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This is the current conditions weather report for South Wellfleet. The report was made 38 minutes ago, at 04:35 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 18 miles per hour / 29.6 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 18 miles per hour / 29.6 kilometers per hour from the northwest (320°). The temperature was 19°F / -7°C, with a dew-point at 19°F / -7°C. The temperature felt like 5°F / -15°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.85 inHg / 1012 hPa. The relative humidity was 53%. The skies were partly cloudy.

Wellfleet is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Located halfway between the "tip" and "elbow" of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the town had a year-round population of 2,749 according to the 2000 US Census, which swells nearly sixfold during the summer. Nearly half of the land area of Wellfleet is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore and a total of 70% of the town's land area is in some form of protection. Wellfleet is famous for its eponymous oysters which are celebrated in an annual OysterFest in October. Additionally the town has the second greatest concentration of art galleries on Cape Cod, right after Provincetown.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 91.6 km² (35.4 mi²). 51.4 km² (19.8 mi²) of it is land and 40.2 km² (15.5 mi²) of it (43.89%) is water. Wellfleet is bordered by Truro to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Eastham to the south, and Cape Cod Bay to the west. Wellfleet is approximately fourteen miles south of Provincetown, thirty-three miles (by road) northeast of Barnstable, forty-eight miles from the Sagamore Bridge, and one hundred miles (by road) southeast of Boston.

In the town the population was spread out with 17.8% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.

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