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Amsterdam, New York

City in Montgomery County, New York

Air quality

The air at Amsterdam

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Upper Hudson Valley Region (NY), 40 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Amsterdam

None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Amsterdam, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Amsterdam, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

JohnstownNY0

At an airfield/8.1 mi away/863 ft/403 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank952of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Amsterdam 0.7 NNENY-MG-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/580 ft/120 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Delanson 2NEDLSN6

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/988 ft/528 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank208of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Johnstown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Amsterdam, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 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 Johnstown, 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 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 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

The air

43.7 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Johnstown: temperature 43.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.5 FTEMPERATURE 43.7 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 11.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Johnstown, 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 NY0FIG. C THE WIND AT JOHNSTOWNPLAN, 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 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 Delanson 2NE (DLSN6), 12.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Amsterdam

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

Near Amsterdam

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