Citizen station GW3855GW3855
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Rocky Point Beach
Rocky Point Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Kent County, Rhode Island52°
62°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Light air 3 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 11 AM (68%).
Now. Rocky Point Beach is 52° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 51°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%) and Saturday (85%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
83%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
52feels52
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6252
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
6950
96%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5246
85%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
5537
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5942
12%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6246
16%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6147
17mph
52°
62°52°
69°50°
52°46°
55°37°
59°42°
62°46°
61°47°
As of 10:00 PM in Rocky Point Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Rocky Point Beach
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Providence (RI), 12 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good10.4 mi
- Ozone22Good24 ppb10.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.8 ppb11.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb10.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm11.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- 44TodayOct 15
- 39FriOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 28SunOct 18
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 Rocky Point Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Rocky Point Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 101°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44020, 57.6 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 0.7 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- -
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 3 s from ESE
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 57.6 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 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | NNE (21°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (5°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (12°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (1°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (352°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NW (321°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (341°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 2 s | NW (318°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 2 s | W (268°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 2 s | WNW (285°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 2 s | WNW (289°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 2 s | WNW (300°) |
Beach
- County
- Kent County
- State
- Rhode Island
- Latitude
- 41.6720° N
- Longitude
- 71.3734° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Rocky Point Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/2 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/4.6 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kingston 1 NW54796
At a climate reference station/15.2 mi away/115 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Warwick 2.2 ESERI-KN-55
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/72 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/2 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 Rocky Point Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Greenwichtown, 4 mi
- Warwickcity, 5 mi
- Narragansett Bayfeature, 5 mi
- Bristoltown, 6 mi
- Cranstoncity, 8 mi
- Melvillecommunity, 9 mi
- East Providencecity, 9 mi
- Tivertoncommunity, 9 mi
- Sakonnet Riverfeature, 11 mi
- Providencecity, 11 mi
- Newport Eastcommunity, 11 mi
- Newportcity, 13 mi