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In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/162 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Stephens Field Beach
Stephens Field Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts64°
68°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 64°·Moderate breeze 14 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 12 PM, the chance peaking at 68% around 10 PM.
Now. Stephens Field Beach is 64° and overcast at 12 PM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 14 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 57°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (55%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:47 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
24Air quality
90%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
64feels64
57%
14mph
Today
Oct 16
6841
94%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5139
55%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5236
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5539
21%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
5744
23%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
5646
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
5745
24%
15mph
64°
68°41°
51°39°
52°36°
55°39°
57°44°
56°46°
57°45°
As of 12:00 PM in Stephens Field Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Stephens Field Beach
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, North Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 15 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good20.2 mi
- Ozone15Good22 ppb20.2 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 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stephens Field Beach
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 6%
Visibility
How far you can see at Stephens Field Beach, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNE 20°
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, 27.2 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 2 to 5 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 3.6 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- SE (142°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 10 s from E
- Wind waves
- 3.3 ft at 5 s from SE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Fri 11:50 AM
- Distance
- 27.2 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 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | SE (142°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (144°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (159°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (155°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 2 s | S (179°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 10 s | E (96°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Plymouth MA, including Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Kingston, Marshfield, Plymouth, and Scituate. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 5 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers | Mostly cloudy until 3 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | South winds around 15 mph | Northwest winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | Scituate HarborLow 1.8 ft, 9:33 AMHigh 8.8 ft, 3:46 PMPlymouthLow 2.1 ft, 9:59 AMHigh 9.6 ft, 3:54 PM | Scituate HarborLow 2.1 ft, 10:23 AMHigh 8.5 ft, 4:38 PMPlymouthLow 2.4 ft, 10:49 AMHigh 9.3 ft, 4:44 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.9526° N
- Longitude
- 70.6539° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Stephens Field Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/4.9 mi away/148 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/13.7 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
SandwichSANM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.7 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Plymouth 2.7 ESEMA-PL-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/37 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Umass Oranberry Experimental StnEWAM3
On a farm or research station/12.9 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Stephens Field Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Plymouthcommunity, 1 mi
- North Plymouthcommunity, 2 mi
- Kingstoncommunity, 4 mi
- South Duxburycommunity, 5 mi
- The Pinehillscommunity, 5 mi
- Duxburycommunity, 6 mi
- Green Harborcommunity, 8 mi
- Cedar Crestcommunity, 9 mi
- Marshfieldcommunity, 10 mi
- Ocean Bluff-Brant Rockcommunity, 10 mi
- White Island Shorescommunity, 11 mi
- North Pembrokecommunity, 12 mi
Beaches near Stephens Field Beach
- Plymouth Beach1 mi
- Nelson Beach1 mi
- Grays Beach Park3 mi
- Captain's Flats4 mi
- Saquish Beach4 mi
- Pilgrim Shorefront4 mi
- Standish Shore5 mi
- Shipyard Lane Beach5 mi