Beaches/Massachusetts/Sterling Town Beach

Sterling Town Beach, Massachusetts

Beach in Worcester County, Massachusetts

48° 68°/41°

Overcast· Feels like 46°·Light breeze 4 mph S

Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM (83%).

Now. Sterling Town Beach is 48° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:04 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. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

25Air quality

83%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

5:00 AM

48feels46

13%

Today

Oct 16

6841

98%

13mph

Sat

Oct 17

4940

52%

13mph

Sun

Oct 18

5429

Mon

Oct 19

5832

Tue

Oct 20

6237

Wed

Oct 21

6040

Thu

Oct 22

5737

48°

68°41°

49°40°

54°29°

58°32°

62°37°

60°40°

57°37°

As of 5:00 AM in Sterling Town Beach, Massachusetts.

Air quality

The air at Sterling Town Beach

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Worcester (MA), 10 miles off.

25Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good11.1 mi
Ozone24Good25 ppb12.2 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)9Good11.1 mi
Nitrogen dioxide14Good15 ppb11.1 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb11.1 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm11.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

GoodModerate

29YesterdayOct 15
35TodayOct 16
30SatOct 17

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sterling Town Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.03in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Sterling Town Beach, the next 40 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 10 AM.

Beach

County: Worcester County
State: Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.4159° N
Longitude: 71.7431° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sterling Town Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Sterling Precipitation Gage Near Stearling422438071472701

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/402 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station EW4324EW4324

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/640 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

FitchburgFIT

At an airfield/9.4 mi away/348 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Harvard Rest AreaMA016

Beside a road/10.1 mi away/328 ft/- ft from here