Pontoosuc Beach, Massachusetts

Beach in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

45° 59°/43°

Clear· Feels like 45°·Light air 2 mph E

Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 87% around 8 AM.

Now. Pontoosuc Beach is 45° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 2 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 45°, with some cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 66°, and the coolest Saturday, near 45°. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%). Rain is possible Saturday (35%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 28°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

26Air quality

88%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

45feels45

Today

Oct 15

5943

Fri

Oct 16

6641

98%

16mph

Sat

Oct 17

4536

35%

15mph

Sun

Oct 18

5328

Mon

Oct 19

5732

Tue

Oct 20

6135

Wed

Oct 21

5937

45°

59°43°

66°41°

45°36°

53°28°

57°32°

61°35°

59°37°

As of 10:00 PM in Pontoosuc Beach, Massachusetts.

Air quality

The air at Pontoosuc Beach

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Berkshire (MA), 9 miles off.

26Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good16.3 mi
Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

GoodModerate

28YesterdayOct 14
45TodayOct 15
35FriOct 16
30SatOct 17

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pontoosuc Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.04in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Pontoosuc Beach, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 6 AM.

Beach

County: Berkshire County
State: Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.4866° N
Longitude: 73.2483° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pontoosuc 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

Citizen station EW4525EW4525

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/996 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Pittsfield MuniPSF

At an airfield/4.6 mi away/1,194 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Hancock Rest AreaMA012

Beside a road/7.1 mi away/1,318 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Stockbridge 2NWSTOM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.6 mi away/853 ft/- ft from here