Temperature
64 F at 8 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 7 AM, and 60 F at its coolest, 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 8 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 7 AM
- Lowest
- 60F
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
LaGuardia Airport, New York
Large airport in Queens County, New York64°
76°/57°
Light rain·
Feels like 64°·Gentle breeze 11 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (74%).
Now. LaGuardia Airport is 64° and light rain at 9 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the south at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:05 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
27Air quality
94%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
64feels64
27%
Today
Oct 16
7657
87%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5450
27%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5641
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6046
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
6550
12%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
6553
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
6252
17mph
64°
76°57°
54°50°
56°41°
60°46°
65°50°
65°53°
62°52°
As of 9:00 AM in LaGuardia Airport, New York.
Air quality
The air at LaGuardia Airport
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, New York City Region (NY), 5 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good2.6 mi
- Ozone19Good11 ppb3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide13Good14 ppb7.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb10.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm7.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
- 31TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at LaGuardia Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 LaGuardia Airport, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LGA
- ICAO
- KLGA
- IATA
- LGA
- Field elevation
- 21 ft
- Serves
- New York
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LGA
- Wind now
- From 180° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 08:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 32° / 212° | 8 mph head, on 22 | 5 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 7,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 122° / 302° | 5 mph head, on 13 | 8 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from New York/LaGuardia (LGA), LaGuardia Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 8 AM.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 8 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the south at 8 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.89 inHg at 9 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.89inHg
- 9 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 6 AM; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 6 AM
- 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 900 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 8 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 8 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
New York/LaGuardia: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest LaGuardia Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/30 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SchodackNY003
Beside a road/14.6 mi away/328 ft/307 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Reynolds Channel AT Reynolds ChannelREYN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.7 mi away/7 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Queens 4.5 NWNY-QN-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/20 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SyossetSYON6
At a cooperative observer's station/20.2 mi away/251 ft/230 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near LaGuardia Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- New Yorkcity, 4 mi
- Harbor Hillscommunity, 7 mi
- Saddle Rockvillage, 7 mi
- Saddle Rock Estatescommunity, 7 mi
- Great Neck Estatesvillage, 7 mi
- Kings Pointvillage, 7 mi
- University Gardenscommunity, 7 mi
- Great Neckvillage, 8 mi
- Russell Gardensvillage, 8 mi
- Great Neck Plazavillage, 8 mi
- Kensingtonvillage, 8 mi
- Great Neck Gardenscommunity, 8 mi
Airports near LaGuardia Airport
- New York Skyports Inc Seaplane Base6N7, 6 mi
- John F. Kennedy International AirportJFK, 11 mi
- Westchester County AirportHPN, 22 mi
- Republic AirportFRG, 24 mi
- Long Island MacArthur AirportISP, 40 mi
- New York Stewart International AirportSWF, 52 mi
- Brookhaven Calabro AirportHWV, 53 mi
- Orange County AirportMGJ, 55 mi