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Islip Beach, New York

Beach in Suffolk County, New York

Air quality

The air at Islip Beach

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 22 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Islip Beach

0.37 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.37in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

How far you can see at Islip Beach, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun
Islip Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 7:31 AM, the sun low over the water, overcast, waves about 3.9 ft every 5 s.110120130SE140Facing SE 127°Sun 21° leftWind 10 mphfrom N, offshore
Looking SE from the sand at 7:31 AM, the sun low over the water, overcast, waves about 3.9 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing SE 127°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44025, 31.0 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44025, Long Island

Wave height
4.9 ft
Period
5 s
From
WNW (303°)
Water
64 °F
Read
Sat 6:40 AM
Distance
31.0 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 44025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 7.2 ft; 4.9 ft at Sat 6:40 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PMSat4.9 ftWave height at buoy 44025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 7.2 ft; 4.9 ft at Sat 6:40 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftNoonFriNoonSat4.9 ft
Significant wave height from 2.0 ft to 7.2 ft; 4.9 ft at Sat 6:40 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sat 6:40 AM4.9 ft5 sWNW (303°)
Sat 5:40 AM5.2 ft5 sNNW (327°)
Sat 4:40 AM5.6 ft5 sNNW (330°)
Sat 3:40 AM5.2 ft7 sSSE (151°)
Sat 2:40 AM4.6 ft7 sSSE (157°)
Sat 1:40 AM4.3 ft7 sSSE (154°)
Sat 12:40 AM5.2 ft7 sSSE (157°)
Fri 11:40 PM4.9 ft7 sSSE (168°)
Fri 10:40 PM5.6 ft6 sS (177°)
Fri 9:40 PM5.6 ft6 sS (180°)
Fri 8:40 PM7.2 ft6 sS (169°)
Fri 6:40 PM5.6 ft5 sSSW (194°)
Fri 5:40 PM5.9 ft6 sS (186°)
Fri 4:40 PM4.9 ft5 sSSW (204°)
Fri 3:40 PM4.3 ft6 sESE (121°)
Fri 2:40 PM3.9 ft6 sESE (114°)
Fri 1:40 PM3.6 ft6 sESE (111°)
Fri 12:40 PM3.6 ft5 sESE (120°)
Fri 11:40 AM3.3 ft5 sESE (119°)
Fri 10:40 AM3.0 ft5 sESE (115°)
Fri 9:40 AM2.6 ft5 sESE (104°)
Fri 8:40 AM2.6 ft4 sSE (125°)
Fri 7:40 AM2.6 ft4 sESE (116°)
Fri 6:40 AM2.6 ft4 sESE (116°)

Beach

County
Suffolk County
State
New York
Latitude
40.7064° N
Longitude
73.2143° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Islip Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW8671FW8671

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Islip/MacarthurISP

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/98 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Albany Toll PlazaNY002

Beside a road/8.6 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

East Islip 0.5 SSWNY-SF-180

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

St JamesSTJN6

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/128 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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