Parks/Massachusetts/Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park

Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park, Massachusetts

State Park in Worcester County, Massachusetts

43° 56°/33°

Clear· Feels like 43°·Light air 2 mph N

Now. Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park is 43° and clear at 10 AM. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 2 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest Saturday, near 55°. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 PM. The Moon is a first quarter, 51% lit, and sets at 11:54 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

2UV Low

40Air quality

43%Humidity

1%Cloud

Now

10:00 AM

43feels43

Today

Oct 18

5633

Mon

Oct 19

5937

Tue

Oct 20

6042

14mph

Wed

Oct 21

5643

14mph

Thu

Oct 22

6040

18%

Fri

Oct 23

5642

12mph

Sat

Oct 24

5537

43°

56°33°

59°37°

60°42°

56°43°

60°40°

56°42°

55°37°

As of 10:00 AM in Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park, Massachusetts.

Air quality

The air at Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park

Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Providence (RI), 20 miles off.

40Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)40Good1.5 mi
Ozone18Good10 ppb1.5 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)-1.5 mi
Nitrogen dioxide15Good16 ppb15.3 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb15.3 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm15.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

GoodModerate

28YesterdayOct 17
44TodayOct 18
33MonOct 19
29TueOct 20

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Tue 2 AM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park

None in the last 24 hours; 0.56 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.56in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Tue 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Tue 2 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 14,300 sq ft
Height at its point: 227 ft
County: Worcester County
State: Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.0767° N
Longitude: 71.6277° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park, 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

West Hill Reservoir - West RiverUXBM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.2 mi away/266 ft/39 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station W1NJCW1NJC

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/397 ft/170 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Franklin I495MA017

Beside a road/11.7 mi away/354 ft/127 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

WorcesterORH

At an airfield/18.3 mi away/1,010 ft/783 ft above here