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temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Beaches/Connecticut/Southport Beach
Southport Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut65°
71°/51°
Overcast·
Feels like 65°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (68%).
Now. Southport Beach is 65° and overcast at 11 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, 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 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:01 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 day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
30Air quality
95%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
65feels65
33%
Today
Oct 16
7151
97%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5242
29%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5535
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5839
13%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
6343
13%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
6247
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
5945
20%
17mph
65°
71°51°
52°42°
55°35°
58°39°
63°43°
62°47°
59°45°
As of 11:00 AM in Southport Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Southport Beach
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 6 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good5.7 mi
- Ozone-25 ppb24.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good5.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb2.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb5.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 17SatOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
- 28MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Southport Beach
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Last 3 days
- 0.12in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 67%
Visibility
How far you can see at Southport Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 154°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 56.6 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- ESE (106°)
- Swell
- 1.6 ft at 9 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 5 s from ESE
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Fri 10:50 AM
- Distance
- 56.6 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 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°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.1265° N
- Longitude
- 73.2948° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Southport Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW0038GW0038
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
BridgeportNDBC-BRHC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/8.9 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fairfield 1.5 WSWCT-FR-92
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GreenwichGREC3
At a cooperative observer's station/18.2 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 Southport Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Southportcommunity, 1 mi
- Greens Farmscommunity, 1 mi
- Mill Plaincommunity, 2 mi
- Staplescommunity, 2 mi
- Fairfield Universitycommunity, 3 mi
- Compocommunity, 3 mi
- Westport Villagecommunity, 4 mi
- Saugatuckcommunity, 4 mi
- Coleytowncommunity, 4 mi
- Old Hillcommunity, 4 mi
- Murraycommunity, 5 mi
- Poplar Plainscommunity, 5 mi
Beaches near Southport Beach
- Sasco Hill Beachunder 1 mi
- Fairfield Public Beach1 mi
- Burial Hill Beach1 mi
- Burying Hill Beach1 mi
- South Pine Creek Beach1 mi
- Alvord Beach2 mi
- Fairfield Beach2 mi
- Old Mill Beach3 mi