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Altona, New York

Community in Clinton County, New York

Air quality

The air at Altona

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 37 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Altona

None in the last 24 hours; 2.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
2.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Altona, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Altona, New YorkReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Altona, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Altona 0.7 ESENY-CL-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/600 ft/44 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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DannemoraDMRN6

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/1,343 ft/699 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Plattsburgh AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.0 mi from Altona, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Plattsburgh AFB, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBGFIG. A THE SKY OVER PLATTSBURGH AFBSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPlattsburgh AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PBGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

38.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Plattsburgh AFB: temperature 38.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBGFIG. B THE AIR AT PLATTSBURGH AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 38.0 F, 37.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPlattsburgh AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Plattsburgh AFB, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBGFIG. C THE WIND AT PLATTSBURGH AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlattsburgh AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Plattsburgh AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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