Temperature
63 F at 2 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 51 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 63F
- 2 AM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM (72%).
Now. Niagara Falls International Airport is 61° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 11 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 8 AM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 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.
As of 3:00 AM in Niagara Falls International Airport, New York.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 32 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,188 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | 6 mph head, on 24 | 8 mph from the left |
| 10 / 28 | 9,826 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 90° / 270° | 0 mph head, on 10 | 10 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Niagara Falls INTL (IAG), Niagara Falls International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
63 F at 2 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 51 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 61 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 3 PM Thursday to 95% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the south southwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 25 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.68 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.56 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 5 miles at 2 AM; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 900 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 2 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Niagara Falls INTL: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Niagara Falls International 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/591 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
YoungstownYGNN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.2 mi away/272 ft/317 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Niagra FallsIAGN6
At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/589 ft/level with here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Niagara Falls 2.8 ESENY-NG-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/570 ft/19 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Niagra Falls (IAGN6), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 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.