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Ames, New York

Village in Montgomery County, New York

Air quality

The air at Ames

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Upper Hudson Valley Region (NY), 55 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ames

0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.41in
Last 3 days
0.63in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ames, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ames, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

JohnstownNY0

At an airfield/17.6 mi away/863 ft/155 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank952of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

CooperstownCOPN6

At a cooperative observer's station/18.6 mi away/1,240 ft/532 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank303of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Johnstown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.6 mi from Ames, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Johnstown, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NY0FIG. A THE SKY OVER JOHNSTOWNSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJohnstown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NY0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NY0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.5 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Johnstown: temperature 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NY0FIG. B THE AIR AT JOHNSTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.5 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEJohnstown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NY0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NY0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Johnstown, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NY0FIG. C THE WIND AT JOHNSTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJohnstown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NY0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NY0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Cooperstown (COPN6), 18.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ames

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Ames

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