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Satellite view of Hazard Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Hazard Beach

United StatesRhode Island · United States · Pacific Ocean

41.4598, -71.3253 · Newport, 4 km

  • 21°Sea · August
  • 26°High · August
  • 8.8 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Hazard Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Hazard Beach in October

  • 17°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 5.2 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month119 mm in total
  • 14 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 35Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 9 kmAirport: Newport State Airport (NPT)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 17.9 °C — 1.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.1 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August21 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February81 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan6°4 h82 mm
  2. Feb4°5 h81 mm
  3. Mar4°6 h108 mm
  4. Apr7°7 h105 mm
  5. May11°7 h87 mm
  6. Jun16°8 h100 mm
  7. Jul20°9 h86 mm
  8. Aug21°8 h83 mm
  9. Sep19°7 h99 mm
  10. Oct16°5 h119 mm
  11. Nov13°4 h97 mm
  12. Dec9°3 h113 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6°Feb: 4°Mar: 4°Apr: 7°May: 11°Jun: 16°Jul: 20°Aug: 21°Sep: 19°Oct: 16°Nov: 13°Dec: 9°4°21°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0 °C (High 3° / Low -4°)Feb: 0 °C (High 4° / Low -3°)Mar: 3 °C (High 6° / Low -1°)Apr: 8 °C (High 12° / Low 4°)May: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 9°)Jun: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 15°)Jul: 22 °C (High 26° / Low 19°)Aug: 22 °C (High 26° / Low 19°)Sep: 19 °C (High 23° / Low 16°)Oct: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 10°)Nov: 8 °C (High 12° / Low 5°)Dec: 3 °C (High 6° / Low 0°)22°0°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 82 mmFeb: 81 mm81Mar: 108 mmApr: 105 mmMay: 87 mmJun: 100 mmJul: 86 mmAug: 83 mmSep: 99 mmOct: 119 mm119Nov: 97 mmDec: 113 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.0 hFeb: 5.1 hMar: 6.0 hApr: 7.1 hMay: 7.4 hJun: 8.2 hJul: 8.8 h8.8Aug: 8.2 hSep: 7.3 hOct: 5.2 hNov: 4.3 hDec: 3.3 h3.3

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Hazard Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Hazard Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January3-4682114.016
February4-348195.116
March6-14108116.016
April1247105107.114
May1791187127.412
June221516100118.211
July26192086118.810
Augustwarmest sea26192183118.211
September23161999107.312
October171016119105.214
November125139794.315
December609113113.316

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Hazard Beach: Rock in Goose Neck Cove, S Newport, Rhode Island (11524072124)
Photo: WorldIslandInfo.com · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Hazard Beach: Gooseberry Beach - Newport, Rhode Island, USA - October 1, 2023
Photo: Giorgio Galeotti · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER8 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.18 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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