Citizen station GW6028GW6028
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Salisbury Beach
Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts* WHAT...South winds, shifting to west of 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM, Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM and Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM. * WHEN...From 8 AM Friday to midnight EDT Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
44°
61°/46°
Clear·
Feels like 44°·Calm 1 mph SSE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Salisbury Beach until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 85% around 11 AM.
Now. Salisbury Beach is 44° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 1 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%) and Saturday (63%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
90%Humidity
11%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
44feels44
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6146
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6841
100%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5240
63%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5531
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5835
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6237
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5940
mostly clear day
44°
61°46°
68°41°
52°40°
55°31°
58°35°
62°37°
59°40°
As of 10:00 PM in Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Salisbury Beach
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Coastal Rockingham County (NH), 9 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good14.7 mi
- Ozone19Good4 ppb14.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good14.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.6 ppb14.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Salisbury Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.28 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
- 0.28in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Salisbury Beach, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 98°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44013, 37.3 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 1.3 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- E (92°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 8 s from E
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 4 s from NE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 37.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 5 s | NE (52°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NE (37°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (28°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (41°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (337°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (315°) |
| Thu 7:20 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (313°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NW (320°) |
| Thu 3:20 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (335°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (334°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | E (101°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | E (85°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | E (96°) |
Beach
- County
- Essex County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.8723° N
- Longitude
- 70.8162° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Salisbury Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
SalisburyMA002
Beside a road/3.8 mi away/85 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Byfield Precipitation At Byfield424510070564401
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.5 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/18.9 mi away/148 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Salisbury 0.7 WNWMA-ES-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/21 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NewburyportNEWM3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/102 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 Newburyport (NEWM3), 6.5 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Salisbury Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Salisburycommunity, 2 mi
- Newburyportcity, 5 mi
- Amesbury Towncity, 6 mi
- Rowleycommunity, 11 mi
- Ipswichcommunity, 13 mi
- Haverhillcity, 15 mi
- Boxfordcommunity, 16 mi
- Essexcommunity, 17 mi
- Topsfieldcommunity, 18 mi
- Rockportcommunity, 18 mi
- Gloucestercity, 19 mi
- Methuen Towncity, 21 mi
Beaches near Salisbury Beach
- Salisbury Beach3 mi
- Sandy Beach6 mi
- Plum Island Beach7 mi
- The Knobbs10 mi
- Mothers Beach11 mi
- Clark Beach12 mi
- Steep Hill Beach12 mi
- Crane Beach13 mi