Citizen station FW3978FW3978
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/219 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
West Neck Beach, New York
Beach in Suffolk County, New York54°
63°/53°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 54°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 64% around 10 AM.
Now. West Neck Beach is 54° and mostly clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 54°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 73°, and the coolest Saturday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (90%) and Saturday (73%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
73%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
54feels54
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
6353
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7354
90%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5346
73%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5638
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6043
10%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6446
15%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6349
16mph
54°
63°53°
73°54°
53°46°
56°38°
60°43°
64°46°
63°49°
As of 10:00 PM in West Neck Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at West Neck Beach
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 12 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good18.2 mi
- Ozone19Good23 ppb12 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-23.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.7 ppb16.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb23.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
- 21TodayOct 15
- 30FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at West Neck Beach
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 West Neck Beach, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 236°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 38.7 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
- 38.7 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | N (7°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (9°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (163°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | SSE (158°) |
Beach
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.9026° N
- Longitude
- 73.4810° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest West Neck Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
SchodackNY003
Beside a road/10.1 mi away/328 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/12.5 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kings PointNDBC-KPTN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Centre Island 1.0 NNWNY-NS-54
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/8 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SyossetSYON6
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/251 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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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 Neck Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lloyd Harborvillage, 1 mi
- Cove Neckvillage, 2 mi
- Centre Islandvillage, 2 mi
- Cold Spring Harborcommunity, 3 mi
- Laurel Hollowvillage, 3 mi
- Huntington Bayvillage, 4 mi
- Oyster Baycommunity, 4 mi
- Halesitecommunity, 4 mi
- Oyster Bay Covevillage, 4 mi
- Huntingtoncommunity, 4 mi
- Mill Neckvillage, 4 mi
- Bayvillevillage, 4 mi
Beaches near West Neck Beach
- Lloyd Beachunder 1 mi
- Fort Hill Beach1 mi
- Mallard Beach1 mi
- Lloydhaven Beach2 mi
- Eagle Dock Beach2 mi
- Quail Hill Beach2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Beach2 mi
- Cold Spring Beach3 mi