Temperature
57 F at 6 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 34 F at its coolest, 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 57F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 63F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 34F
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Martha's Vineyard Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 8 AM (54%).
Now. Martha's Vineyard Airport is 56° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south-southeast at 13 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%). Rain is possible Monday (30%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 AM in Martha's Vineyard Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 21 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 11 PM, under a mile for 8 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,504 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 41° / 221° | 5 mph head, on 24 | 13 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 3,327 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 131° / 311° | 13 mph head, on 15 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Marthas Vineyard (MVY), Martha's Vineyard Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
57 F at 6 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 34 F at its coolest, 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 49 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
13 mph from the south southeast at 7 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 28 mph at 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.99 inHg at 7 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg lower 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 3,500 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 4 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
Marthas Vineyard: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Martha's Vineyard 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/69 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Waquoit Bay ReserveWAXM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.9 mi away/16 ft/51 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Westport Rt 88MA038
Beside a road/24.7 mi away/5 ft/62 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Edgartown 3.3 WMA-DK-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/39 ft/28 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vineyard HavenVYHM3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/-15 ft/82 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.