Waquoit Bay ReserveWAXM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.2 mi away/16 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Massachusetts/East Falmouth
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 8 AM (56%).
Now. East Falmouth is 67° and overcast at 4 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 9 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (71%). Rain is possible Monday (32%) and Tuesday (33%).
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.
As of 4:00 PM in East Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 12 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 5 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over East Falmouth, MassachusettsReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest East Falmouth, 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
Waquoit Bay ReserveWAXM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.2 mi away/16 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW6058EW6058
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/55 ft/26 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Otis ANGBFMH
At an airfield/6.2 mi away/131 ft/102 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/13.3 mi away/129 ft/100 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
East Falmouth 0.2 ESEMA-BA-46
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/36 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vineyard HavenVYHM3
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/-15 ft/44 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 6.2 mi from East Falmouth, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
66.2 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.
The full report of Otis ANGB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.