Citizen station GW3855GW3855
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Sandy Point Beach
Sandy Point Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Kent County, Rhode Island53°
62°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 53°·Light air 3 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 11 AM (68%).
Now. Sandy Point Beach is 53° 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 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%) and Saturday (84%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
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
82%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
53feels53
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6251
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
6949
96%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5345
84%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5536
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5942
11%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6245
15%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6147
16mph
53°
62°51°
69°49°
53°45°
55°36°
59°42°
62°45°
61°47°
As of 10:00 PM in Sandy Point Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Sandy 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)26Good11.5 mi
- Ozone22Good32 ppb11.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.8 ppb12.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb12.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm12.7 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 Sandy Point Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Sandy Point Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 94°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44020, 59.4 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
- 59.4 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
- 41.6604° N
- Longitude
- 71.4106° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sandy Point 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
Port of DavisvilleNDBC-PDVR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/4.4 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kingston 1 NW54796
At a climate reference station/13.5 mi away/115 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
East Greenwich 2.3 ESERI-KN-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 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 Point Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Greenwichtown, 2 mi
- Warwickcity, 4 mi
- Narragansett Bayfeature, 5 mi
- Bristoltown, 8 mi
- Cranstoncity, 8 mi
- Melvillecommunity, 9 mi
- East Providencecity, 11 mi
- Providencecity, 11 mi
- Tivertoncommunity, 11 mi
- Newport Eastcommunity, 11 mi
- Yawgoo Valleyski area, 12 mi
- Sakonnet Riverfeature, 12 mi