Temperature
61 F at 1 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 1 AM
- Lowest
- 49F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, New York
Large airport in Monroe County, New York56°
70°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 56°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM (60%).
Now. Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport is 56° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 47°. Rain is possible tomorrow (44%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:11 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 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
72%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
56feels56
24%
Today
Oct 16
7050
96%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
4736
44%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6133
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6537
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6339
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6241
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6438
mostly clear day
56°
70°50°
47°36°
61°33°
65°37°
63°39°
62°41°
64°38°
As of 2:00 AM in Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, New York.
Air quality
The air at Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Eastern Lake Ontario Region (NY), 50 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good5.9 mi
- Ozone19Good17 ppb6.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- 22TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ROC
- ICAO
- KROC
- IATA
- ROC
- Field elevation
- 559 ft
- Serves
- Rochester
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ROC
- Wind now
- From 150° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 8,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 31° / 211° | 3 mph head, on 22 | 5 mph from the left |
| 07 / 25 | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 62° / 242° | 0 mph head, on 07 | 6 mph from the right |
| 10 / 28 | 6,402 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 88° / 268° | 3 mph head, on 10 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rochester/Monroe Co (ROC), Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 52 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 3 PM Thursday to 80% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 52F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 72%
- Humidity, range
- 55 to 80%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the south southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.76 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.17 inHg over 3 hours; 0.48 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.76inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.17inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.48inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 7 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 2,100 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,100ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
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
- 0.00in
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rochester/Monroe Co: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/554 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/558 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Geneva #1S2011
At a soil climate station/36.2 mi away/725 ft/166 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Rochester 4.5 WSWNY-MR-110
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/575 ft/16 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/541 ft/18 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Genesee R Nr - Rochester (AVON6), 14.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:09. measured daily
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rochester Institute of Technologycommunity, 2 mi
- Gatescommunity, 3 mi
- Rochestercity, 4 mi
- North Gatescommunity, 4 mi
- Brightoncommunity, 5 mi
- Greececommunity, 7 mi
- Scottsvillevillage, 8 mi
- Irondequoitcommunity, 8 mi
- Nazareth Collegecommunity, 8 mi
- St. John Fisher Collegecommunity, 8 mi
- Spencerportvillage, 8 mi
- Pittsfordvillage, 8 mi
Airports near Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport
- Canandaigua AirportIUA, 23 mi
- Genesee County AirportGVQ, 26 mi
- Williamson Sodus AirportSDC, 29 mi
- Dansville Municipal AirportDSV, 38 mi
- Penn Yan AirportPEO, 46 mi
- Buffalo Niagara International AirportBUF, 55 mi
- Skaneateles Aero Drome6B9, 64 mi
- Niagara Falls International AirportIAG, 64 mi