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This is the current conditions weather report for Gloucester. The report was made 49 minutes ago, at 07:53 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 8 miles per hour / 13 kilometers per hour from the west (270°). The temperature was 39°F / 4°C, with a dew-point at 39°F / 4°C. The temperature felt like 34°F / 1°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.88 inHg / 1013 hPa. The relative humidity was 42%. The skies were clear.

Gloucester is a city on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is part of Boston's North Shore. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 30,273. An important center of the fishing industry and a popular summer resort, Gloucester consists of an urban core on the north side of the harbor and the outlying neighborhoods of Annisquam, Bay View, Lanesville, Folly Cove, Magnolia, Riverdale, East Gloucester and West Gloucester. It is bounded by Rockport to the east, Ipswich Bay to the north, Essex and Manchester to the west and Massachusetts Bay to the south.

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Dogtown is an abandoned inland settlement on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. It is divided between the city of Gloucester and the town of Rockport. It is in an area not particularly suited to agriculture, due to its poor and very rocky soil.

Ravenswood Park is a nature reserve in the western section of Gloucester, Massachusetts. It can be accessed from Western, Avenue, the road to Manchester through the Magnolia area. Ravenswood Park is frequented by cross-coutry skiers during the winter.

Annisquam is a small village on the northern coast of Massachusetts. It is located on Cape Ann, a much quieter sister to Cape Cod, which lies almost directly south. Annisquam itself is a neighborhood of the city of Gloucester, a commercial fishing port that was once the largest of its kind on the U.S. East Coast.

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