Temperature
52 F at 3 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 52F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 63F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 8 AM (81%).
Now. Orange County Airport is 52° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:04 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Orange County Airport, New York.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lower Hudson Valley Region (NY), 30 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,006 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 22° / 202° | Calm | Calm |
| 08 / 26 | 3,664 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 67° / 247° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Orange County Airport (MGJ), Orange County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
52 F at 3 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 49 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.00 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,200 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Orange County Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Orange County 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/364 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lomontville - Esopus CreekLMTN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.3 mi away/209 ft/155 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Millbrook 3 W64756
At a climate reference station/32.9 mi away/413 ft/49 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Middletown 6.6 NNENY-OR-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/548 ft/184 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
West PointWPTN6
At a cooperative observer's station/17.8 mi away/220 ft/144 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.