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Jacob Riis Park Beach 5, New York

Beach in Queens County, New York

Air quality

The air at Jacob Riis Park Beach 5

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 19 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good9.6 mi
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb15.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4 ppb15.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb15.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.9 ppm15.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Jacob Riis Park Beach 5

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Jacob Riis Park Beach 5, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat
Jacob Riis Park Beach 5 from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 10:42 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.6 ft every 10 s.150160170SFacing SSE 163°Wind 8 mphfrom SE, onshoreSwell 1.6 ft from ESELongshore current, to the right
Looking SSE from the sand at 10:42 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.6 ft every 10 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 163°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44065, 16.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
10 s
From
ESE (121°)
Swell
1.3 ft at 10 s from ESE
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 3 s from ESE
Water
65 °F
Read
Thu 9:50 PM
Distance
16.3 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 Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM2.0 ftWave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. 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 Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
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°)
Thu 1:50 AM2.6 ft6 sSSE (167°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.6 ft6 sSSE (163°)
Wed 11:50 PM2.3 ft6 sSSE (167°)
Wed 10:50 PM2.3 ft7 sSSE (158°)

Beach

County
Queens County
State
New York
Latitude
40.5648° N
Longitude
73.8731° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Jacob Riis Park Beach 5, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

New York/Jf KennedyJFK

At an airfield/7.7 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station CW3340CW3340

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.3 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

SchodackNY003

Beside a road/21.0 mi away/328 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Queens 10.2 SNY-QN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

SyossetSYON6

At a cooperative observer's station/26.8 mi away/251 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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