In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/98 ft/17 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/Massachusetts/Acushnet Center
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 57% around 6 AM.
Now. Acushnet Center is 65° and overcast at 7 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 44° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (80%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:49 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 PM in Acushnet Center, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 3 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 9 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Acushnet Center, MassachusettsReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Acushnet Center, 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
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/98 ft/17 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/2.6 mi away/79 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
New Bedford, Barrier GateNDBC-NBGM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Westport Rt 88MA038
Beside a road/14.3 mi away/5 ft/76 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Acushnet 0.5 NNEMA-BR-43
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/85 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RochesterEFRM3
At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/92 ft/11 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.6 mi from Acushnet Center, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 4 mi.
65.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.
From the southwest (230 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.
The full report of New Bedford Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Rochester (EFRM3), 7.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.