Citizen station EW3387EW3387
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Uncas Point Beach
Uncas Point Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut69°
73°/52°
Overcast·
Feels like 69°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (60%).
Now. Uncas Point Beach is 69° and overcast at 2 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 74° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. 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 10:03 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
26Air quality
91%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
69feels69
14%
Today
Oct 16
7352
92%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5144
20%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5435
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5739
12%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
6245
11%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6248
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
5946
20%
14mph
69°
73°52°
51°44°
54°35°
57°39°
62°45°
62°48°
59°46°
As of 2:00 PM in Uncas Point Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Uncas Point Beach
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 17 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good10.5 mi
- Ozone26Good18 ppb10.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-22.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.9 ppb14.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm23.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 26TodayOct 16
- 18SatOct 17
- 20SunOct 18
- 26MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Uncas Point Beach
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Last 3 days
- 0.18in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 56%
Visibility
How far you can see at Uncas Point Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 156°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 45.1 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- ESE (116°)
- Swell
- 2.0 ft at 5 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from SE
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:50 PM
- Distance
- 45.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Western Connecticut Planning Region
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.0129° N
- Longitude
- 73.5674° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Uncas Point 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
GREENWICH - I95NB - Exit 4CT023
Beside a road/2.2 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Long Island Sound AT StamfordSTDC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/24.9 mi away/16 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/2.5 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GreenwichGREC3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 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
Elsewhere in Connecticut
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Uncas Point Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Old Greenwichcommunity, 1 mi
- Riversidecommunity, 2 mi
- Indian Fieldcommunity, 2 mi
- Cos Cobcommunity, 3 mi
- Stamfordcity, 3 mi
- Greenwichcommunity, 3 mi
- Byramcommunity, 5 mi
- Rock Ridgecommunity, 5 mi
- Pemberwickcommunity, 5 mi
- Norotoncommunity, 5 mi
- Glenvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Noroton Heightscommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Uncas Point Beach
- Sound Beach (historical)under 1 mi
- Fords Beachunder 1 mi
- Harbor Point Beach1 mi
- Island Beach3 mi
- West Beach3 mi
- Cummings Park Beach3 mi
- Weed Beach4 mi
- Commodore Beach5 mi