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Misquamicut, Rhode Island

Community in Washington County, Rhode Island

Air quality

The air at Misquamicut

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 11 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good13.5 mi
  • Ozone-3 ppb20.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good13.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

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 Misquamicut

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

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Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Misquamicut, 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

WesterlyWST

At an airfield/1.9 mi away/79 ft/65 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank49of 154

Kingston 1 W54797

At a climate reference station/17.5 mi away/106 ft/92 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank94of 154

measured daily2 instruments

Westerly 3.5 SRI-WS-92

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/6 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank3of 154

Block IslandBIDR1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/3 ft/11 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank91of 154

Station report

The weather at Westerly, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.9 mi from Misquamicut, Rhode Island. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM 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 Westerly, 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 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWesterly, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS WSTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WST-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Westerly: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.5 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Westerly, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light 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 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE 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

Measured at Block Island (BIDR1), 17.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Rhode Island

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

Near Misquamicut

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

Near Misquamicut

River and lake gauges