- Halesitecommunity, 3 mi
- Lloyd Harborvillage, 3 mi
- Northportvillage, 4 mi
- Huntingtoncommunity, 4 mi
- Cold Spring Harborcommunity, 5 mi
- Greenlawncommunity, 5 mi
- East Northportcommunity, 5 mi
- Fort Salongacommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Valley Grove Beach
- Price's Bend Beachunder 1 mi
- Hobart Beachunder 1 mi
- West Beachunder 1 mi
- Asharoken Beach1 mi
- Hawk Hill Beach1 mi
- Crescent Beach2 mi
- East Beach2 mi
- Bay Hills Beach2 mi