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At an airfield/4.2 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Quonochontaug Beach
Quonochontaug Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Washington County, Rhode Island52°
69°/48°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 52°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 80% around 11 AM.
Now. Quonochontaug Beach is 52° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 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
33Air quality
71%Humidity
37%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
52feels52
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6948
86%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5343
83%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5635
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5940
13%
Tue
Oct 20
6343
14%
Wed
Oct 21
6245
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
5943
12mph
52°
69°48°
53°43°
56°35°
59°40°
63°43°
62°45°
59°43°
As of 2:00 AM in Quonochontaug Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Quonochontaug Beach
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 15 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good18.7 mi
- Ozone33Good35 ppb19.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-18.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 9, good.
GoodModerate
- 9YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 11SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Quonochontaug Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Quonochontaug Beach, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 5 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 158°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Washington RI.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 60s
- UV index
- Moderate
Surf zone forecast
Washington RI, including Narragansett, Charlestown, and Westerly. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 60s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 60s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | East winds around 5 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | Watch Hill PointHigh 2.6 ft, 12:16 PMPoint Judith (Harbor)High 3.2 ft, 11:29 AMLow 0.6 ft, 5:37 PMNarragansett PierHigh 3.2 ft, 11:24 AMLow 0.6 ft, 5:15 PM | Watch Hill PointLow 0.5 ft, 6:12 AMHigh 2.4 ft, 1:04 PMPoint Judith (Harbor)High 3.0 ft, 12:11 PMNarragansett PierHigh 2.9 ft, 12:12 PM |
- Saturday
- Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Cooler. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 15 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs around 60. Southwest winds around 10 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Rhode Island
- Latitude
- 41.3318° N
- Longitude
- 71.7217° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Quonochontaug Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Coastal Rhode Island AT Watch Hill CoveWHLR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.2 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station DW8163DW8163
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/13.4 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Westerly 4.2 ESERI-WS-91
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KingstonKGNR1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.4 mi away/113 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 Rhode Island
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Quonochontaug Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Quonochontaugcommunity, 1 mi
- Weekapaugcommunity, 3 mi
- Bradfordcommunity, 5 mi
- Misquamicutcommunity, 5 mi
- Charlestowncommunity, 6 mi
- Westerlytown, 6 mi
- Watch Hillcommunity, 7 mi
- Ashawaycommunity, 7 mi
- Carolinacommunity, 9 mi
- Hopkintoncommunity, 10 mi
- Point Judithfeature, 12 mi
- Hope Valleycommunity, 12 mi