Lake PlacidLKP
At an airfield/13.4 mi away/1,742 ft/1,580 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/New York/Elk Pass
Elk Pass, New York
Mountain pass in Essex County, New York, at 3,322 ft40°
56°/28°
Overcast·
Feels like 32°·Moderate breeze 15 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 63% around 1 PM.
Now. Elk Pass is 40° and overcast at 8 AM. With the wind it feels like 32°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 15 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 22° by 7 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 55°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 31°. Rain is possible tomorrow (33%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 20°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:51 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 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
97%Humidity
88%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
40feels32
52%
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5628
96%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
3120
33%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
4617
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5424
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5527
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5127
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5224
mostly clear day
40°
56°28°
31°20°
46°17°
54°24°
55°27°
51°27°
52°24°
As of 8:00 AM in Elk Pass, New York.
Air quality
The air at Elk Pass
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Adirondacks Region (NY), 25 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-20.3 mi
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 15
- 18TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elk Pass
0.27 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.27in
- Last 3 days
- 1.85in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 15%
Visibility
How far you can see at Elk Pass, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 6 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 3,322 ft
- County
- Essex County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 44.0967° N
- Longitude
- 73.8249° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Elk Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Lake Champlain AT Port HenryPHCN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.7 mi away/97 ft/3,225 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW5014GW5014
In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.9 mi away/1,594 ft/1,728 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Keene Valley 0.1 NNY-ES-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/1,032 ft/2,290 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lake Placid 2 SLPLN6
At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/1,998 ft/1,324 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 Lake Placid 2 S (LPLN6), 12.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Elk Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Elizabethtowncommunity, 14 mi
- Witherbeecommunity, 14 mi
- Lake Placidtown, 15 mi
- Minevillecommunity, 15 mi
- Schroon Lakecommunity, 18 mi
- Port Henrycommunity, 18 mi
- Whitefaceski area, 19 mi
- Westportcommunity, 20 mi
- Wilmingtoncommunity, 20 mi
- Saranac Lakevillage, 22 mi
- Pottersvillecommunity, 25 mi
- Au Sable Forkscommunity, 25 mi
Mountain passes near Elk Pass
- Hunters Pass1 mi
- Avalanche Pass7 mi
- Caribou Pass8 mi
- Indian Pass11 mi
- Ouluska Pass18 mi
- Deer Pass47 mi
- Eagle Pass47 mi
- Arquett Pond Pass48 mi