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Hawthorne Beach, Connecticut

Beach in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Hawthorne Beach

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New York City Region (NY), 14 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good6.9 mi
  • Ozone25Good12 ppb6.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide11Good12 ppb18.6 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm18.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hawthorne Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hawthorne Beach, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat
Hawthorne Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 1:12 AM, night, overcast, waves about 1.6 ft every 3 s.140150160170SFacing SSE 160°Wind 3 mphfrom SE, onshoreSwell 1.6 ft from ESELongshore current, to the right
Looking SSE from the sand at 1:12 AM, night, overcast, waves about 1.6 ft every 3 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 160°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44065, 42.9 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
3 s
From
ESE (108°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 14 s from ESE
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 3 s from ESE
Water
64 °F
Read
Fri 12:20 AM
Distance
42.9 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.

Wave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM2.0 ftWave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ftNoonThuNoon2.0 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:20 AM2.0 ft3 sESE (108°)
Thu 11:50 PM2.0 ft3 sSE (125°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.0 ft3 sESE (114°)
Thu 9:50 PM2.0 ft10 sESE (121°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.0 ft10 sESE (109°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft10 sESE (109°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft11 sESE (112°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.6 ft9 sESE (119°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.6 ft11 sSE (127°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.6 ft4 sE (79°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.0 ft14 sESE (122°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.0 ft4 sENE (74°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.3 ft15 sENE (71°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.3 ft4 sENE (67°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.6 ft3 sNNE (27°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNE (55°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (30°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.6 ft3 sNNE (31°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.3 ft3 sNNE (20°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.3 ft3 sN (7°)
Thu 4:50 AM2.6 ft3 sN (8°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.6 ft3 sN (9°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.3 ft6 sS (175°)
Thu 1:50 AM2.6 ft6 sSSE (167°)

Beach

County
Western Connecticut Planning Region
State
Connecticut
Latitude
40.9884° N
Longitude
73.6565° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hawthorne Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW4034GW4034

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/126 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Danbury MunicipalDXR

At an airfield/27.9 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/5.2 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

GreenwichGREC3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/361 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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