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Newburyport, Massachusetts

City in Essex County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Newburyport

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 10 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good19.5 mi
  • Ozone21Good29 ppb19.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good19.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.8 ppb23.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.2 ppb19.5 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Newburyport

0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.31in
Last 3 days
0.57in

Visibility

How far you can see at Newburyport, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Newburyport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SalisburyMA002

Beside a road/3.8 mi away/85 ft/19 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank390of 744

measured daily2 instruments

NewburyportNEWM3

At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/102 ft/36 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank439of 744

Station report

The weather at Lawrence Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Newburyport, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lawrence Municipal, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWMFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAWRENCE 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELawrence Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LWMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 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 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Lawrence Municipal: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 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 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWMFIG. B THE AIR AT LAWRENCE 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 50.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.0 F, 51.0 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 POINTTITLELawrence Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lawrence Municipal, north up: 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 LWMFIG. C THE WIND AT LAWRENCE MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELawrence Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Newburyport (NEWM3), 2.8 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Newburyport

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Newburyport

River and lake gauges