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Hope Valley, Rhode Island

Community in Washington County, Rhode Island

Air quality

The air at Hope Valley

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 11 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good21.5 mi
  • Ozone31Good23 ppb7.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-21.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hope Valley

0.20 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.20in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hope Valley, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSatSun

On the radar over Hope Valley, Rhode IslandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hope Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Kingston 1 NWPRKR1

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/118 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank90of 154

Kingston 1 NW54796

At a climate reference station/9.4 mi away/115 ft/4 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank95of 154

WesterlyWST

At an airfield/12.0 mi away/79 ft/32 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank49of 154

measured daily2 instruments

Hope Valley 0.5 SSWRI-WS-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/201 ft/90 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KingstonKGNR1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/113 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Westerly, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.0 mi from Hope Valley, Rhode Island. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Westerly, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WSTFIG. A THE SKY OVER WESTERLYSECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEWesterly, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS WSTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WST-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Westerly: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WSTFIG. B THE AIR AT WESTERLYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 65.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEWesterly, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS WSTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WST-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Westerly, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, 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 WSTFIG. C THE WIND AT WESTERLYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWesterly, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS WSTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WST-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Rhode Island

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

Near Hope Valley

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

Near Hope Valley

River and lake gauges