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Melville, Rhode Island

Community in Newport County, Rhode Island

Air quality

The air at Melville

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 12 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good7.4 mi
  • Ozone31Good34 ppb7.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.4 ppb20.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb11.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm20.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Melville

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Melville, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Melville, 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

NewportUUU

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/95 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Kingston 1 NW54796

At a climate reference station/13.2 mi away/115 ft/27 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank95of 154

measured daily2 instruments

Portsmouth 3.4 SWRI-NW-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/137 ft/49 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Prudence Island WeatherNAXR1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/2 ft/86 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station CW6451, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.7 mi from Melville, Rhode Island. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station CW6451, 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 CW6451FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION CW6451PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station CW6451, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW6451TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW6451-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 78 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.84 inHg and the temperature at 58.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.15 inHg means its barometer reads 30.07 inHg; it reports 50.0 F, 8.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station CW6451 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 78 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.84 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.15 and the station pressure it means, 30.07.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW6451FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION CW6451 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION CW64510 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT78 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.84 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.15 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.07 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED50.0 FTITLECitizen station CW6451, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW6451TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW6451-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 39 degrees above the horizon at 41.53 N, and the day is 10 h 55 min long. Level ground there takes 63 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station CW6451, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 39 degrees above the horizon, against 72 at the June solstice, 48 at the equinoxes and 25 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 55 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW6451FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION CW6451ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 72°EQUINOXES 48°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 25°OCT 16, 39°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 55 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 63 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 41.53 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station CW6451, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW6451TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW6451-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station CW6451, in 4 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 Melville

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

Near Melville

River and lake gauges