Citizen station EW9477EW9477
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/181 ft/32 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site is 58° and mostly clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 8 mph.
Where now comes from. The forecast for this hour, checked against 3 instruments within 7 miles. The nearest, Citizen station EW9477 (247 rank 1,037 in New York), read at 5:46 PM.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 65°, and the coolest Friday, near 57°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 79% lit, and sets at 3:18 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The day is 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 PM in Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site, New York.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 12 miles off.
Good each day through Thu Oct 22, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Wed 5 PM. The last measurable, 0.52 in, fell on Oct 16. 2.12 in over the last 14 days. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Fri 2 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW9477EW9477
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/181 ft/32 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Albany Toll PlazaNY002
Beside a road/5.1 mi away/279 ft/130 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/6.1 mi away/82 ft/67 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Reynolds Channel AT Reynolds ChannelREYN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.9 mi away/7 ft/142 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Woodbury 0.4 SSENY-NS-86
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/254 ft/105 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SyossetSYON6
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/251 ft/102 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.