1950 - A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered much of the eastern U.S. Daylight was reduced to nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast. The color of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavendar. Yellow to grey-tan was common.
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Night: Patchy fog before 9pm, then patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers between 9pm and 11pm, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Southeast wind 10 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 11pm, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. West wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Northeast wind around 9 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southeast wind around 8 mph.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southwest wind around 7 mph.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. North wind around 8 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Northeast wind 7 to 13 mph.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Northeast wind around 16 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Northeast wind 14 to 18 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Northeast wind around 20 mph.
Edgartown
(0.1 miles away)
Wasque Point, Chappaquiddick Island
(3.7 miles away)
Oak Bluffs
(5.3 miles away)
Tue's High Temperature
108 at 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA and Death Valley, CA
Wed's Low Temperature
19 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Edgartown is a town on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, for which it is the county seat. The town's population was 5,168 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.
It was once a major whaling port, with historic houses that have been carefully preserved. Today it hosts yachting events around its large harbor. Edgartown also includes Chappaquiddick Island, a peninsula accessible by ferry.
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