Temperature
48 F at 5 AM; 48 F at its warmest, 5 AM, and 45 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 48F
- 5 AM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 87% around 7 AM.
Now. Fulton County Airport is 48° and rain at 5 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 45°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:58 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 2 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Fulton County Airport, New York.
Air quality
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Upper Hudson Valley Region (NY), 48 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 6 mph head, on 10 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Johnstown (NY0), Fulton County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
48 F at 5 AM; 48 F at its warmest, 5 AM, and 45 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 47 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 12 AM to 99% at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the east southeast at 5 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 3 AM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.85 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.19 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 5 AM; 3 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.10 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 5 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Johnstown: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Fulton 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 now2 instruments
JohnstownNY0
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/863 ft/18 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Albany Pine BushAPBN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.7 mi away/289 ft/592 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gloversville 1.5 SSWNY-FL-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/735 ft/146 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Gloversville 7NWPEKN6
At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/1,407 ft/526 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Gloversville 7NW (PEKN6), 9.4 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.