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Griffiss International Airport, New York

Medium airport in Oneida County, New York

Air quality

The air at Griffiss International Airport

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 56 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good13 mi
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Griffiss International Airport

0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 0.75 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.51in
Last 3 days
0.75in

Visibility

How far you can see at Griffiss International Airport, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
RME
ICAO
KRME
IATA
RME
Field elevation
504 ft
Serves
Rome
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
RME
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 13:21

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
15 / 3311,820 ft200 ftConcrete134° / 314°CalmCalm
15332,500 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Griffiss AFB / Rome (RME), Griffiss International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

65 F at 1 PM; 65 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now
65F
1 PM
Highest
65F
1 PM
Lowest
48F
2 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Griffiss AFB / Rome, temperature from 48.0 to 65.0, the latest 65.0; dew point from 32.0 to 63.5, the latest 63.5, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF30405060703 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 64 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM Thursday to 96% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
64F
1 PM
Humidity now
95%
Humidity, range
44 to 96%
Relative humidity at Griffiss AFB / Rome, relative humidity from 44 to 96, the latest 95, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

2 mph from the east southeast at 1 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 11 AM.

Now
2mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
12mph
9 PM Thursday
Highest gust
20mph
11 AM
Wind at Griffiss AFB / Rome, wind from 2 to 12, the latest 2, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.51012.53 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Wind direction at Griffiss AFB / Rome, wind direction from 70 to 320, the latest 110, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.61 inHg at 1 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.61 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.61inHg
1 PM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.61inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Griffiss AFB / Rome, pressure, altimeter from 29.61 to 30.22, the latest 29.61, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.2030.403 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 11 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
11 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Griffiss AFB / Rome, visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 1 PM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.

Lowest base now
700ft
Lowest in 24 hours
700ft
1 PM
Hours with a base reported
16
Lowest cloud base at Griffiss AFB / Rome, lowest cloud base from 700 to 10,000, the latest 700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,0003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.54 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 4 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Wettest hour
0.16in
4 AM
Hours with some
10
Precipitation at Griffiss AFB / Rome, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.16, the latest trace, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.150.203 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Griffiss AFB / Rome: 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 Griffiss International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Griffiss AFB / RomeRME

At an airfield/0.9 mi away/471 ft/33 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Rome 2.3 ENY-OD-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/470 ft/34 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Westmoreland 4 NWSTN6

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/554 ft/50 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Westmoreland 4 N (WSTN6), 5.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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