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Gilgo Beach, New York

Beach in Suffolk County, New York

Air quality

The air at Gilgo Beach

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 16 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good23.2 mi
  • Ozone18Good18 ppb8.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gilgo Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gilgo Beach, the next 43 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.5 miles Fri 11 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat
Gilgo Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 2:15 AM, night, overcast, waves about 1.6 ft every 14 s.150160170SFacing SSE 166°Wind 10 mphfrom SE, onshoreSwell 1.6 ft from ESELongshore current, to the right
Looking SSE from the sand at 2:15 AM, night, overcast, waves about 1.6 ft every 14 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 166°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44065, 23.0 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
14 s
From
ESE (105°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 14 s from ESE
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 3 s from SE
Water
64 °F
Read
Fri 1:20 AM
Distance
23.0 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.

Wave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 1:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri2.0 ftWave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 1:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ftNoonThuNoon2.0 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 1:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 1:20 AM2.0 ft14 sESE (105°)
Fri 12:50 AM2.0 ft10 sESE (120°)
Thu 11:50 PM2.0 ft3 sSE (125°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.0 ft3 sESE (114°)
Thu 9:50 PM2.0 ft10 sESE (121°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.0 ft10 sESE (109°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft10 sESE (109°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft11 sESE (112°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.6 ft9 sESE (119°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.6 ft11 sSE (127°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.6 ft4 sE (79°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.0 ft14 sESE (122°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.0 ft4 sENE (74°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.3 ft15 sENE (71°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.3 ft4 sENE (67°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.6 ft3 sNNE (27°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNE (55°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (30°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.6 ft3 sNNE (31°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.3 ft3 sNNE (20°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.3 ft3 sN (7°)
Thu 4:50 AM2.6 ft3 sN (8°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.6 ft3 sN (9°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.3 ft6 sS (175°)

Beach

County
Suffolk County
State
New York
Latitude
40.6143° N
Longitude
73.4060° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gilgo Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW3143FW3143

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Farmingdale/RepublcFRG

At an airfield/7.9 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Albany Toll PlazaNY002

Beside a road/13.9 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Massapequa Park 1.6 SNY-NS-56

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

SyossetSYON6

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/251 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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