Citizen station FW3958FW3958
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sunset Beach, Oregon
Beach in Clatsop County, Oregon62°
67°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Gentle breeze 9 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (59%).
Now. Sunset Beach is 62° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 10 PM, with some cloud.
The week. Highs stay close to 60° all week. Rain is possible Monday (41%) and Thursday (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:10 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 day is 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
60%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
62feels62
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6752
58%
Sat
Oct 17
6152
26%
Sun
Oct 18
6040
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5842
41%
Tue
Oct 20
6041
10%
Wed
Oct 21
6141
15%
Thu
Oct 22
5843
38%
62°
67°52°
61°52°
60°40°
58°42°
60°41°
61°41°
58°43°
As of 12:00 AM in Sunset Beach, Oregon.
Air quality
The air at Sunset Beach
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Raymond (WA), 42 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 15
- 17TodayOct 16
- 17SatOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
- 17MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sunset Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Sunset Beach, the next 42 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 10 AM, under a mile for 12 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 255°
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, 27.7 mi away.
Today
- Surf height
- 6 to 9 ft
Waves at buoy 46029, Columbia River Bar
- Wave height
- 3.6 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- WSW (257°)
- Swell
- 3.3 ft at 13 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 3 s from E
- Water
- 59 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:10 AM
- Distance
- 27.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12:10 AM | 3.6 ft | - | WSW (257°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | SW (230°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 9 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | SSW (211°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | W (272°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | W (274°) |
| 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°) |
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
- 46.0887° N
- Longitude
- 123.9357° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sunset Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Astoria, Oregon Weather StationUSBR-ASTO
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/5.4 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US101 NB at Astoria-Megler MP 3. OR US ODOTODT76
Beside a road/8.2 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Warrenton 5.7 SOR-CT-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SeasideSSDO3
At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/13 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 Oregon
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Sunset Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gearhartcity, 4 mi
- Warrentoncity, 5 mi
- Jeffers Gardenscommunity, 6 mi
- Seasidecity, 6 mi
- River Pointcommunity, 7 mi
- Astoriacity, 8 mi
- Cannon Beachcity, 14 mi
- Svensencommunity, 14 mi
- Knappacommunity, 18 mi
- Neahkahniecommunity, 24 mi
- Manzanitacity, 26 mi
- Nehalemcity, 26 mi
Beaches near Sunset Beach
- Del Rey Beachunder 1 mi
- Columbia Beach3 mi
- Seaside Beach6 mi
- Seaside Cove Beach8 mi
- Sunset Beach8 mi
- Social Security Beach11 mi
- Indian Beach11 mi
- Crescent Beach12 mi