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Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island

Community in Washington County, Rhode Island

Air quality

The air at Narragansett Pier

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 4 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good4.9 mi
  • Ozone33Good34 ppb4.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb23.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 9, 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 Narragansett Pier

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Narragansett Pier, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Narragansett Pier, 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 W54797

At a climate reference station/4.8 mi away/106 ft/57 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank94of 154

Kingston 1 WPFKR1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/128 ft/79 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank97of 154

NewportUUU

At an airfield/11.9 mi away/95 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Narragansett Pier 0.4 NNWRI-WS-75

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/36 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KingstonKGNR1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/113 ft/64 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Kingston 1 W, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.8 mi from Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

40.8 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kingston 1 W: temperature 40.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 54797FIG. B THE AIR AT KINGSTON 1 WTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.0 FTEMPERATURE 40.8 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 4.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEKingston 1 W, the airSTATION REPORT · USCRN 54797TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-54797-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Kingston 1 W, 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 54797FIG. C THE WIND AT KINGSTON 1 WPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEKingston 1 W, the windSTATION REPORT · USCRN 54797TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-54797-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 106 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.81 inHg and the temperature at 58.6 F; it reports 40.8 F, 17.8 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Kingston 1 W stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 106 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.81 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 54797FIG. D WHERE KINGSTON 1 W 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 ATMOSPHEREKINGSTON 1 W0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT106 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 HERE29.81 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED40.8 FTITLEKingston 1 W, the columnSTATION REPORT · USCRN 54797TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-54797-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Kingston 1 W, in 5 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 Narragansett Pier

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

Near Narragansett Pier

River and lake gauges