Temperature
40 F at 1 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 36 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 40F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 36F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lake Placid Airport, New York
Small airport in Essex County, New York41°
60°/34°
Light rain·
Feels like 39°·Light air 4 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 96% around 5 AM.
Now. Lake Placid Airport is 41° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 27° by 8 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 36°. Rain is likely tomorrow (88%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:50 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 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
86%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
41feels39
now, rain light
Today
Oct 16
6034
100%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
3626
88%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
5123
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5931
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5935
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5633
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5630
mostly clear day
41°
60°34°
36°26°
51°23°
59°31°
59°35°
56°33°
56°30°
As of 2:00 AM in Lake Placid Airport, New York.
Air quality
The air at Lake Placid Airport
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Adirondacks Region (NY), 15 miles off.
14Good
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles.
GoodModerate
- 18TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Placid Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.50in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Placid Airport, the next 43 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Fri 9 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LKP
- ICAO
- KLKP
- IATA
- LKP
- Field elevation
- 1,747 ft
- Serves
- Lake Placid
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LKP
- Wind now
- Variable at 2 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 4,196 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lake Placid (LKP), Lake Placid Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the east southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 7 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 7 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.95 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.95inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.13inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.21inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 3 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 3 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 900 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
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
Lake Placid: 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 Lake Placid 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
Lake PlacidLKP
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,742 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.2 mi away/1,857 ft/110 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lake Placid 2 SLPLN6
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/1,998 ft/251 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Lake Placid 6.0 SENY-ES-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/2,135 ft/388 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Lake Placid 2 S (LPLN6), 1.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lake Placid Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lake Placidtown, 2 mi
- Whitefaceski area, 8 mi
- Saranac Lakevillage, 9 mi
- Wilmingtoncommunity, 11 mi
- Elizabethtowncommunity, 18 mi
- Paul Smithscommunity, 18 mi
- Au Sable Forkscommunity, 19 mi
- Witherbeecommunity, 25 mi
- Tupper Lakevillage, 25 mi
- Redfordcommunity, 25 mi
- Minevillecommunity, 25 mi
- Westportcommunity, 26 mi
Airports near Lake Placid Airport
- Adirondack Regional AirportSLK, 15 mi
- Plattsburgh International AirportPBG, 36 mi
- Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon FieldPTD, 56 mi
- Massena International Airport Richards FieldMSS, 64 mi
- Floyd Bennett Memorial AirportGFL, 66 mi
- Ogdensburg International AirportOGS, 80 mi
- Wheeler Sack Army Air FieldGTB, 88 mi
- Fulton County AirportNY0, 89 mi