Temperature
47 F at 12 AM; 59 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 47F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 59F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Albany International Airport, New York
Large airport in Albany County, New York47°
69°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 46°·Light air 3 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 6 AM, the chance peaking at 85% around 8 AM.
Now. Albany International Airport is 47° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
86%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
47feels46
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6944
97%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
4841
10%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5532
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5835
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6137
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6039
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5837
mostly clear day
47°
69°44°
48°41°
55°32°
58°35°
61°37°
60°39°
58°37°
As of 1:00 AM in Albany International Airport, New York.
Air quality
The air at Albany International Airport
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Upper Hudson Valley Region (NY), 16 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good7.8 mi
- Ozone20Good5 ppb5.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 24TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Albany International Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water. Hail up to 0.60 in, by radar, within about 2 miles, in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
- Largest hail, last 24 hours
- 0.60in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Albany International Airport, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ALB
- ICAO
- KALB
- IATA
- ALB
- Field elevation
- 285 ft
- Serves
- Albany
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ALB
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 8,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 358° / 178° | Calm | Calm |
| 10 / 28 | 7,200 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 88° / 268° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Albany County Arpt (ALB), Albany International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 4 PM Thursday to 86% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 86%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 4 AM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 4 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,300 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,300ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Albany County Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Albany International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/292 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Albany Pine BushAPBN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/289 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Colonie 0.8 NENY-AB-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/298 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hudson River @ Green IslandTRYN6
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/49 ft/236 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hudson River @ Green Island (TRYN6), 12.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Albany International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Colonievillage, 2 mi
- Lathamcommunity, 3 mi
- Loudonvillecommunity, 3 mi
- Siena Collegecommunity, 3 mi
- Roesslevillecommunity, 3 mi
- Watervlietcity, 5 mi
- Cohoescity, 5 mi
- Menandsvillage, 5 mi
- Westmerecommunity, 6 mi
- Green Islandvillage, 6 mi
- Niskayunacommunity, 6 mi
- Troycity, 6 mi
Airports near Albany International Airport
- Schenectady County AirportSCH, 10 mi
- Fulton County AirportNY0, 32 mi
- Floyd Bennett Memorial AirportGFL, 42 mi
- Dutchess County AirportPOU, 78 mi
- New York Stewart International AirportSWF, 87 mi
- Griffiss International AirportRME, 88 mi
- Sullivan County International AirportMSV, 88 mi
- Lt Warren Eaton AirportOIC, 88 mi