Parks/Massachusetts/South Cape Beach State Park

South Cape Beach State Park, Massachusetts

State Park in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

66° 69°/42°

Fog· Feels like 66°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SW

Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 8 AM (56%).

Now. South Cape Beach State Park is 66° and fog at 5 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 8 mph, gusting to 29 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 7 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%). Rain is possible Monday (39%), Tuesday (42%) and Thursday (31%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

27Air quality

94%Humidity

98%Cloud

Now

5:00 PM

66feels66

16%

Today

Oct 16

6942

92%

20mph

Sat

Oct 17

5241

69%

16mph

Sun

Oct 18

5439

13mph

Mon

Oct 19

5741

39%

17mph

Tue

Oct 20

5845

42%

17mph

Wed

Oct 21

5846

10%

19mph

Thu

Oct 22

5845

31%

17mph

66°

69°42°

52°41°

54°39°

57°41°

58°45°

58°46°

58°45°

As of 5:00 PM in South Cape Beach State Park, Massachusetts.

Air quality

The air at South Cape Beach State Park

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 9 miles off.

27Good

Ozone27Good30 ppb21.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.

GoodModerate

30YesterdayOct 15
35TodayOct 16
30SatOct 17
30SunOct 18
35MonOct 19
35TueOct 20

Smoke, the next 40 hours

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

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Cape Beach State Park

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.19in
Last 3 days: 0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Cape Beach State Park, the next 40 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 0.77 sq mi
Height at its point: 11 ft
County: Barnstable County
State: Massachusetts
Latitude: 41.5610° N
Longitude: 70.4987° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest South Cape Beach State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Waquoit Bay ReserveWAXM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/16 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station EW6058EW6058

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/55 ft/44 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Otis ANGBFMH

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/131 ft/120 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023

Beside a road/13.9 mi away/101 ft/90 ft above here