Temperature
61 F at 8 AM; 62 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 8 AM
- Highest
- 62F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 51F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (78%).
Now. Westchester County Airport is 61° and overcast at 9 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:03 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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 AM in Westchester County Airport, New York.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, New York City Region (NY), 17 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 4,451 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | 3 mph head, on 11 | 6 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 6,549 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | 7 mph head, on 16 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from White Plains (HPN), Westchester County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
61 F at 8 AM; 62 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 60 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 1 PM Thursday to 97% at 8 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the south at 9 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.89 inHg at 9 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.34 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 8 AM; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.15 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 8 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
White Plains: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Westchester County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
White PlainsHPN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/440 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SchodackNY003
Beside a road/20.5 mi away/328 ft/111 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Reynolds Channel AT Reynolds ChannelREYN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/33.4 mi away/7 ft/432 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
White Plains 2.5 NNWNY-WC-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/271 ft/168 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Shrub OakOAKN6
At a cooperative observer's station/19.5 mi away/428 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Shrub Oak (OAKN6), 19.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.