Citizen station EW9544EW9544
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Fords Beach
Fords Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut58°
63°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 58°·Light breeze 7 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (66%).
Now. Fords Beach is 58° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 53° by 10 PM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 73°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%) and Saturday (58%). 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
79%Humidity
10%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
58feels58
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6352
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7352
83%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5245
58%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5536
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5940
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6344
11%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6247
13mph
58°
63°52°
73°52°
52°45°
55°36°
59°40°
63°44°
62°47°
As of 10:00 PM in Fords Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Fords Beach
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 18 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good10.9 mi
- Ozone19Good10 ppb10.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-21.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.7 ppb13.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb21.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm24.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
- 21TodayOct 15
- 30FriOct 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 Fords Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 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
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fords Beach, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 120°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 46.0 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
- 46.0 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
- 41.0240° N
- Longitude
- 73.5560° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Fords Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Long Island Sound AT StamfordSTDC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.4 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
GREENWICH - I95NB - Exit 4CT023
Beside a road/2.6 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/24.1 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Stamford 4.3 SSECT-FR-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GreenwichGREC3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/361 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Connecticut
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fords Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Old Greenwichcommunity, 1 mi
- Riversidecommunity, 2 mi
- Stamfordcity, 2 mi
- Cos Cobcommunity, 3 mi
- Indian Fieldcommunity, 3 mi
- Greenwichcommunity, 4 mi
- Norotoncommunity, 4 mi
- Noroton Heightscommunity, 5 mi
- Rock Ridgecommunity, 5 mi
- Pemberwickcommunity, 5 mi
- Byramcommunity, 5 mi
- Tokenekecommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Fords Beach
- Sound Beach (historical)under 1 mi
- Uncas Point Beachunder 1 mi
- West Beach2 mi
- Harbor Point Beach2 mi
- Cummings Park Beach2 mi
- Weed Beach4 mi
- Island Beach4 mi
- Commodore Beach4 mi