Citizen station EW1449EW1449
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
West Beach, New York
Beach in Suffolk County, New York47°
53°/44°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 9 mph N
Now. West Beach is 47° and mostly clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:02 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
49%Humidity
26%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
47feels42
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 17
5344
20%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
5740
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6143
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6546
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
6046
11%
19mph
Thu
Oct 22
6245
19%
19mph
Fri
Oct 23
6147
18mph
47°
53°44°
57°40°
61°43°
65°46°
60°46°
62°45°
61°47°
As of 8:00 PM in West Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at West Beach
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 24 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
- Ozone28Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 16
- 18TodayOct 17
- 20SunOct 18
- 26MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at West Beach
0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.28in
- Last 3 days
- 0.36in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 78%
Visibility
How far you can see at West Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 205°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44025, 30.5 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44025, Long Island
- Wave height
- 5.2 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- NNE (13°)
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Sat 7:40 PM
- Distance
- 30.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 7:40 PM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | NNE (13°) |
| Sat 6:40 PM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (8°) |
| Sat 5:40 PM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (4°) |
| Sat 4:40 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (13°) |
| Sat 3:40 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | N (4°) |
| Sat 2:40 PM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | N (9°) |
| Sat 1:10 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | N (9°) |
| Sat 12:10 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (13°) |
| Sat 11:10 AM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | N (4°) |
| Sat 10:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (6°) |
| Sat 9:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (6°) |
| Sat 8:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (4°) |
| Sat 7:40 AM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NNW (346°) |
| Sat 6:40 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | WNW (303°) |
| Sat 5:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | NNW (327°) |
| Sat 4:40 AM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NNW (330°) |
| Sat 3:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 7 s | SSE (151°) |
| Sat 2:40 AM | 4.6 ft | 7 s | SSE (157°) |
| Sat 1:40 AM | 4.3 ft | 7 s | SSE (154°) |
| Sat 12:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 7 s | SSE (157°) |
| Fri 11:40 PM | 4.9 ft | 7 s | SSE (168°) |
| Fri 10:40 PM | 5.6 ft | 6 s | S (177°) |
| Fri 9:40 PM | 5.6 ft | 6 s | S (180°) |
| Fri 8:40 PM | 7.2 ft | 6 s | S (169°) |
Beach
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.6990° N
- Longitude
- 73.1698° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest West Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/7.5 mi away/98 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Watch Hill - Great Southern BayFIRN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.5 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Albany Toll PlazaNY002
Beside a road/10.5 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
East Islip 1.5 ESENY-SF-120
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/16 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
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near West Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Great Rivercommunity, 2 mi
- East Islipcommunity, 2 mi
- Oakdalecommunity, 4 mi
- Islip Terracecommunity, 4 mi
- Ocean Beachvillage, 4 mi
- Fire Islandcommunity, 4 mi
- Islipcommunity, 4 mi
- West Sayvillecommunity, 4 mi
- North Great Rivercommunity, 4 mi
- Saltairevillage, 4 mi
- Bay Shorecommunity, 5 mi
- Brightwatersvillage, 5 mi
Beaches near West Beach
- Overlook Beachunder 1 mi
- East Beach1 mi
- Town Beach1 mi
- Islip Beach2 mi
- Town Beach2 mi
- Benjamin's Memorial Beach4 mi
- Atlantique Beach4 mi
- Green's Creek Beach4 mi