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East Harwich, Massachusetts

Community in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at East Harwich

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 17 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good23 ppb18.4 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at East Harwich

None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 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
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at East Harwich, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.

FriSat

On the radar over East Harwich, MassachusettsReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest East Harwich, 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

TruroCAOM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.5 mi away/125 ft/55 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank143of 744

measured daily2 instruments

Harwich 2.9 NEMA-BA-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/49 ft/21 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Wpc FacilityHYSM3

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/43 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank350of 744

Station report

The weather at Chatham Muni Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.5 mi from East Harwich, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chatham Muni Arpt, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQXFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHATHAM MUNI ARPTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChatham Muni Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CQXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chatham Muni Arpt: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQXFIG. B THE AIR AT CHATHAM MUNI ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.7 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEChatham Muni Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CQXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Chatham Muni Arpt, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQXFIG. C THE WIND AT CHATHAM MUNI ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChatham Muni Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CQXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Chatham Muni Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Wpc Facility (HYSM3), 14.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:33. measured daily

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Near East Harwich

River and lake gauges