Easthampton I-91MA040
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/174 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Beaches/Massachusetts/Rainbow Beach
Rainbow Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Hampshire County, Massachusetts46°
61°/48°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 46°·Calm 0 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 79% around 9 AM.
Now. Rainbow Beach is 46° and mostly clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 46°, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 71°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%) and Saturday (51%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
92%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
46feels46
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
6148
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7142
97%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5242
51%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5630
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5933
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6437
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6240
mostly clear day
46°
61°48°
71°42°
52°42°
56°30°
59°33°
64°37°
62°40°
As of 10:00 PM in Rainbow Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Rainbow Beach
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hampden-Hampshire (MA), 5 miles off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate7.8 mi
- Ozone19Good9 ppb7.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good8 ppb7.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb12.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 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 Rainbow Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Rainbow Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Hampshire County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.3037° N
- Longitude
- 72.6066° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Rainbow Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW5905GW5905
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/218 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/8.4 mi away/246 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Westfield RiverCSTM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.2 mi away/522 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Northampton 2.9 ESEMA-HS-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/111 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AmherstAHRM3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/154 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 Rainbow Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Northamptoncity, 3 mi
- Easthampton Towncity, 4 mi
- Hatfieldcommunity, 5 mi
- Granbycommunity, 5 mi
- Amhersttown, 7 mi
- Holyokecity, 7 mi
- Chicopeecity, 9 mi
- Belchertowncommunity, 10 mi
- South Deerfieldcommunity, 12 mi
- West Springfield Towncity, 13 mi
- Springfieldcity, 14 mi
- Wilbrahamcommunity, 14 mi