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Wakefield, Massachusetts

Community in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Wakefield

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Boston Metro (MA), 8 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good5.3 mi
  • Ozone12Good10 ppb5.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good11.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide16Good17.9 ppb5.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.2 ppb10.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm11.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wakefield

None in the last 24 hours; 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.45in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Wakefield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PeabodyMA009

Beside a road/9.4 mi away/39 ft/46 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank394of 744

measured daily2 instruments

Lynnfield 1.5 WSWMA-ES-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/108 ft/23 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MiddletonMIDM3

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/97 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank59of 744

Station report

The weather at Beverly Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from Wakefield, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM 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 Beverly Municipal, 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 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 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 MORE0510TITLEBeverly Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BVYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Beverly Municipal: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.1 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Beverly Municipal, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, 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 STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Middleton (MIDM3), 7.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 10:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

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Near Wakefield

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Near Wakefield

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