The US Open begins

Monday, August 31, 2009USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York City, New York, United States

grey all morning63°F

Cool for the end of August, near 59°F at dawn with cloud thickening through the early morning. By seven the sky was shut. The afternoon stayed overcast and mild, the air reaching about 68° with a breeze off the bay, no rain in it, the light flat over the courts for the first day. The cloud began to thin after nine. The night settled near 61°.

Humidity
55%
Wind
17 mph
Daylight
13.1 hrs
Day's character
partly cloudy
High / Low
71° / 64°F
Felt like
68° / 59°F
Rain
0.00"
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
30.11 inHg
Gusting to
24 mph
Wind from
north
Sunrise / Sunset
6:21 am / 7:28 pm

Close to what instruments recorded. From the LaGuardia Airport station, 3 mi away.

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