Citizen station GW6013GW6013
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/54 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Nantasket Beach
Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts38°
55°/36°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Light breeze 4 mph NNW
Now. Nantasket Beach is 38° and clear at 8 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 54°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:57 PM. The Moon is a first quarter, 51% lit, and sets at 11:50 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
72%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
38feels35
now, clear
Today
Oct 18
5536
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5739
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5945
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
5446
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
5843
20%
12mph
Fri
Oct 23
5544
15mph
Sat
Oct 24
5542
12mph
38°
55°36°
57°39°
59°45°
54°46°
58°43°
55°44°
55°42°
As of 8:00 AM in Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Nantasket Beach
Index 23, good, led by nitrogen dioxide. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Boston Metro (MA), 17 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good11.2 mi
- Ozone-19 ppb15.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide23Good24 ppb11.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.1 ppb13.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.6 ppm11.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 17
- 30TodayOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Tue 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Nantasket Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Nantasket Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Tue 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 3°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
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 Eastern Plymouth MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 11.5 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Moderate
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- NE (39°)
- Swell
- 1.6 ft at 5 s from NE
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 4 s from NE
- Water
- 57 °F
- Read
- Sun 7:50 AM
- Distance
- 11.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | NE (39°) |
| Sun 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (42°) |
| Sun 5:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Sun 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Sun 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (31°) |
| Sun 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | NNE (31°) |
| Sun 1:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (32°) |
| Sun 12:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | N (6°) |
| Sat 11:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 6 s | NE (41°) |
| Sat 10:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | N (353°) |
| Sat 9:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | N (354°) |
| Sat 8:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | N (349°) |
| Sat 7:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | N (355°) |
| Sat 6:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (336°) |
| Sat 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (324°) |
| Sat 4:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNW (332°) |
| Sat 3:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNW (331°) |
| Sat 2:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNW (336°) |
| Sat 1:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (335°) |
| Sat 12:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | N (10°) |
| Sat 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (335°) |
| Sat 10:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NNW (337°) |
| Sat 9:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NW (326°) |
| Sat 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (334°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Plymouth MA, including Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Kingston, Marshfield, Plymouth, and Scituate. Issued 4:09 AM EDT Sun Oct 18.
| Forecast | Today | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly sunny until 4 PM, then partly sunny |
| High temperature | In the mid 50s | In the mid 50s |
| Winds | Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph | Northeast winds around 10 mph |
| Tides | Scituate HarborLow 2.3 ft, 11:17 AMHigh 8.3 ft, 5:34 PMPlymouthLow 2.6 ft, 11:43 AMHigh 9.1 ft, 5:38 PM | Scituate HarborHigh 7.4 ft, 6:21 AMLow 2.3 ft, 12:16 PMPlymouthHigh 8.1 ft, 6:18 AMLow 2.6 ft, 12:40 PM |
- Tuesday
- Surf height 7 to 10 feet. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Thursday
- Surf height 7 to 10 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.2674° N
- Longitude
- 70.8500° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Nantasket Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Town Brook At Diversion Tunnel At Quincy01105584
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.1 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
QuincyMA004
Beside a road/9.1 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/10.4 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cohasset 2.2 NNWMA-NF-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/50 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HinghamHINM3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hingham (HINM3), 4.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Nantasket Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hullcommunity, 2 mi
- Hinghamcommunity, 3 mi
- North Scituatecommunity, 6 mi
- Weymouth Towncity, 6 mi
- Scituatecommunity, 8 mi
- Quincycity, 8 mi
- Braintree Towncity, 8 mi
- Winthrop Towncity, 10 mi
- Marshfield Hillscommunity, 10 mi
- Nahantcommunity, 12 mi
- Holbrookcommunity, 12 mi
- Miltoncommunity, 12 mi
Beaches near Nantasket Beach
- Valley Beachunder 1 mi
- Gun Rock Beachunder 1 mi
- Little Beachunder 1 mi
- Crescent Beachunder 1 mi
- Hampton Beachunder 1 mi
- Black Rock Beach1 mi
- Pleasant Beach2 mi
- Nantasket Beach2 mi