Storm Station
Nahant, Massachusetts
58°
Light rain· Feels like 58°·Strong breeze 27 mph NNE
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 57. Northeast wind around 29 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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90%Humidity
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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Nahant, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Boston/Logan INTLBOS

At an airfield/6.1 mi away/30 ft/28 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank187of 197

QuincyMA004

Beside a road/13.9 mi away/131 ft/129 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank169of 197

Blue Hills Obs USCRNBHIM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.5 mi away/620 ft/618 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Nahant 0.7 NMA-ES-76

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/81 ft/79 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MarbleheadMARM3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/76 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Boston/Logan INTL, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Nahant. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Boston/Logan INTL, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOSFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOSTON/LOGAN INTLSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLEBoston/Logan INTL, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BOSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BOS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Boston/Logan INTL: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOSFIG. B THE AIR AT BOSTON/LOGAN INTLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 57.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBoston/Logan INTL, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BOS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 31 mph, gusting 51 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 51 mph.

Plan of the wind at Boston/Logan INTL, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 31 miles an hour, gusting 51; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOSFIG. C THE WIND AT BOSTON/LOGAN INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE47GUST, 51 MPH10STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBoston/Logan INTL, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BOS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Boston/Logan INTL, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

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