Temperature
65 F at 10 PM Friday; 68 F at its warmest, 3 PM Friday, and 57 F at its coolest, 1 AM Friday.
- Now
- 65F
- 10 PM Friday
- Highest
- 68F
- 3 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 1 AM Friday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Rhode Island/Quonset State Airport
Quonset State Airport, Rhode Island
Medium airport in Washington County, Rhode Island62°
52°/42°
Light rain·
Feels like 62°·Light breeze 7 mph WNW
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 66% around 7 AM.
Now. Quonset State Airport is 62° and light rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 43° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:51 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
74%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
62feels62
now, rain light
Today
Oct 17
5242
81%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5535
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5940
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6143
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
5746
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
5844
16%
14mph
Fri
Oct 23
6145
17%
12mph
62°
52°42°
55°35°
59°40°
61°43°
57°46°
58°44°
61°45°
As of 12:00 AM in Quonset State Airport, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Quonset State Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 10 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good7.3 mi
- Ozone22Good18 ppb7.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.9 ppb16.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb13.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm16.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 16
- 35TodayOct 17
- 36SunOct 18
- 33MonOct 19
- 30TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Quonset State Airport
0.34 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.34in
- Last 3 days
- 0.34in
Visibility
How far you can see at Quonset State Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OQU
- ICAO
- KOQU
- IATA
- NCO
- Field elevation
- 18 ft
- Serves
- North Kingstown
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OQU
- Wind now
- From 220° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 22:50
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 35° / 215° | 6 mph head, on 23 | 1 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 7,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 145° / 325° | 2 mph head, on 16 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from N. Kingston/Quonset (OQU), Quonset State Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 1 AM Friday to 100% at 1 PM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 10 PM Friday
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the southwest at 10 PM Friday; at its strongest 21 mph, 2 PM Friday, with a gust of 30 mph at 2 PM Friday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 2 PM Friday
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 2 PM Friday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.69 inHg at 10 PM Friday, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.69inHg
- 10 PM Friday
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.44inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 PM Friday; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 PM Friday
- 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 400 ft at 12 PM Friday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 12 PM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
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
N. Kingston/Quonset: 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 Quonset State 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/20 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.7 mi away/2 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Kingston 1 NW54796
At a climate reference station/9.9 mi away/115 ft/97 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
North Kingstown 2.6 NRI-WS-59
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/15 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/2 ft/16 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Rhode Island
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Quonset State Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Narragansett Bayfeature, 4 mi
- East Greenwichtown, 5 mi
- Melvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Warwickcity, 7 mi
- Newport Eastcommunity, 8 mi
- Yawgoo Valleyski area, 8 mi
- Newportcity, 9 mi
- Bristoltown, 9 mi
- Sakonnet Riverfeature, 10 mi
- Kingstontown, 10 mi
- Wakefield-Peace Dalecommunity, 11 mi
- Narragansett Piercommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Quonset State Airport
- Newport State AirportUUU, 8 mi
- Rhode Island T. F. Green International AirportPVD, 9 mi
- North Central State AirportSFZ, 23 mi
- Westerly State AirportWST, 27 mi
- Block Island State AirportBID, 31 mi