Temperature
59 F at 6 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 59F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 60F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 53F
- 6 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Rhode Island/Block Island State Airport
Block Island State Airport, Rhode Island
Small airport in Washington County, Rhode Island59°
68°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 59°·Moderate breeze 15 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM, the chance peaking at 76% around 8 AM.
Now. Block Island State Airport is 59° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (92%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 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.
0UV Low
36Air quality
83%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
59feels59
15mph
Today
Oct 16
6850
93%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5446
92%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5540
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
5746
25%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
5949
21%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
5950
19mph
Thu
Oct 22
5849
12%
19mph
59°
68°50°
54°46°
55°40°
57°46°
59°49°
59°50°
58°49°
As of 7:00 AM in Block Island State Airport, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Block Island State Airport
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 22 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good23.9 mi
- Ozone36Good35 ppb23.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 11SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Block Island State Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Block Island State Airport, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BID
- ICAO
- KBID
- IATA
- BID
- Field elevation
- 108 ft
- Serves
- Block Island
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- BID
- Wind now
- From 160° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 06:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 unlit | 2,502 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 83° / 263° | 3 mph head, on 10 | 15 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Block Island (AWOS) (BID), Block Island State Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 54 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 1 PM Thursday to 83% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 54F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 51 to 83%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the south southeast at 7 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 7 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.21inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,900 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,900ft
- 6 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
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
Block Island (AWOS): 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 Block Island State 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/108 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
NinigretNINR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.8 mi away/36 ft/72 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/20.9 mi away/106 ft/2 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Block IslandBIDR1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/3 ft/105 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Block Island 0.9 ERI-WS-56
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/108 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Block Island (BIDR1), 0.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Rhode Island
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Block Island State Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Block Islandfeature, 2 mi
- Quonochontaugcommunity, 14 mi
- Point Judithfeature, 14 mi
- Charlestowncommunity, 15 mi
- Weekapaugcommunity, 15 mi
- Misquamicutcommunity, 16 mi
- Watch Hillcommunity, 17 mi
- Bradfordcommunity, 18 mi
- Narragansett Piercommunity, 19 mi
- Westerlytown, 19 mi
- Wakefield-Peace Dalecommunity, 20 mi
- Carolinacommunity, 21 mi
Airports near Block Island State Airport
- Westerly State AirportWST, 17 mi
- Newport State AirportUUU, 29 mi
- Quonset State AirportOQU, 31 mi
- Rhode Island T. F. Green International AirportPVD, 39 mi
- North Central State AirportSFZ, 52 mi