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Black River, New York

Village in Jefferson County, New York

Air quality

The air at Black River

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Eastern Lake Ontario Region (NY), 62 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Black River

None in the last 24 hours; 1.55 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
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Black River, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Black River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fort Drum 1.8 SNY-JF-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/639 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WatertownWTTN6

At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/481 ft/106 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fort Drum/Wheeler, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Black River, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 16,000 ft, scattered at 18,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Drum/Wheeler, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 16,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 18,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GTBFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT DRUM/WHEELERSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 18,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 16,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Drum/Wheeler, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GTBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GTB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 16,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Drum/Wheeler: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 16,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GTBFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT DRUM/WHEELERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 16,000 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLEFort Drum/Wheeler, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GTBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GTB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Drum/Wheeler, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GTBFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT DRUM/WHEELERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Drum/Wheeler, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GTBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GTB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Drum/Wheeler, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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