Citizen station GW7746GW7746
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/76 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Rowayton Community Beach
Rowayton Community 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.
60°
52°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Light breeze 7 mph NW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Rowayton Community Beach until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Rowayton Community Beach is 60° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 44° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:02 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
77%Humidity
90%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
60feels60
22%
Today
Oct 17
5244
38%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5637
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6041
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6445
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6147
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
6044
16%
15mph
Fri
Oct 23
6346
15%
13mph
60°
52°44°
56°37°
60°41°
64°45°
61°47°
60°44°
63°46°
As of 12:00 AM in Rowayton Community Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Rowayton Community Beach
Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 16 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good15.3 mi
- Ozone-22 ppb16.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good15.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb7.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb15.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 16
- 17TodayOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
- 28MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rowayton Community Beach
0.38 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.38in
- Last 3 days
- 0.46in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 83%
Visibility
How far you can see at Rowayton Community Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 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, 49.8 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- SSE (151°)
- Swell
- 3.3 ft at 7 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 5 s from SSE
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Sat 12:20 AM
- Distance
- 49.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12:20 AM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | SSE (151°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Western Connecticut Planning Region
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.0629° N
- Longitude
- 73.4457° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Rowayton Community Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Long Island Sound AT StamfordSTDC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.0 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
GREENWICH - I95NB - Exit 4CT023
Beside a road/8.7 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/17.8 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Darien 2.4 NCT-FR-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/111 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GreenwichGREC3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 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
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