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Caroga Lake, New York

Community in Fulton County, New York

Air quality

The air at Caroga Lake

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Upper Hudson Valley Region (NY), 60 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone21Good25 ppb22.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Caroga Lake

0.53 in in the last 24 hours, 0.61 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.53in
Last 3 days
0.61in

Visibility

How far you can see at Caroga Lake, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Caroga Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

JohnstownNY0

At an airfield/11.8 mi away/863 ft/590 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank952of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Gloversville 1.9 NENY-FL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.9 mi away/866 ft/587 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Johnstown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.8 mi from Caroga Lake, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Johnstown, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 9,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 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, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

56.3 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Johnstown: temperature 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,000 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 9,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.3 F, 55.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Johnstown, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, 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 STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR 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 Gloversville 7NW (PEKN6), 2.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Caroga Lake

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

Near Caroga Lake

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