Temperature
54 F at 12 AM; 59 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 54F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 59F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hamilton Municipal Airport, New York
Small airport in Madison County, New York53°
68°/46°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 53°·Gentle breeze 12 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 76% around 7 AM.
Now. Hamilton Municipal Airport is 53° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 12 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 42°. Rain is likely tomorrow (67%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:03 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
28Air quality
67%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
53feels53
14%
Today
Oct 16
6846
97%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
4230
67%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5527
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6030
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6134
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6034
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6033
mostly clear day
53°
68°46°
42°30°
55°27°
60°30°
61°34°
60°34°
60°33°
As of 2:00 AM in Hamilton Municipal Airport, New York.
Air quality
The air at Hamilton Municipal Airport
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 41 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone28Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
- 27TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hamilton Municipal 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 Hamilton Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VGC
- ICAO
- KVGC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,137 ft
- Serves
- Hamilton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VGC
- Wind now
- From 160° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,314 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 159° / 339° | 13 mph head, on 17 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hamilton (VGC), Hamilton Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 4 PM Thursday to 91% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 67%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 91%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the south southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.94 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.94inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.11inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.26inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 3 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 3 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 700 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
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
Hamilton: 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 Hamilton Municipal 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
HamiltonVGC
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,125 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.0 mi away/1,136 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hamilton 6.0 WSWNY-MD-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/1,375 ft/238 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Morrisville 6 SWMRRN6
At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/1,683 ft/546 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
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Hamilton Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hamiltonvillage, 2 mi
- Madisonvillage, 4 mi
- Morrisvillevillage, 5 mi
- Earlvillevillage, 7 mi
- Oriskany Fallsvillage, 8 mi
- Munnsvillevillage, 9 mi
- Smyrnavillage, 11 mi
- Watervillevillage, 11 mi
- Sherburnevillage, 12 mi
- Bridgewatercommunity, 16 mi
- Sherrillcity, 16 mi
- Cazenoviavillage, 16 mi
Airports near Hamilton Municipal Airport
- Lt Warren Eaton AirportOIC, 19 mi
- Griffiss International AirportRME, 28 mi
- Syracuse Hancock International AirportSYR, 33 mi
- Cortland County Chase FieldN03, 37 mi
- Skaneateles Aero Drome6B9, 45 mi
- Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link fieldBGM, 49 mi
- Ithaca Tompkins Regional AirportITH, 52 mi
- Oswego County AirportFZY, 54 mi