NinigretNINR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/South Kingstown Town Beach
South Kingstown Town Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Washington County, Rhode Island51°
61°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Light breeze 4 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 11 AM, the chance peaking at 77% around 1 PM.
Now. South Kingstown Town Beach is 51° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 50°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Saturday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (84%) and Saturday (84%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
77%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
51feels51
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6150
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6848
84%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5343
84%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5535
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5941
13%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6243
15%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6145
15mph
51°
61°50°
68°48°
53°43°
55°35°
59°41°
62°43°
61°45°
As of 11:00 PM in South Kingstown Town Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at South Kingstown Town Beach
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 8 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good10.8 mi
- Ozone32Good31 ppb10.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- 35TodayOct 15
- 39FriOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 11SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Kingstown Town Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 South Kingstown Town Beach, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 174°
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
- 41.3749° N
- Longitude
- 71.5525° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest South Kingstown Town Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW8163DW8163
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/6.6 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
WesterlyWST
At an airfield/12.9 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Matunuck 0.7 NWRI-WS-117
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/56 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KingstonKGNR1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 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 South Kingstown Town Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Point Judithfeature, 3 mi
- Charlestowncommunity, 4 mi
- Wakefield-Peace Dalecommunity, 6 mi
- Narragansett Piercommunity, 6 mi
- Kingstontown, 7 mi
- Quonochontaugcommunity, 8 mi
- Carolinacommunity, 8 mi
- Yawgoo Valleyski area, 10 mi
- Bradfordcommunity, 10 mi
- Weekapaugcommunity, 12 mi
- Wyomingcommunity, 12 mi
- Ashawaycommunity, 13 mi
Beaches near South Kingstown Town Beach
- A B Carpenters Beachunder 1 mi
- Willow Dell Beachunder 1 mi
- Matunuck Beachunder 1 mi
- Roy Carpenters Beachunder 1 mi
- East Matunuck State Beach1 mi
- Salty Brine State Beach2 mi
- Galilee Beach Club Beach2 mi
- Sand Hill Cove State Beach3 mi