At an airfield/4.0 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Columbia Beach, Oregon
Beach in Clatsop County, Oregon68°
74°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Gentle breeze 9 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM (61%).
Now. Columbia Beach is 68° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 67°, and the coolest Monday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (61%). Rain is possible Monday (42%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:13 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
45%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
7450
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6752
61%
Sat
Oct 17
6152
26%
Sun
Oct 18
6040
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5842
42%
Tue
Oct 20
6041
10%
Wed
Oct 21
6141
15%
68°
74°50°
67°52°
61°52°
60°40°
58°42°
60°41°
61°41°
As of 7:00 PM in Columbia Beach, Oregon.
Air quality
The air at Columbia Beach
Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Raymond (WA), 40 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 14
- 17TodayOct 15
- 17FriOct 16
- 17SatOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
- 17MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Columbia Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Columbia Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 10 AM, under a mile for 16 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 244°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Seaside and Cannon Beach Oregon, and the waves at buoy 46029, 26.6 mi away.
Today
- Surf height
- 6 to 9 ft
Waves at buoy 46029, Columbia River Bar
- Wave height
- 3.3 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSW (196°)
- Swell
- 3.0 ft at 15 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 3 s from E
- Water
- 59 °F
- Read
- Thu 6:50 PM
- Distance
- 26.6 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 6:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (196°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | W (277°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 16 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 16 s | WSW (245°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 16 s | SW (214°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 11 s | WNW (291°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 8 s | W (271°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (209°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | W (276°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 12 s | WNW (295°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | WNW (295°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 10 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 9 s | WNW (292°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 13 s | W (264°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 9 s | WNW (285°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 9 s | W (275°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 10 s | WNW (286°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 8 s | WNW (288°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 14 s | W (273°) |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 8 s | WNW (289°) |
| Wed 7:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 11 s | WNW (282°) |
Surf zone forecast
Seaside and Cannon Beach Oregon. Issued 6:02 AM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Surf height | 6 to 9 ft | 6 to 9 ft |
| Offshore swell | Northwest 5 ft at 12 seconds. Southwest 2 ft at 15 seconds | West 5 ft at 13 seconds. Southwest 2 ft at 15 seconds |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Partly cloudy |
| High temperature | Around 70 | 60 to 65 |
| Wind | E at 4 mph | SW at 2 mph |
| Sunrise/sunset times | Sunrise - 7:34 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:29 PM PDT | Sunrise - 7:35 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:27 PM PDT |
| Tides |
Beach
- County
- Clatsop County
- State
- Oregon
- Latitude
- 46.1275° N
- Longitude
- 123.9536° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Columbia Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Astoria, Oregon Weather StationUSBR-ASTO
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW3958FW3958
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US101 NB at Astoria-Megler MP 3. OR US ODOTODT76
Beside a road/6.6 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Warrenton 4.9 SOR-CT-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/31 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SeasideSSDO3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/13 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 Oregon
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Columbia Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Warrentoncity, 3 mi
- Jeffers Gardenscommunity, 5 mi
- Gearhartcity, 7 mi
- Astoriacity, 7 mi
- River Pointcommunity, 7 mi
- Seasidecity, 9 mi
- Svensencommunity, 14 mi
- Cannon Beachcity, 16 mi
- Knappacommunity, 18 mi
- Neahkahniecommunity, 27 mi
- Westportcommunity, 28 mi
- Manzanitacity, 28 mi
Beaches near Columbia Beach
- Sunset Beach3 mi
- Del Rey Beach4 mi
- Social Security Beach8 mi
- Seaside Beach9 mi
- Seaside Cove Beach10 mi
- Sunset Beach11 mi
- Indian Beach14 mi
- Crescent Beach15 mi