Temperature
39 F at 12 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 37 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 39F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 60F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 37F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Cape Cod Gateway Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 12 PM (69%).
Now. Cape Cod Gateway Airport is 44° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%). Rain is possible Tuesday (30%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:47 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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Cape Cod Gateway Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,425 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | 3 mph head, on 06 | 1 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 5,255 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 2 mph head, on 33 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Hyannis/Polando Fld (HYA), Cape Cod Gateway Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
39 F at 12 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 37 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 37 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 6 AM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 6 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; 0.18 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 2,500 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 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
Hyannis/Polando Fld: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Cape Cod Gateway 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/52 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/1.3 mi away/101 ft/47 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
SandwichSANM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.5 mi away/7 ft/47 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
West Yarmouth 1.7 NWMA-BA-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/26 ft/28 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wpc FacilityHYSM3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/43 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Wpc Facility (HYSM3), 1.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:33. 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.