Nantucket IslandNDBC-NTKM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Cisco Beach
Cisco Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts59°
69°/45°
Overcast·
Feels like 59°·Moderate breeze 16 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (74%).
Now. Cisco Beach is 59° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south-southeast at 16 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest Sunday, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (77%). Rain is possible Monday (33%) and Tuesday (40%). The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
75%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
59feels59
16mph
Today
Oct 16
6945
79%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5645
77%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
5543
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
5945
33%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
6049
40%
20mph
Wed
Oct 21
5949
16%
22mph
Thu
Oct 22
5948
22%
22mph
59°
69°45°
56°45°
55°43°
59°45°
60°49°
59°49°
59°48°
As of 8:00 AM in Cisco Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Cisco Beach
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 28 miles off.
29Good
- Ozone29Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cisco Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Cisco Beach, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 11 PM, under a mile for 7 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 206°
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, 18.1 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast ModerateSouth Coast Moderate
- Surf height
- East Coast 3 to 6 feetSouth Coast 3 to 7 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
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- SE (134°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 7 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from SE
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Fri 7:50 AM
- Distance
- 18.1 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 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°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | NNE (21°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (5°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (12°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (1°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (352°) |
Surf zone forecast
Nantucket MA, including Nantucket. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast ModerateSouth Coast Moderate | East Coast HighSouth Coast High |
| Surf height | East Coast 3 to 6 feetSouth Coast 3 to 7 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 | Mostly sunny until 7 AM, then mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers likely | Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the mid 50s |
| Winds | South winds around 20 mph | Breezy. North winds around 25 mph |
| Tides | NantucketLow 1.0 ft, 10:16 AMHigh 3.4 ft, 4:49 PMGreat PointLow 0.7 ft, 10:02 AMHigh 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 2 to 6 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 3 feet. Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height around 3 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Nantucket County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.2523° N
- Longitude
- 70.1578° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cisco Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/5.1 mi away/49 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW0935DW0935
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/30.8 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Nantucket 1.3 WSWMA-NT-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nantucket ASOSACKM3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/23 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 Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Cisco Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Madaketcommunity, 2 mi
- Nantuckettown, 4 mi
- Siasconsetcommunity, 10 mi
- Edgartowncommunity, 21 mi
- Oak Bluffscommunity, 25 mi
- Popponessetcommunity, 27 mi
- Vineyard Havencommunity, 27 mi
- New Seaburycommunity, 28 mi
- Popponesset Islandcommunity, 28 mi
- West Yarmouthcommunity, 28 mi
- Seconsett Islandcommunity, 28 mi
- Monomoscoy Islandcommunity, 29 mi
Beaches near Cisco Beach
- Low Beach2 mi
- Miacomet Beach2 mi
- Dionis Beach3 mi
- Washing Pond Beach3 mi
- South Shore3 mi
- Surfside Beach3 mi
- Fisherman's Beach4 mi
- Cliff Beach4 mi