Citizen station GW0038GW0038
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Penfield Beach
Penfield Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Connecticut57°
63°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 57°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 67% around 10 AM.
Now. Penfield Beach is 57° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 53° by 10 PM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 71°, and the coolest Saturday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%) and Saturday (69%). 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
72%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
57feels57
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6351
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7152
97%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5344
69%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5636
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5941
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6444
12%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6346
16mph
57°
63°51°
71°52°
53°44°
56°36°
59°41°
64°44°
63°46°
As of 10:00 PM in Penfield Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Penfield Beach
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 5 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good3.7 mi
- Ozone-22 ppb21.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good3.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.7 ppb5.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb3.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm21.2 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 Penfield Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 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
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Penfield Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 105°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 58.1 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
- 58.1 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
- -
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.1331° N
- Longitude
- 73.2413° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Penfield Beach, 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 now4 instruments
FAIRFIELD - I95SB - at Exit 21CT008
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
BridgeportNDBC-BRHC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/6.1 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fairfield 0.9 SECT-FR-97
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AnsoniaANSC3
At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/177 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 Penfield Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fairfield Universitycommunity, 2 mi
- Mill Plaincommunity, 2 mi
- Southportcommunity, 2 mi
- Greens Farmscommunity, 4 mi
- Bridgeportcity, 4 mi
- Staplescommunity, 5 mi
- Murraycommunity, 5 mi
- Compocommunity, 6 mi
- Sacred Heart Universitycommunity, 6 mi
- Coleytowncommunity, 6 mi
- Westport Villagecommunity, 6 mi
- Lordshipcommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Penfield Beach
- Fairfield Beachunder 1 mi
- Jennings Beachunder 1 mi
- Money Beach1 mi
- Fairfield Beach1 mi
- South Pine Creek Beach2 mi
- Fairfield Public Beach2 mi
- Sasco Hill Beach2 mi
- Seaside Beach3 mi