At an airfield/5.2 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/North Shore Beach
North Shore Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Dukes County, Massachusetts61°
69°/38°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Moderate breeze 14 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 69° today.
Now. North Shore Beach is 61° and overcast at 9 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (54%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:49 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.
1UV Low
31Air quality
80%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
61feels61
13%
14mph
Today
Oct 16
6938
91%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5439
54%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5536
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5938
29%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6142
22%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
6042
18mph
Thu
Oct 22
5942
14%
17mph
61°
69°38°
54°39°
55°36°
59°38°
61°42°
60°42°
59°42°
As of 9:00 AM in North Shore Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at North Shore Beach
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 23 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good30 ppb8.2 mi
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 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at North Shore Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at North Shore Beach, the next 42 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 11 PM, under a mile for 8 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 300°
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 Dukes MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 22.1 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 3 to 7 feet
- Water temperature
- In the lower 60s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- SE (141°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 8 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 2.6 ft at 4 s from SE
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Fri 8:50 AM
- Distance
- 22.1 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 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°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Dukes MA, including Edgartown and Aquinnah. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | 3 to 7 feet | 4 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers | Mostly cloudy until 5 PM, then mostly sunny. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | South winds around 20 mph | North winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | Squibnocket PointHigh 2.6 ft, 11:38 AMLow 0.7 ft, 5:48 PM | Squibnocket PointHigh 2.5 ft, 12:28 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 slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Dukes County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.4315° N
- Longitude
- 70.7009° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest North Shore Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Woods HoleNDBC-BZBM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW2970FW2970
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/-7 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Westport Rt 88MA038
Beside a road/19.6 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
West Tisbury 2.6 NNEMA-DK-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/123 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vineyard HavenVYHM3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/-15 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 North Shore Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Vineyard Havencommunity, 5 mi
- Woods Holecommunity, 7 mi
- Oak Bluffscommunity, 7 mi
- Falmouthcommunity, 10 mi
- Edgartowncommunity, 10 mi
- Teaticketcommunity, 11 mi
- East Falmouthcommunity, 12 mi
- West Falmouthcommunity, 12 mi
- Seconsett Islandcommunity, 13 mi
- Monomoscoy Islandcommunity, 15 mi
- North Falmouthcommunity, 15 mi
- Seabrookcommunity, 15 mi