Parks/Massachusetts/Nickerson State Park

Nickerson State Park, Massachusetts

State Park in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

47° 68°/45°

Clear· Feels like 46°·Light air 4 mph SSE

Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 12 PM, the chance peaking at 67% around 1 PM.

Now. Nickerson State Park is 47° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%). Rain is possible Tuesday (31%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:45 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

31Air quality

81%Humidity

1%Cloud

Now

2:00 AM

47feels46

Today

Oct 16

6845

90%

16mph

Sat

Oct 17

5444

78%

15mph

Sun

Oct 18

5542

Mon

Oct 19

5745

28%

Tue

Oct 20

5848

31%

Wed

Oct 21

5748

10%

13mph

Thu

Oct 22

5646

11%

12mph

47°

68°45°

54°44°

55°42°

57°45°

58°48°

57°48°

56°46°

As of 2:00 AM in Nickerson State Park, Massachusetts.

Air quality

The air at Nickerson State Park

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 19 miles off.

31Good

Ozone31Good23 ppb15.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles.

GoodModerate

35TodayOct 16
30SatOct 17

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Nickerson State Park

None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.30in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Nickerson State Park, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 3.14 sq mi
Height at its point: 75 ft
County: Barnstable County
State: Massachusetts
Latitude: 41.7481° N
Longitude: 70.0057° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Nickerson State Park, 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 EW7574EW7574

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/19 ft/56 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Chatham Muni ArptCQX

At an airfield/4.2 mi away/62 ft/13 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023

Beside a road/15.2 mi away/101 ft/26 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

TruroCAOM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.7 mi away/125 ft/50 ft above here