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At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Washington/Benson Beach
Benson Beach, Washington
Beach in Pacific County, Washington61°
72°/51°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 61°·Gentle breeze 11 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM (65%).
Now. Benson Beach is 61° and mostly clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 54° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 65°, and the coolest Monday, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (65%). Rain is possible Monday (46%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
54%Humidity
17%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
61feels61
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
7251
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6554
65%
Sat
Oct 17
6054
22%
Sun
Oct 18
5744
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5645
46%
Tue
Oct 20
5844
10%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
5844
19%
61°
72°51°
65°54°
60°54°
57°44°
56°45°
58°44°
58°44°
As of 10:00 PM in Benson Beach, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Benson Beach
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Raymond (WA), 32 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 14
- 17TodayOct 15
- 17FriOct 16
- 17SatOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
- 17MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Benson 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 Benson Beach, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 10 AM, under a mile for 18 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 238°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Long Beach Washington, and the waves at buoy 46029, 22.8 mi away.
Today
- Surf height
- 6 to 9 ft
Waves at buoy 46029, Columbia River Bar
- Wave height
- 3.3 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- WNW (283°)
- Swell
- 3.3 ft at 8 s from WNW
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 3 s from ENE
- Water
- 59 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:20 PM
- Distance
- 22.8 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 9:20 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | WNW (283°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | W (272°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (196°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | W (277°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 16 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 16 s | WSW (245°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 16 s | SW (214°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 11 s | WNW (291°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 8 s | W (271°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (209°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | W (276°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 12 s | WNW (295°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | WNW (295°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 10 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 9 s | WNW (292°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 13 s | W (264°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 9 s | WNW (285°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 9 s | W (275°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 10 s | WNW (286°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 8 s | WNW (288°) |
Surf zone forecast
Long Beach Washington. Issued 6:02 AM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Surf height | 6 to 9 ft | 6 to 9 ft |
| Offshore swell | Northwest 5 ft at 12 seconds. Southwest 2 ft at 15 seconds | West 5 ft at 13 seconds. Southwest 2 ft at 15 seconds |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Mostly cloudy |
| High temperature | Around 70 | 60 to 65 |
| Wind | E at 10 mph | SW at 4 mph |
| Sunrise/sunset times | Sunrise - 7:35 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:29 PM PDT | Sunrise - 7:36 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:27 PM PDT |
| Tides |
Beach
- County
- Pacific County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 46.2869° N
- Longitude
- 124.0764° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Benson Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW2356DW2356
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.4 mi away/160 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Km MountainTKMMO
Beside a road/27.3 mi away/810 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ilwaco 1.4 NWWA-PC-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Raymond 2 SRYMW1
At a cooperative observer's station/30.2 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Washington
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Benson Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ilwacocity, 2 mi
- Long Beachcity, 5 mi
- Chinookcommunity, 6 mi
- Nasellecommunity, 14 mi
- Ocean Parkcommunity, 14 mi
- Deep Rivercommunity, 18 mi
- Rosburgcommunity, 20 mi
- Altoonacommunity, 22 mi
- Grays Rivercommunity, 23 mi
- Bay Centercommunity, 24 mi
- South Bendcity, 29 mi
- Tokelandcommunity, 30 mi
Beaches near Benson Beach
- Waikiki Beachunder 1 mi
- Washaway Beach31 mi
- Grayland Beach State Park35 mi
- Bottle Beach State Park42 mi
- Westport Beach43 mi
- Ocean Shores Beach49 mi
- Pocket Beach49 mi
- Chance A La Mer Beach53 mi