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In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/256 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Compo Beach
Compo Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut54°
63°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 54°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 66% around 10 AM.
Now. Compo Beach is 54° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 53°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 71°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%) and Saturday (67%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
76%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
54feels54
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6351
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7152
94%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5244
67%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5636
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5940
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6444
12%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6346
15mph
54°
63°51°
71°52°
52°44°
56°36°
59°40°
64°44°
63°46°
As of 10:00 PM in Compo Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Compo Beach
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 10 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good9.1 mi
- Ozone-10 ppb21.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good9.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.7 ppb0.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb9.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 53YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 33FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Compo Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Compo Beach, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 143°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 54.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 10 s
- From
- ESE (121°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 10 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 3 s from ESE
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 54.2 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (121°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 11 s | ESE (112°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 9 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 11 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | E (79°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | ESE (122°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ENE (74°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | ENE (71°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (67°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (27°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NE (55°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (31°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | N (7°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (9°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (163°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | SSE (158°) |
Beach
- County
- Western Connecticut Planning Region
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.1065° N
- Longitude
- 73.3507° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Compo Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
FAIRFIELD - I95SB - at Exit 21CT008
Beside a road/5.2 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
BridgeportNDBC-BRHC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/12.1 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Norwalk 1.4 ENECT-FR-66
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/57 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GreenwichGREC3
At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/361 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Connecticut
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Compo Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Compocommunity, 1 mi
- Saugatuckcommunity, 1 mi
- Greens Farmscommunity, 2 mi
- Westport Villagecommunity, 3 mi
- Staplescommunity, 3 mi
- Old Hillcommunity, 3 mi
- Norwalkcity, 3 mi
- Southportcommunity, 4 mi
- Coleytowncommunity, 5 mi
- Poplar Plainscommunity, 5 mi
- Mill Plaincommunity, 5 mi
- South Wiltoncommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Compo Beach
- Old Mill Beachunder 1 mi
- Alvord Beach1 mi
- Burying Hill Beach2 mi
- Burial Hill Beach2 mi
- Shady Beach2 mi
- Calf Pasture Beach3 mi
- Marvin Beach3 mi
- Saint John Beach3 mi