Temperature
40 F at 10 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 39 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 40F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 59F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 39F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Provincetown Municipal Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 75% around 12 PM.
Now. Provincetown Municipal Airport is 44° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 51°, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Saturday, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%) and Saturday (92%).
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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Provincetown Municipal Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 31 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; 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 3,502 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 59° / 239° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Provincetown (AWOS) (PVC), Provincetown Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
40 F at 10 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 39 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 38 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 3 PM to 93% at 8 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 26 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 5 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.20 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.26 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 100 ft at 4 PM; 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
Provincetown (AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Provincetown Municipal 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/7 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TruroCAOM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.1 mi away/125 ft/116 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/26.8 mi away/101 ft/92 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Provincetown 0.5 NNEMA-BA-70
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/9 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
East SandwichESNM3
At a cooperative observer's station/27.9 mi away/161 ft/152 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at East Sandwich (ESNM3), 27.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:30. 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.