Temperature
43 F at 12 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 43F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 42F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Marshfield Municipal George Harlow Field
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 73% around 11 AM.
Now. Marshfield Municipal George Harlow Field is 44° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (90%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:46 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.
As of 2:00 AM in Marshfield Municipal George Harlow Field, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, North Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 17 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 15, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 9 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 3,900 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 46° / 226° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Marshfield (GHG), Marshfield Municipal George Harlow Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
43 F at 12 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 39 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 24% at 4 PM Thursday to 90% at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 AM Thursday, with a gust of 26 mph at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.15 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,400 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Marshfield: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Marshfield Municipal George Harlow Field, 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
MarshfieldGHG
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/11 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
StoughtonMA021
Beside a road/20.4 mi away/232 ft/221 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Blue HillsBLUM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.7 mi away/207 ft/196 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Marshfield 2.7 EMA-PL-86
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/30 ft/19 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HinghamHINM3
At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/89 ft/78 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hingham (HINM3), 15.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.