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Ipswich, Massachusetts

Community in Essex County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Ipswich

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 6 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good15.7 mi
  • Ozone21Good24 ppb15.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.5 ppb15.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ipswich

None in the last 24 hours; 0.39 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.39in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ipswich, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ipswich, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PeabodyMA009

Beside a road/8.3 mi away/39 ft/24 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank394of 744

measured daily2 instruments

Beverly 7NWBEVM3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/86 ft/71 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank427of 744

Station report

The weather at Beverly Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.7 mi from Ipswich, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 4,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Beverly Municipal, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVYFIG. A THE SKY OVER BEVERLY MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEBeverly Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BVYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Beverly Municipal: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVYFIG. B THE AIR AT BEVERLY MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 52.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEBeverly Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Beverly Municipal, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVYFIG. C THE WIND AT BEVERLY MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBeverly Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Beverly Municipal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Beverly 7NW (BEVM3), 6.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

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Near Ipswich

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Near Ipswich

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