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Ballston Spa, New York

Village in Saratoga County, New York

Air quality

The air at Ballston Spa

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bennington (VT), 31 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone15Good15 ppb10.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 9, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ballston Spa

None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ballston Spa, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ballston Spa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ballston Spa 1.7 WNWNY-SR-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/410 ft/164 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Saratoga Springs 4SWSARN6

At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/328 ft/82 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW7896, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.9 mi from Ballston Spa, New York. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW7896, 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 DW7896FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW7896PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW7896, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW7896TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW7896-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 329 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.57 inHg and the temperature at 57.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.35 inHg means its barometer reads 29.99 inHg; it reports 46.0 F, 11.8 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW7896 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 329 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.57 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.35 and the station pressure it means, 29.99.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW7896FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW7896 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW78961 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT329 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.57 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.35 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.99 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED46.0 FTITLECitizen station DW7896, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW7896TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW7896-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 38 degrees above the horizon at 42.91 N, and the day is 10 h 52 min long. Level ground there takes 62 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW7896, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 38 degrees above the horizon, against 71 at the June solstice, 47 at the equinoxes and 24 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 52 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW7896FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW7896ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 71°EQUINOXES 47°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 24°OCT 16, 38°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 52 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 62 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 42.91 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW7896, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW7896TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW7896-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW7896, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Saratoga Springs 4SW (SARN6), 2.8 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 16:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Ballston Spa

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Near Ballston Spa

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