Temperature
43 F at 11 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 37 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 37F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field, New York
Small airport in St. Lawrence County, New York43°
55°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Calm 1 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 100% around 4 AM.
Now. Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field is 43° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 44°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 64°, and the coolest Saturday, near 43°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
10Air quality
87%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
43feels43
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5537
12%
Fri
Oct 16
6442
100%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
4331
21%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5630
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6138
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6137
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5736
mostly clear day
43°
55°37°
64°42°
43°31°
56°30°
61°38°
61°37°
57°36°
As of 11:00 PM in Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field, New York.
Air quality
The air at Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field
Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Adirondacks Region (NY), 44 miles off.
10Good
- Ozone10Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 14
- 14TodayOct 15
- 18FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field
None in the last 24 hours; 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PTD
- ICAO
- KPTD
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 474 ft
- Serves
- Potsdam
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PTD
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 3,703 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Potsdam (PTD), Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 3 PM to 95% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 11 PM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 14 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 14mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.09inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 1,500 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,500ft
- 7 PM
- 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
Potsdam: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field, 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 now1 instrument
PotsdamPTD
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/461 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Potsdam 1.1 SSWNY-SL-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/441 ft/33 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Colton 2 NCLTN6
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/554 ft/80 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New York
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Near Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Potsdamvillage, 2 mi
- Hannawa Fallscommunity, 5 mi
- Norwoodvillage, 6 mi
- Parishvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Coltoncommunity, 8 mi
- Norfolkcommunity, 9 mi
- Madridcommunity, 10 mi
- Winthropcommunity, 11 mi
- Cantonvillage, 12 mi
- Brasher Fallscommunity, 12 mi
- Waddingtonvillage, 18 mi
- Massenavillage, 18 mi
Airports near Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field
- Massena International Airport Richards FieldMSS, 19 mi
- Ogdensburg International AirportOGS, 25 mi
- Adirondack Regional AirportSLK, 42 mi
- Lake Placid AirportLKP, 56 mi
- Wheeler Sack Army Air FieldGTB, 57 mi
- Watertown International AirportART, 71 mi
- Plattsburgh International AirportPBG, 73 mi
- Griffiss International AirportRME, 102 mi