Temperature
66 F at 12 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 50 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 50F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport, New York
Small airport in Chautauqua County, New York64°
68°/56°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 64°·Moderate breeze 15 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM (62%).
Now. Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport is 64° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the south at 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 6 AM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:20 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
75%Humidity
76%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
64feels64
16%
15mph
Today
Oct 16
6856
97%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5036
29%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6036
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6437
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6439
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6439
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6539
mostly clear day
64°
68°56°
50°36°
60°36°
64°37°
64°39°
64°39°
65°39°
As of 1:00 AM in Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport, New York.
Air quality
The air at Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 16 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
- Ozone19Good23 ppb2.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 15
- 30TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DKK
- ICAO
- KDKK
- IATA
- DKK
- Field elevation
- 693 ft
- Serves
- Dunkirk
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DKK
- Wind now
- From 200° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 6,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | 13 mph head, on 24 | 7 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | 7 mph head, on 15 | 13 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Dunkirk Airport (DKK), Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 58 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 1 PM Thursday to 86% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 58F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 75%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 86%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.77 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.77inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.12inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.45inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- 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 1,600 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,600ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
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
Dunkirk Airport: 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 Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/666 ft/27 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Barcelona HarborBARN6
At a harbour/19.3 mi away/571 ft/122 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Forestville 3.5 WSWNY-CQ-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/1,153 ft/460 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dunkirk 1SDKKN6
At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/639 ft/54 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 Dunkirk 1S (DKKN6), 3.4 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 Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dunkirkcity, 3 mi
- Fredoniavillage, 5 mi
- Forestvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Silver Creekvillage, 6 mi
- Sunset Baycommunity, 9 mi
- Cassadagavillage, 11 mi
- Broctonvillage, 11 mi
- Farnhamvillage, 12 mi
- Lake Erie Beachcommunity, 13 mi
- Perrysburgcommunity, 14 mi
- South Daytonvillage, 14 mi
- Angola on the Lakecommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Chautauqua County-Dunkirk Airport
- Chautauqua County-Jamestown AirportJHW, 23 mi
- Buffalo Niagara International AirportBUF, 41 mi
- Niagara Falls International AirportIAG, 46 mi
- Cattaraugus County-Olean AirportOLE, 49 mi
- Genesee County AirportGVQ, 67 mi
- Wellsville Municipal Airport - Tarantine FieldELZ, 71 mi
- Dansville Municipal AirportDSV, 80 mi
- Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International AirportROC, 92 mi