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temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Beaches/Connecticut/Harbor Point Beach
Harbor Point Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt. * WHERE...Long Island Sound west of Port Jefferson and New Haven, and New York Harbor. * WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to 6 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
61°
51°/44°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 61°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Harbor Point Beach until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Harbor Point Beach is 61° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 43° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:03 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
77%Humidity
83%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
61feels61
19%
Today
Oct 17
5144
30%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5536
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6040
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6445
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6147
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
6044
15%
13mph
Fri
Oct 23
6347
15%
12mph
61°
51°44°
55°36°
60°40°
64°45°
61°47°
60°44°
63°47°
As of 12:00 AM in Harbor Point Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Harbor Point Beach
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 17 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good22.4 mi
- Ozone28Good22 ppb9.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-23.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb15.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb23.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm22.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 16
- 18TodayOct 17
- 20SunOct 18
- 26MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Harbor Point Beach
0.33 in in the last 24 hours, 0.44 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.33in
- Last 3 days
- 0.44in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 75%
Visibility
How far you can see at Harbor Point Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 242°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 45.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- SSE (150°)
- Swell
- 3.9 ft at 7 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 4 s from S
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Fri 11:50 PM
- Distance
- 45.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | SSE (150°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | SSE (154°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (160°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | S (175°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (145°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | ESE (113°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (116°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (117°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (109°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | ESE (106°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (108°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (110°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (129°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (130°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (115°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (120°) |
Beach
- County
- Western Connecticut Planning Region
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.0137° N
- Longitude
- 73.5943° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Harbor Point Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW3387EW3387
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Greenwich Harbor Precipitation At Grass Island410051073373001
At a harbour/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/25.3 mi away/456 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cos Cob 0.9 NNECT-FR-80
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GreenwichGREC3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 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 Harbor Point Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Indian Fieldcommunity, 1 mi
- Riversidecommunity, 2 mi
- Old Greenwichcommunity, 2 mi
- Greenwichcommunity, 2 mi
- Cos Cobcommunity, 2 mi
- Byramcommunity, 3 mi
- Rock Ridgecommunity, 3 mi
- Pemberwickcommunity, 3 mi
- Glenvillecommunity, 4 mi
- Stamfordcity, 4 mi
- Norotoncommunity, 6 mi
- Noroton Heightscommunity, 7 mi
Beaches near Harbor Point Beach
- Uncas Point Beach1 mi
- Sound Beach (historical)1 mi
- Island Beach2 mi
- Fords Beach2 mi
- Hawthorne Beach4 mi
- Island Beach4 mi
- West Beach4 mi
- Cummings Park Beach4 mi