Temperature
62 F at 7 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Rhode Island/Westerly State Airport
Westerly State Airport, Rhode Island
Medium airport in Washington County, Rhode Island61°
68°/47°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Gentle breeze 9 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM (60%).
Now. Westerly State Airport is 61° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
86%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
61feels61
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6847
97%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5342
35%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5534
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5939
14%
Tue
Oct 20
6343
15%
Wed
Oct 21
6245
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6043
12mph
61°
68°47°
53°42°
55°34°
59°39°
63°43°
62°45°
60°43°
As of 8:00 AM in Westerly State Airport, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Westerly State Airport
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 12 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good14.5 mi
- Ozone-3 ppb18.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good14.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 15
- 22TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Westerly State Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Westerly State Airport, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- WST
- ICAO
- KWST
- IATA
- WST
- Field elevation
- 81 ft
- Serves
- Westerly
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- WST
- Wind now
- From 180° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 4,010 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 53° / 233° | 5 mph head, on 25 | 6 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 3,960 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | 5 mph head, on 14 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Westerly (WST), Westerly State Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 58 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 1 PM Thursday to 96% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 58F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the south at 8 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.95 inHg at 8 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.95inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.26inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 8 AM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 8 AM
- 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 2,200 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,200ft
- 8 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
- 0.00in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Westerly: 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 Westerly State Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
WesterlyWST
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/79 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coastal Rhode Island AT Watch Hill CoveWHLR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.9 mi away/17 ft/64 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/16.0 mi away/106 ft/25 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Westerly 2.3 SRI-WS-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/86 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KingstonKGNR1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.7 mi away/113 ft/32 ft above 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 Westerly State Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Misquamicutcommunity, 2 mi
- Weekapaugcommunity, 2 mi
- Westerlytown, 2 mi
- Watch Hillcommunity, 3 mi
- Bradfordcommunity, 4 mi
- Ashawaycommunity, 5 mi
- Quonochontaugcommunity, 5 mi
- Hopkintoncommunity, 8 mi
- Charlestowncommunity, 10 mi
- Carolinacommunity, 11 mi
- Hope Valleycommunity, 12 mi
- Wyomingcommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Westerly State Airport
- Block Island State AirportBID, 17 mi
- Quonset State AirportOQU, 27 mi
- Newport State AirportUUU, 30 mi
- Rhode Island T. F. Green International AirportPVD, 32 mi
- North Central State AirportSFZ, 43 mi