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Beaches/Massachusetts/Childrens Beach
Childrens Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts62°
54°/45°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Moderate breeze 14 mph WSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 72% around 11 AM.
Now. Childrens Beach is 62° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the west-southwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 11 PM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible Monday (32%), Tuesday (37%), Thursday (39%) and Friday (37%). The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 26 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:47 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
28Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
62feels62
14mph
Today
Oct 17
5445
96%
22mph
Sun
Oct 18
5544
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
5846
32%
19mph
Tue
Oct 20
5948
37%
23mph
Wed
Oct 21
5847
10%
26mph
Thu
Oct 22
5947
39%
23mph
Fri
Oct 23
5949
37%
22mph
62°
54°45°
55°44°
58°46°
59°48°
58°47°
59°47°
59°49°
As of 12:00 AM in Childrens Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Childrens Beach
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 27 miles off.
28Good
- Ozone28Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Childrens Beach
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Last 3 days
- 0.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 90%
Visibility
How far you can see at Childrens Beach, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Sat 12 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 98°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Nantucket MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 17.4 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast ModerateSouth Coast Moderate
- Surf height
- East Coast Around 6 feetSouth Coast Around 6 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast In the upper 50sSouth Coast In the lower 60s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- SW (233°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 8 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 3 s from SW
- Water
- 62 °F
- Read
- Sat 12:20 AM
- Distance
- 17.4 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 | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SW (233°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SW (227°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SW (236°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (250°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (242°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (241°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSW (207°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | S (185°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | - | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (141°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (134°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (151°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (164°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (138°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (133°) |
Surf zone forecast
Nantucket MA, including Nantucket. Issued 4:11 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast ModerateSouth Coast Moderate | East Coast HighSouth Coast High |
| Surf height | East Coast Around 6 feetSouth Coast Around 6 feet | East Coast 5 to 7 feetSouth Coast 5 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast In the upper 50sSouth Coast In the lower 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of showers | Mostly cloudy. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 20 mph | Breezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph |
| Tides | NantucketHigh 3.4 ft, 4:49 PMGreat PointHigh 3.0 ft, 4:29 PM | NantucketLow 1.0 ft, 11:07 AMHigh 3.3 ft, 5:40 PMGreat PointLow 0.8 ft, 10:52 AMHigh 2.9 ft, 5:20 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Nantucket County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.2874° N
- Longitude
- 70.0972° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Childrens 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
At an airfield/3.0 mi away/49 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW0935DW0935
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/29.3 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Nantucket ASOSACKM3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Nantucket 0.9 ESEMA-NT-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/31 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Childrens Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nantuckettown, under 1 mi
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- Siasconsetcommunity, 7 mi
- Edgartowncommunity, 23 mi
- Dennis Portcommunity, 26 mi
- West Denniscommunity, 27 mi
- West Yarmouthcommunity, 27 mi
- Harwich Portcommunity, 27 mi
- Oak Bluffscommunity, 27 mi
- South Yarmouthcommunity, 27 mi
- Popponessetcommunity, 27 mi
- Popponesset Islandcommunity, 28 mi
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- South Beachunder 1 mi
- Clean Shoreunder 1 mi
- Jetties Beachunder 1 mi
- Steps Beachunder 1 mi
- Monomoy Beachunder 1 mi
- Cliff Beachunder 1 mi
- Pest House Shore1 mi
- Washing Pond Beach2 mi