Temperature
45 F at 10 PM; 62 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 43 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 45F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 62F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 43F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Nantucket Memorial Airport
Nantucket Memorial Airport, Massachusetts
Medium airport in Nantucket County, Massachusetts47°
58°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Light breeze 7 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 2 PM (52%).
Now. Nantucket Memorial Airport is 47° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 51°, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Saturday, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (80%) and Saturday (77%). Rain is possible Monday (32%) and Tuesday (40%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
76%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
47feels43
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5848
18mph
Fri
Oct 16
6946
80%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5545
77%
22mph
Sun
Oct 18
5543
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
5845
32%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
5948
40%
20mph
Wed
Oct 21
5848
18%
22mph
47°
58°48°
69°46°
55°45°
55°43°
58°45°
59°48°
58°48°
As of 11:00 PM in Nantucket Memorial Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Nantucket Memorial Airport
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 30 miles off.
24Good
- Ozone24Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- 45TodayOct 15
- 35FriOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Nantucket Memorial Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ACK
- ICAO
- KACK
- IATA
- ACK
- Field elevation
- 47 ft
- Serves
- Nantucket
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ACK
- Wind now
- From 110° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 6,303 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 3 mph head, on 06 | 6 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 | 4,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 6 mph head, on 15 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Nantucket Memorial (ACK), Nantucket Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 4 PM to 90% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 49 to 90%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the east southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 7 AM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 7 AM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.21 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.28 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.21inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.28inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,700 ft at 12 PM; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,700ft
- 12 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Nantucket Memorial: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Nantucket Memorial Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/49 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/32.2 mi away/101 ft/54 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Waquoit Bay ReserveWAXM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/32.6 mi away/16 ft/31 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Nantucket 1.6 ESEMA-NT-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/46 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nantucket ASOSACKM3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/23 ft/24 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Nantucket Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nantuckettown, 3 mi
- Siasconsetcommunity, 5 mi
- Madaketcommunity, 7 mi
- Edgartowncommunity, 26 mi
- Dennis Portcommunity, 29 mi
- Harwich Portcommunity, 29 mi
- West Denniscommunity, 29 mi
- West Yarmouthcommunity, 29 mi
- Oak Bluffscommunity, 30 mi
- West Chathamcommunity, 30 mi
- South Yarmouthcommunity, 30 mi
- Harwich Centercommunity, 30 mi
Airports near Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Chatham Municipal AirportCQX, 30 mi
- Martha's Vineyard AirportMVY, 30 mi
- Cape Cod Gateway AirportHYA, 31 mi
- Cape Cod Coast Guard Air StationFMH, 37 mi
- New Bedford Regional AirportEWB, 55 mi
- Plymouth Municipal AirportPYM, 57 mi
- Provincetown Municipal AirportPVC, 57 mi
- Taunton Municipal King FieldTAN, 65 mi