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Salisbury, Massachusetts

Community in Essex County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Salisbury

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Coastal Rockingham County (NH), 11 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good16.9 mi
  • Ozone24Good25 ppb16.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good16.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.2 ppb16.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Salisbury

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

How far you can see at Salisbury, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Salisbury, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SalisburyMA002

Beside a road/3.0 mi away/85 ft/82 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank402of 747

measured daily2 instruments

Salisbury 0.7 WNWMA-ES-62

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/21 ft/18 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

NewburyportNEWM3

At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/102 ft/99 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank458of 747

Station report

The weather at Lawrence Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Salisbury, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lawrence Municipal, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 11,000 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 11,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELawrence Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LWMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LWM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Lawrence Municipal: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 81 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LWM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lawrence Municipal, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 10 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 LWMFIG. C THE WIND AT LAWRENCE MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELawrence Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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), 4.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

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

Near Salisbury

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

Near Salisbury

River and lake gauges