Citizen station GW5741GW5741
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/292 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Shady Beach
Shady Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Connecticut60°
72°/51°
Light rain·
Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 9 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (67%).
Now. Shady Beach is 60° and light rain at 8 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:02 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
92%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
60feels60
16%
Today
Oct 16
7251
95%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5243
22%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5535
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5940
11%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6444
13%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6347
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
6045
14mph
60°
72°51°
52°43°
55°35°
59°40°
64°44°
63°47°
60°45°
As of 8:00 AM in Shady Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Shady Beach
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 12 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good11.6 mi
- Ozone-15 ppb19.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good11.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2 ppb3.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb11.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shady Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Shady Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 128°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 52.5 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- ESE (102°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 13 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Fri 7:50 AM
- Distance
- 52.5 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 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°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (125°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- -
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.0899° N
- Longitude
- 73.3909° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Shady Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
FAIRFIELD - I95SB - at Exit 21CT008
Beside a road/7.6 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Long Island Sound AT StamfordSTDC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.3 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.4 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Norwalk 1.4 ENECT-FR-66
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/57 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GreenwichGREC3
At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 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 Shady Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Saugatuckcommunity, 2 mi
- Norwalkcity, 2 mi
- Compocommunity, 3 mi
- Old Hillcommunity, 4 mi
- Tokenekecommunity, 4 mi
- Darien Downtowncommunity, 4 mi
- Westport Villagecommunity, 4 mi
- Greens Farmscommunity, 5 mi
- Staplescommunity, 5 mi
- Poplar Plainscommunity, 6 mi
- Noroton Heightscommunity, 6 mi
- Norotoncommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Shady Beach
- Calf Pasture Beachunder 1 mi
- Marvin Beachunder 1 mi
- Saint John Beachunder 1 mi
- Harbor View Beach1 mi
- Long Beach1 mi
- Compo Beach2 mi
- Old Mill Beach3 mi
- Rowayton Community Beach3 mi