Temperature
41 F at 1 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 40 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 41F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 63F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 40F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/New Bedford Regional Airport
New Bedford Regional Airport, Massachusetts
Medium airport in Bristol County, Massachusetts45°
69°/40°
Clear·
Feels like 45°·Light air 2 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM, the chance peaking at 83% around 12 PM.
Now. New Bedford Regional Airport is 45° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:49 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 5 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
96%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
45feels45
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6940
89%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5339
83%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5532
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5937
13%
Tue
Oct 20
6240
16%
Wed
Oct 21
6041
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
5840
partly cloudy day
45°
69°40°
53°39°
55°32°
59°37°
62°40°
60°41°
58°40°
As of 2:00 AM in New Bedford Regional Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at New Bedford Regional Airport
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 1 mile off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good10.8 mi
- Ozone27Good30 ppb4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.5 ppb23.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb10.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm23.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at New Bedford Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at New Bedford Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EWB
- ICAO
- KEWB
- IATA
- EWB
- Field elevation
- 80 ft
- Serves
- New Bedford
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- EWB
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,400 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 39° / 219° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from New Bedford Muni (EWB), New Bedford Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 30 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 26 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
New Bedford Muni: 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 New Bedford Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/79 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
South Coastal Massachusetts AT New Bedford Hurrcane BarrierNBDM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/0 ft/80 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Westport Rt 88MA038
Beside a road/12.6 mi away/5 ft/75 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
New Bedford 1.3 NNEMA-BR-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/52 ft/28 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RochesterEFRM3
At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/92 ft/12 ft above 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 Rochester (EFRM3), 7.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near New Bedford Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Acushnet Centercommunity, 3 mi
- Smith Millscommunity, 3 mi
- New Bedfordcity, 3 mi
- Bliss Cornercommunity, 5 mi
- North Westportcommunity, 7 mi
- Mattapoisett Centercommunity, 7 mi
- Marion Centercommunity, 10 mi
- Fall Rivercity, 10 mi
- Somersetcommunity, 11 mi
- Weweanticcommunity, 13 mi
- West Warehamcommunity, 13 mi
- Wareham Centercommunity, 13 mi
Airports near New Bedford Regional Airport
- Taunton Municipal King FieldTAN, 14 mi
- Plymouth Municipal AirportPYM, 20 mi
- Cape Cod Coast Guard Air StationFMH, 23 mi
- Mansfield Municipal Airport1B9, 26 mi
- Martha's Vineyard AirportMVY, 26 mi
- Marshfield Municipal George Harlow FieldGHG, 33 mi
- Cape Cod Gateway AirportHYA, 35 mi
- Norwood Memorial AirportOWD, 37 mi