Citizen station FW8671FW8671
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Benjamin's Memorial Beach, New York
Beach in Suffolk County, New York66°
72°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 66°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM (53%).
Now. Benjamin's Memorial Beach is 66° and overcast at 11 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is possible tomorrow (41%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:03 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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
23Air quality
98%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
66feels66
25%
Today
Oct 16
7253
93%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5344
41%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5538
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
5843
16%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
6346
14%
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
6249
10%
19mph
Thu
Oct 22
6048
26%
18mph
66°
72°53°
53°44°
55°38°
58°43°
63°46°
62°49°
60°48°
As of 11:00 AM in Benjamin's Memorial Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at Benjamin's Memorial Beach
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 20 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good12.5 mi
- Ozone23Good21 ppb8.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 26TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Benjamin's Memorial Beach
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.07in
Visibility
How far you can see at Benjamin's Memorial Beach, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 12 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 138°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44025, 31.5 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44025, Long Island
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- ESE (115°)
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Fri 10:40 AM
- Distance
- 31.5 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 10:40 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | ESE (115°) |
| Fri 9:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (104°) |
| Fri 8:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (125°) |
| Fri 7:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (116°) |
| Fri 6:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (116°) |
| Fri 5:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | E (100°) |
| Fri 4:40 AM | 3.0 ft | 3 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 3:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (109°) |
| Fri 2:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (111°) |
| Fri 1:40 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SE (126°) |
| Fri 12:40 AM | 2.3 ft | 10 s | E (100°) |
| Thu 11:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | ENE (71°) |
| Thu 10:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | E (95°) |
| Thu 9:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 10 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 8:40 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ENE (58°) |
| Thu 7:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (73°) |
| Thu 6:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (62°) |
| Thu 5:10 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | ENE (67°) |
| Thu 4:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (59°) |
| Thu 3:40 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NE (47°) |
| Thu 2:40 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (56°) |
| Thu 1:40 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NE (43°) |
| Thu 12:40 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NE (36°) |
| Thu 11:10 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | NE (35°) |
Beach
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.7104° N
- Longitude
- 73.2431° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Benjamin's Memorial Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Albany Toll PlazaNY002
Beside a road/7.5 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/9.0 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Watch Hill - Great Southern BayFIRN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bay Shore 0.5 ESENY-SF-34
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St JamesSTJN6
At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/128 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
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Near Benjamin's Memorial Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- East Islipcommunity, 3 mi
- North Bay Shorecommunity, 4 mi
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- Great Rivercommunity, 4 mi
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- East Beach5 mi
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