Parks/Massachusetts/Bates Memorial State Park

Bates Memorial State Park, Massachusetts

State Park in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

54° 65°/40°

Overcast· Feels like 54°·Gentle breeze 9 mph S

Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 81% around 6 PM.

Now. Bates Memorial State Park is 54° and overcast at 9 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph, gusting to 24 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, with some cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 44°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 26°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 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. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

1UV Low

23Air quality

92%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

9:00 AM

54feels54

76%

Today

Oct 16

6540

99%

16mph

Sat

Oct 17

4434

16mph

Sun

Oct 18

5126

Mon

Oct 19

5730

Tue

Oct 20

6134

Wed

Oct 21

5936

Thu

Oct 22

5735

54°

65°40°

44°34°

51°26°

57°30°

61°34°

59°36°

57°35°

As of 9:00 AM in Bates Memorial State Park, Massachusetts.

Air quality

The air at Bates Memorial State Park

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Berkshire (MA), 10 miles off.

23Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good22.4 mi
Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

GoodModerate

24YesterdayOct 15
35TodayOct 16
30SatOct 17

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bates Memorial State Park

0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.51in
Last 3 days: 0.52in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 98%

Visibility

How far you can see at Bates Memorial State Park, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 PM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 0.66 sq mi
Height at its point: 1,512 ft
County: Berkshire County
State: Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.4365° N
Longitude: 73.3742° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bates Memorial State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Hancock Rest AreaMA012

Beside a road/0.5 mi away/1,318 ft/194 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Pittsfield MuniPSF

At an airfield/4.4 mi away/1,194 ft/318 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station EW4525EW4525

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/996 ft/516 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Stockbridge 2NWSTOM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/853 ft/659 ft below here