Parks/Rhode Island/Rocky Point State Park

Rocky Point State Park, Rhode Island

State Park in Kent County, Rhode Island

51° 69°/49°

Mostly clear· Feels like 51°·Light air 3 mph SSE

Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 74% around 11 AM.

Now. Rocky Point State Park is 51° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (84%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:51 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

37Air quality

83%Humidity

28%Cloud

Now

12:00 AM

51feels51

Today

Oct 16

6949

96%

19mph

Sat

Oct 17

5346

84%

18mph

Sun

Oct 18

5536

Mon

Oct 19

5942

11%

13mph

Tue

Oct 20

6246

15%

14mph

Wed

Oct 21

6147

17mph

Thu

Oct 22

5845

14mph

51°

69°49°

53°46°

55°36°

59°42°

62°46°

61°47°

58°45°

As of 12:00 AM in Rocky Point State Park, Rhode Island.

Air quality

The air at Rocky Point State Park

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Providence (RI), 10 miles off.

37Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good8.4 mi
Ozone17Good28 ppb10.3 mi
Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.4 ppb10.4 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb10.3 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm10.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.

GoodModerate

42YesterdayOct 15
39TodayOct 16
31SatOct 17
28SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rocky Point State Park

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.02in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Rocky Point State Park, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 0.11 sq mi
Height at its point: 0 ft
County: Kent County
State: Rhode Island
Latitude: 41.6876° N
Longitude: 71.3666° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rocky Point State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW3855GW3855

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/22 ft/22 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Prudence Island WeatherNAXR1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/2 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Providence/GreenPVD

At an airfield/4.1 mi away/62 ft/62 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Kingston 1 NW54796

At a climate reference station/16.3 mi away/115 ft/115 ft above here