Mallard Beach, New York

Beach in Suffolk County, New York

60° 73°/53°

Overcast· Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 9 mph S

Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (60%).

Now. Mallard Beach is 60° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (57%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

27Air quality

91%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

7:00 AM

60feels60

Today

Oct 16

7353

92%

15mph

Sat

Oct 17

5346

57%

17mph

Sun

Oct 18

5538

12mph

Mon

Oct 19

5943

12%

14mph

Tue

Oct 20

6446

14%

15mph

Wed

Oct 21

6349

16mph

Thu

Oct 22

6148

16mph

60°

73°53°

53°46°

55°38°

59°43°

64°46°

63°49°

61°48°

As of 7:00 AM in Mallard Beach, New York.

Air quality

The air at Mallard Beach

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 13 miles off.

27Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good17 mi
Ozone27Good24 ppb13.5 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)-23.2 mi
Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.8 ppb15.9 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb23.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

GoodModerate

23YesterdayOct 15
30TodayOct 16

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mallard Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.04in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 8 PM.

Looking SW from the sand at 7:40 AM, daylight, overcast, waves about 1.8 ft every 4 s.

Facing SW 217°

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44065, 39.7 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance

Wave height: 2.3 ft
Period: 4 s
From: ESE (110°)
Swell: 1.6 ft at 12 s from SE
Wind waves: 1.6 ft at 4 s from ESE
Water: 64 °F
Read: Fri 6:50 AM
Distance: 39.7 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.

Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.3 ft at Fri 6:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.

Every hour, last 24 hours

Time	Wave height	Period	From
Fri 6:50 AM	2.3 ft	4 s	ESE (110°)
Fri 5:50 AM	2.3 ft	4 s	SE (129°)
Fri 4:50 AM	2.3 ft	4 s	SE (130°)
Fri 3:50 AM	2.3 ft	4 s	ESE (120°)
Fri 2:50 AM	2.3 ft	4 s	ESE (120°)
Fri 1:50 AM	2.0 ft	3 s	ESE (115°)
Fri 12:50 AM	2.0 ft	10 s	ESE (120°)
Thu 11:50 PM	2.0 ft	3 s	SE (125°)
Thu 10:50 PM	2.0 ft	3 s	ESE (114°)
Thu 9:50 PM	2.0 ft	10 s	ESE (121°)
Thu 8:50 PM	2.0 ft	10 s	ESE (109°)
Thu 7:50 PM	1.6 ft	10 s	ESE (109°)
Thu 6:50 PM	1.6 ft	11 s	ESE (112°)
Thu 5:50 PM	1.6 ft	9 s	ESE (119°)
Thu 4:50 PM	1.6 ft	11 s	SE (127°)
Thu 3:50 PM	1.6 ft	4 s	E (79°)
Thu 2:50 PM	2.0 ft	14 s	ESE (122°)
Thu 1:50 PM	2.0 ft	4 s	ENE (74°)
Thu 12:50 PM	2.3 ft	15 s	ENE (71°)
Thu 11:50 AM	2.3 ft	4 s	ENE (67°)
Thu 10:50 AM	2.6 ft	3 s	NNE (27°)
Thu 9:50 AM	2.6 ft	4 s	NE (55°)
Thu 8:50 AM	2.6 ft	4 s	NNE (30°)
Thu 7:50 AM	2.6 ft	3 s	NNE (31°)

Beach

County: Suffolk County
State: New York
Latitude: 40.9205° N
Longitude: 73.4917° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mallard Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW3978FW3978

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/219 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

SchodackNY003

Beside a road/10.9 mi away/328 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Farmingdale/RepublcFRG

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Kings PointNDBC-KPTN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/-/- ft from here