Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Dec. 23 55 41 .78

Dec. 24 45 30 .02

Dec. 25 36 22 .00

Dec. 26 48 36 .11

Dec. 27 47 26 Trace

Dec. 28 56 45 .25

Dec. 29 50 24 .00

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 47º F.

The gibbous moon appears close to the bright planet Jupiter on New Year’s Eve. It is even closer to the big planet on Monday night. The two appear high in the eastern sky after sunset and high in the south by midnight.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Dec. 16 56 48 .14

Dec. 17 50 30 Trace

Dec. 18 48 29 .00

Dec. 19 33 17 .00

Dec. 20 49 32 .00

Dec. 21 51 31 .00

Dec. 22 57 51 .29

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 51º F.

If the weather cooperates, there is a rare opportunity to get some help seeing the distant and hard-to-spot planet Mercury close to the horizon tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow night, just before midnight, the moon rises in the east. It appears between the two zodiacal constellations Leo and Virgo. For those who wait until later in the early morning, the moon appears higher in the east and is more clearly accompanied by the bright red planet Mars.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Dec. 2 47 30 .00

Dec. 3 52 39 .00

Dec. 4 49 30 .00

Dec. 5 56 43 Trace

Dec. 6 60 50 Trace

Dec. 7 60 56 .66

Dec. 8 61 39 .42

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 53º F.