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Baxter Estates, New York

Village in Nassau County, New York

Air quality

The air at Baxter Estates

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 6 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baxter Estates

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Baxter Estates, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Baxter Estates, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SchodackNY003

Beside a road/6.5 mi away/328 ft/302 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,057of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Port Washington 0.8 NNY-NS-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/171 ft/145 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SyossetSYON6

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/251 ft/225 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank28of 1,432

Station report

The weather at New York/LaGuardia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Baxter Estates, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over New York/LaGuardia, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGAFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW YORK/LAGUARDIASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENew York/LaGuardia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LGATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at New York/LaGuardia: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGAFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW YORK/LAGUARDIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLENew York/LaGuardia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LGATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at New York/LaGuardia, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGAFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW YORK/LAGUARDIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew York/LaGuardia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LGATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of New York/LaGuardia, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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