Citizen station FW8671FW8671
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/5 ft/22 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM (67%).
Now. Bay Shore is 63° and overcast at 9 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:03 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 AM in Bay Shore, New York.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 20 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Bay Shore, New YorkReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Bay Shore, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW8671FW8671
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/5 ft/22 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Albany Toll PlazaNY002
Beside a road/5.8 mi away/279 ft/252 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/8.4 mi away/82 ft/55 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Watch Hill - Great Southern BayFIRN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.1 mi away/12 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Brightwaters 0.5 NNENY-SF-129
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/26 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vanderbilt MuseumCTPN6
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/167 ft/140 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Bay Shore, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:24 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
63.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.
From the south (190 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Vanderbilt Museum (CTPN6), 12.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.