Citizen station KCIKMIKCIKMI
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Sandy Beach
Sandy Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Kent County, Rhode Island53°
70°/47°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 53°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 80% around 11 AM.
Now. Sandy Beach is 53° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 4 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 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:51 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
74%Humidity
24%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
53feels53
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
7047
96%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5345
83%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5635
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6040
10%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6344
15%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6146
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
5844
14mph
53°
70°47°
53°45°
56°35°
60°40°
63°44°
61°46°
58°44°
As of 4:00 AM in Sandy Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Sandy Beach
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Providence (RI), 9 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good-
- Ozone12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 28SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandy Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sandy Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44013, 58.9 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 2 s
- From
- SSE (164°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 11 s from E
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 3 s from SSE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:20 AM
- Distance
- 58.9 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 3:20 AM | 1.6 ft | 2 s | SSE (164°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 2 s | S (179°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 10 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 5 s | NE (52°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NE (37°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (28°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (41°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (337°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (315°) |
| Thu 7:20 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (313°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NW (320°) |
Beach
- County
- Kent County
- State
- Rhode Island
- Latitude
- 41.7048° N
- Longitude
- 71.4073° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sandy Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/1.8 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.7 mi away/2 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Kingston 1 NW54796
At a climate reference station/16.4 mi away/115 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Warwick 0.8 ENERI-KN-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/31 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 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 Sandy Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Warwickcity, 3 mi
- East Greenwichtown, 4 mi
- Cranstoncity, 5 mi
- East Providencecity, 8 mi
- Bristoltown, 8 mi
- Narragansett Bayfeature, 8 mi
- Providencecity, 8 mi
- Tivertoncommunity, 12 mi
- Melvillecommunity, 12 mi
- Pawtucketcity, 12 mi
- Central Fallscity, 13 mi
- Sakonnet Riverfeature, 14 mi