Citizen station DW0868DW0868
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/13 ft/7 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/Massachusetts/Mattapoisett Center
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM, the chance peaking at 78% around 12 PM.
Now. Mattapoisett Center is 46° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 39°, 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 46° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:49 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 1:00 AM in Mattapoisett Center, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 8 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 8 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mattapoisett Center, MassachusettsReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Mattapoisett Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW0868DW0868
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/13 ft/7 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
New Bedford, Barrier GateNDBC-NBGM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/7.6 mi away/79 ft/59 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/14.3 mi away/129 ft/109 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fairhaven 1.9 ENEMA-BR-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/30 ft/10 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RochesterEFRM3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/92 ft/72 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Mattapoisett Center, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
41.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.
Calm.
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), 9.9 miles from here, read 15 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.